https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c The title says it all en-us 2020-05-21 16:25:33 UTC 2024-05-27 13:43:14 UTC hello@padlet.com cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587411603 Two strategies where proposed for dealing with Cuba, an air strike or a naval quarantine ]]> 2020-05-21 16:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587411603 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587418679 A U-2 spy plane discovered between 16 and 32 new missiles.]]> 2020-05-21 16:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587418679 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587429112 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko assures president Kennedy that Soviet aid to Cuba was not for offensive purposes. President Kennedy warns them that if an attack was being prepared there would be "grave consequences" without revealing that he knew there where missiles on the island.]]> 2020-05-21 17:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587429112 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587438862 Kennedy's advisors continue to argue about what to do.]]> 2020-05-21 17:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587438862 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587442797 Kennedy prepares a speech to announce that he has decided to put Cuba under a naval quarantine.]]> 2020-05-21 17:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587442797 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587449361 General Sweeney informs the President that an air strike may not actually destroy all the missiles.]]> 2020-05-21 17:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587449361 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587463141 President Kennedy reveals to both the Premier of the Soviet Union and the American people that he had discovered the missiles in Cuba. He also states that the naval quarantine will not be lifted until the missiles where removed and dismantled. ]]> 2020-05-21 17:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587463141 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587511704 The naval quarantine begins and Soviet submarines approach the blockade.]]> 2020-05-21 17:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587511704 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587529490 Chairman Khrushchev sends a letter saying that the quarantine is a n ultimatum and that Soviet Russia would not be intimidated.]]> 2020-05-21 17:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587529490 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587544742 Kennedy rejects the idea of a cooling off period. The US and Russia negotiate at the UN.]]> 2020-05-21 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587544742 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587556608 Khrushchev makes an offer to the US, and ending to the quarantine in exchange for the US not invading Cuba.]]> 2020-05-21 17:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587556608 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587586509 A U-2 spy plane is shot down over Cuba, killing a general. The president resisted pressure to take immediate action. A secret meeting is held in which the US and Russia come to a consensus. ]]> 2020-05-21 18:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587586509 cartercoffee https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587665807 The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end and there was never tension between the US and Russia ever again (that's sarcasm).]]> 2020-05-21 18:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cartercoffee/geruvm517zz0uh1c/wish/587665807