Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

Simple crossword about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Revolutionary. One of the key figure's in overthrowing Batista
Fidel Castro
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Invasion of Cuba. American defeat
Bay of Pigs
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The 35th president of the USA
Kennedy
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The Soviet Premier
Khrushchev
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To isolate
quarantine
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The range of the USSR's ballistic missile
medium
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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.
brinkmanship
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The US had some missiles in this country
Turkey
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U2 plane
spy
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American Secretary of state
Rusk
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The US agency for collecting information on foreign actions that affect US interests.
CIA
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1,500 of these Cubans invaded the Bay of Pigs
exiles
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An item that the US refused to trade with Cuba
sugar
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The USA's considered sphere of inffluence
Latin America
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An operation organised by Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs
mongoose
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Infrastructure blown up by Cuba's invaders
railway lines
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This was used to kill sugar crops
poison
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US national security council
ExComm
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Nuclear submarines aimed at the USSR
Polaris
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A more permanent relaxation in tension.
Detente
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A strategy which would use smaller targeted missiles
counterforce
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Kennedy's new strategy that would allow each side an alternative to the use of nuclear missiles
flexible response
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The arms race had an impact on this type of arms
conventional
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Many innocent people were affected
civilians
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Card 2

Front

Invasion of Cuba. American defeat

Back

Bay of Pigs

Card 3

Front

The 35th president of the USA

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The Soviet Premier

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

To isolate

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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