Cuban Missile Crisis by Hallie Hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt By Hallie Hall en-us 2020-02-21 18:00:57 UTC 2023-05-29 02:54:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Why is it so important? hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448865840 The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest we came to a nuclear war (and the destruction of humanity) during the Cold War. ]]> 2020-02-21 21:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448865840 What happened? hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448867347 The crisis began when the US spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba being prepared. At the time, Cuba was a close ally of the Soviet Union, so the fact that they were assembling weapons scared the United States. The US made the decision to blockade Cuba to show that they were prepared to use military force to neutralize this threat of national security. Eventually the US agreed to the Soviet Union’s offer to remove the missiles from Cuba as long as the US promised not to invade Cuba and to remove missiles from Turkey and Italy.  ]]> 2020-02-21 21:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448867347 How does is relate to the Cold War? hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448868207 The threat of a nuclear war was always present during the Cold War, and it just so happened that the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world came to a nuclear winter. ]]> 2020-02-21 21:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/448868207 Who was involved? hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449510600 John Kennedy was president of the United States. 
Nikita Khrushchev was leader of the Soviet Union. These men came to an agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. ]]> 2020-02-24 15:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449510600 Important Dates hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449524210 October 16, 1962 - the day it began, the US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba
October 22, 1962 - American citizens were notified of the presence of missiles, President Kennedy issued a naval quarantine of Cuba
October 28, 1962 - the day it ended, Khrushchev issued a statement that all missiles would be removed from Cuba
November 20, 1962 - US ended the its quarantine of Cuba]]> 2020-02-24 15:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449524210 Important Places hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449526725 Cuba, Caribbean Sea]]> 2020-02-24 15:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449526725 Associated Events hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449529329 Cold War]]> 2020-02-24 15:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449529329 Fun Facts hallie_hall https://padlet.com/hallie_hall/yhdjks9756wt/wish/449538862 ~ Major Rudolf Anderson was the only US combat casualty 
~ U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy (John Kennedy’s brother) personally delivered the message to the Soviet ambassador that ended the crisis 
~ Lasted a total of 13 days
~ Led to the downfall of Nikita Khrushchev 
~ EXCOMM (Executive Committee of the National Security Council) was created by President Kennedy to deal with the crisis
~ The Soviet operation to place missiles in Cuba was called Operation Anadyr 
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