U.S. History 2Nd Semester 03 Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. History 2nd Semester 03_Cuban Missile Crisis

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It all started when…..

______

Why was this aconcern?

______

Beginning of the Crisis Timeline

•Monday, October 15-

•Jets took pictures of nuclear missiles being created in Cuba

•Tuesday, October 16-

•Military advisors take the pictures to Kennedy and two options are discussed; air strike and blockade.

•Wednesday, October 17-

•The U.S found out that the missile could go as far as NW Washington State.

•Thursday, October 18-

•The Soviets say they don’t have ______missiles in Cuba.

•Friday, October 19-

•Kennedy keeps going on his campaign trip acting as if he doesn’t know.

•Saturday, October 20-

•He cancels his campaign trip because of an upper respiratory infection and to discuss conditions about Cuba.

•Sunday, October 21-

•Kennedy discussed in more detail about the blockade and air strike.

•Monday, October 22-

•Kennedy announces he is going to start ______(blockade).

End of the Crisis Timeline

•Tuesday, October 23-

•Kennedy orders a low level mission to inspect the sites closer.

•Wednesday, October 24-

•The Soviet ships stop at the blockade and the military alert is raised to DEFCON 2.

•Thursday, October 25-

•Pictures are shown ______missiles are in Cuba.

•Friday, October 26-

•A Soviet ship is dismissed through the quarantine because it has no missiles aboard.

•October28

• Khrushchev announces on radio Moscow the removal of the missiles

•Soviets remove missiles US agrees not to ______Cuba

Causes/History/Origin

•The Crisis began on October 22, 1962.

• Americans discovered Cuba building secret missile bases off the coast of Florida.

•The missiles were 60 ______off the coast of Florida.

What happened?

•This was a nuclear war.

•If no one stopped them this could lead to a nuclear catastrophe.

•President Kennedy told Nikita S. Khrushchev to ______all missile bases from Cuba.

•He also ordered a blockade to block Russians ships of bringing more missiles and other equipment to the island.

•Khrushchev ordered to the Soviet field commanders to ______missiles if the U.S. invaded.

•The two forces stared down at each other for ______days.

•On October 28 the Russian premier did as Kennedy commanded and exported all of the missiles on ships.

•After that there were no missiles left in Cuba for them to use.

John F. Kennedy

•He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917.

•He died November 22 ,1963 while riding in his motorcade a lone gunman shot him.

•He was the thirty-fifth president of the U.S.

•He was the person who ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Fidel Castro

•Fidel Castro was the Cuban president during the missile crisis.

•He was born August 13, 1926.

•He became ill and transferred some of his responsibilities to his younger brother Raul Castro.

Nikita Khrushchev

•Nikita Khrushchev was the Soviet leader who faced President John F. Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

•He was born in 1894, the son of a miner.

•He was known for his temper tantrums.

•The most famous was when he beat the table with his shoe at the United Nations Conference.

Cuban Missile Crisis Site

•The standoff occurred in the Bay of Pigs, therefore, this prevented the Russian missiles from being deposited on Cuban soil.

Statement Announcing the End of the Cuban Naval Quarantine

•“I have today been informed by Chairman Khrushchev that all of the IL-28 bombers now in Cuba will be withdrawn within 30 days. He also agrees that these planes can be observed and counted as they leave. Inasmuch as this goes a long way toward reducing the danger which faced this Hemisphere four weeks ago, I have this afternoon instructed the Secretary of Defense to lift our naval quarantine.”

•John F. KennedyNovember 20, 1962