Dates | United States | Miscellaneous |
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What dates did the Cuban missile crisis happen?
October 14-28
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Who did the U.S. Make a deal with to put nukes on their property?
Turkey
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What was the name of the person who mentioned trading before things escalated?
fomin
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What year does this take place?
1962
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What did the U.S. Joint chiefs want to do and why?
They wanted to invade Cuba to take down their government
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What two sides were a part of the stand off?
(Name and area)
Kennedy/United States
Khrushchev/soviet union |
What happened on oct 22?
J.F.K went on national television and announced he was going to do a naval blockade
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Why did J.F.K not want to invalid Cuba?
They had nukes in the area
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When was Cubans revolutionary war?
1959
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How many days did this crisis last
14
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What's the highest defcon the U.S. Has been at?
2
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Where were soviet nukes found?
Cuba
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Why did Kennedy not want people knowing that he took the nukes out of turkey?
He didn't want people to know he back down, he wanted to seem tough
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What was the original promise fomin stated what was another request of Khrushchev?
if the U.S. Left Cuba alone than soviets would take away the nukes, also take nukes out of turkey
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