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Flashcards by Malachy Moran-Tun, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Malachy Moran-Tun
about 3 years ago
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| Why was the USA Worried about Cuba, and how did its Relationship with the USSR begin? | > Fidel Castro (Socialist, at this point), overthrown the American-backed leader Batista in 1959 > Cuba only 90 miles off the coast of America > USA didn't want a hard-left country "in their backyard" > USA tried to ruin Cuba by refusing to buy their main export of sugar > Castro did a deal with the USSR: buy Cuba's sugar in return for the nationalisation of American companies and selling-off of US property > USA refused to acknowledge Castro's government as he began to remove US influence from Cuba |
| How did the Bay of Pigs Fail and Strengthen Castro's Relationship with Khrushchev? | > 1961: USA organised an attempt to overthrow Castro > CIA convinced that if Cuban exiles landed in Cuba, others in Cuba would join them in a revolt against Castro > 1,400 exiles landed in Cuba were met with 20,000 Cuban soldiers > Castro grew closer to the USSR > Agreed to station Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba (May 1962) > Castro formally declared himself a communist, USSR were to help defend Cuba against future attacks |
| What happened during the Thirteen-Day Cuban Missile Crisis? | > 14th - 28th October, 1962 > 14th - U-2 spy plane reveals missile sites being built in Cuba > 16th - Kennedy informed of sites > 18th - 19th - Kennedy holds talks with closest advisers, aggressive and peaceful solutions discussed > 20th - Kennedy decides to impose naval blockade around Cuba, USA to search suspected ships > 21st - Kennedy broadcasts to USA his plan and the threat of USSR > 23rd - Khrushchev insists that Soviet ships would force around blockade > 24th - Khrushchev insisted that USSR would use nuclear weapons in war > 25th - Kennedy wrote to ask for the removal of the missiles > 26th - Khrushchev says he would remove missiles if the USA promised not to invade Cuba AND withdraw its missiles from Turkey / Greece > 27th - US spy plane shot down, deal made that USA would withdraw missiles if it was kept secret > 28th - Khrushchev accepts the deal |
| What were the Concequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis? | > Moscow - Washington hotline setup so leaders could speak directly and try to avoid any future crises before they became serious > Khrushchev seemed to have failed, backed down in the face of American pressure > Kennedy became the hero of the Western world - the agreement was kept secret > USA began selling grain to the USSR - improved relations |
| What Treatys came out of the Cuban Missile Crisis? | > Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963): USA and USSR agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons above ground and underwater > Outer Space Treaty (1967): USA and USSR (+ others) agreed to use space for peaceful purposes and not place nuclear weapons in orbit > Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968): designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons |
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