Cuban Missile Crisis

What 2 actions signaled a warming in relations between the super powers?

-the establishment of a teletype Hotline between the Kremlin and the White House. -the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

In ____ there were signs of a lessening of tensions between the Soviet Union and the US.

1963.

Who was the US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

JFK

In ____, President Kennedy gave a commencement address at American University in which he _____.

June 1963, urged Americans to reexamine Cold War stereotypes and myths and called for a strategy of peace hat would make the world safe for diversity.

recognizing the devastating possibilities of nuclear war, _____(who) turned his ships back.

Khrushchev.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev.

When was Kennedy assassinated?

November 1963.

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

October 1962.

when was the crisis revealed to the public?

October 22 ,1962.

The soviets agreed to ________ and in exchange _______.

dismantle the weapon sites, the US agreed not to invade Cuba.

the relaxation of strained tensions.

détente

In October 1962, an American U2 spy plane secretly photographed ___________.

nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.

After discussing in secret, Kennedy decided to ______ and ______.

place a naval blockade, or ring of ships, around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies, and demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.

Kennedy agreed to eventually ______ in exchange for the _______.

remove NATO nuclear warheads from the country of turkey in exchange for the Soviet Union removing Missiles form Cuba.

What separate deal remained a secrete for over 25 yrs.?

the US took nuclear missiles out of Turkey.