Edpuzzle - Cuban Missile Crisis

6) Why did the commanders of the Soviet submarine prepare to launch a nuclear warhead? (2 answers)

*They were to deep to contact their ships o n the surface. *Their sub had been hit by a depth charge from an American battleship.

2) What was the United States planning on doing that would be considered an act of war?

*a naval blockade *bombing the missile launch pads

8) The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the US reached which DEFCON level?

2

3) Why did the US call the blockade a quarantine?

A blockade is an act of war; a quarantine is not.

10) Some historians disagree about Khrushchev's intentions when placing the missiles in Cuba. Do you believe that the missiles were placed there for defensive or offensive purposes?

Both. If the Americans had decided to invade Cuba or the Soviet Union, then the Soviets would have something to attack the United States with as defense. However, it could also be seen as if the soviets came the decision to attack the United States then they would have no problem doing so.

1) The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba in order to ___ the island of Cuba.

Defend

7) What does Def Con mean?

Defense Readiness

5) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Joseph Stalin

4) Who was the leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis

President Kennedy

9) Which government individuals negotiated the end of the Crisis on October 27?

Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin