Who Won The Cuban Missile Crisis? Flashcards
What was Kennedy immediately seen as in the Cuban missile crisis? (Positive -USA)
The “victor”. He had stood up to the soviets and they had backed down
Who did Kennedy also stand up to? (Positive - USA)
Some of his hardline military advisors who wanted to invade Cuba. The crisis showed how dangerous their ideas were.
Did Castro still remain in power? (Negative -USA)
Yes so the communist threat still remained
What enemies did Kennedy make? (Negative -USA)
After the Cuban missile crisis he was now this is trusted by some key generals, who thought he was not prepared to fight the spread of communism. He was hated by Cuban exiles in the USA since Castro had survived the Bay of pigs and the missile crisis.
Castro remained power and what did the USA agree not to do? (Positive -Cuba)
They agreed not to attempt further invasions
Did Castro maintain his control of former US industries? (Positive -Cuba)
Yes
Did Cuba remain heavily armed? (Positive -Cuba)
Yes and they became a focus for other communists in South America
What did Cuba remain and what were they dependent on the USSR for?
Cuba remained poor and isolated in the Western Hemisphere unable to trade with the USA and therefore dependent on the USSR for supplies and equipment
What did Khrushchev prevent? (Positive -USSR)
US invasion of Cuba and had a guarantee that no further invasion attempts would take place
What could Khrushchev claim in public? (Positive -USSR)
To have acted reasonably and as a peace maker by agreeing to remove the missiles from Cuba.
What other agreement did Khrushchev have with the US about NATO?
That NATO missiles in turkey would also be removed, although this was a secret agreement and unknown at the time.
Was Khrushchev able to make public his secret agreements with the USA? (negative -USSR)
No
What was the USSR shown as? (Negative -USSR)
Shown to have lied to the UN and the world about nuclear missiles in Cuba
What was Khrushchev forced to do and what did people in the USSR feel like?
Khrushchev had been forced to back down in the face of us pressure. Soviet missiles were removed and many in the USSR felt humiliated.
What happened to Khrushchev in 1964 and what do many historians consider?
Khrushchev was replaced as soviet leader. Historians consider the outcome of the missile crisis contributed to his downfall
