Cuba

Question 1

When did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba?

Answer 1

1959

Question 2

What did Fidel Castro do when he came to power through a revolution?

Answer 2

Ejected all US business and citizens

Question 3

When was the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 3

1961

Question 4

What happened at the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 4

Kennedy sanctioned exiled US citizens to land in the Bay of Pigs and start on uprising against Castro - it was a disaster

Question 5

In 1961 what did Castro announce?

Answer 5

His conversion to Communism

Question 6

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 6

1962

Question 7

What did the Cuban Missile crisis lead to?

Answer 7

Détente - reduced tension for a period of