Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A Leonid Brezhnev B Mikhail Gorbachev C Nikita Khrushchev D Fidel Castro

2. In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States?

A Cuba B Guatemala C Mexico D Italy

3. Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A John F. Kennedy B Dwight Eisenhower C Bill Clinton D George Bush

4. How did the United States discover that nuclear missiles were being installed into Cuba?

A US spies in Russia found out B Cuban exiles smuggled secret documents into the United States C Pictures from a U-2 spy plane D They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

5. What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States want to do when they discovered the missiles?

A Negotiate with the Soviet Union B Go to the United Nations for help C Launch a full invasion and takeover of Cuba D Establish a blockade

6. What event prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis caused Fidel Castro to look to the Soviet Union for military help?

A Suez Crisis B Building of the Berlin Wall C Vietnam War D Bay of Pigs invasion

7. What actions did the United States first take when they discovered the missiles?

A They formed a blockade against any weapons entering Cuba B They attacked Cuba in full force C They asked the United Nations for help D They started negotiations with Fidel Castro

8. What did the US agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles?

A Remove nuclear missiles from Turkey B Never to invade Cuba again C Remove nuclear missiles from Italy D All of the above

9. What leader was left out of the negotiations?

A Fidel Castro B President Kennedy C Nikita Khrushchev D All of the above

10. True or false: Everyone considered the resolution of the negotiations to be a great victory for the United States.

A FALSE B TRUE