Cuban Missile Crisis – Flashcards
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John F. Kennedy
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The president of the United States from 1961 - 1963
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Fidel Castro
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The communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis who wanted to start a nuclear war with the U.S.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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The leader of the communist Russia (also known as the USSR or Soviet Union)
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Soviet Union
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The communist nation now known as Russia or the USSR who was the U.S.'s rival during the Cold War
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Cuba
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An island in the Caribbean Sea that was an ally of the USSR during the Cold War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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A period in 1962 in which the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to annoy and scare the United States.
