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How did the Cuban missile crisis help contain communism?

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/23/2023

Russia put missiles on Cuba. Both Cuba and Russia were communist nations and with the missiles 90 miles from United States coastline JFK demanded that Russia remove the missiles, but Russia refused. JFK responded by placing navy ships off of Cuba and the Cuba Missile Crisis began.

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∙ 8y ago

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What positive effects did the Cuban missile crisis have on history?

Communism was formed.

What did the American determination to contain the threat of communism after the Korean War lea d to?

The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War and the Peace/'Hippie' Movement

What century did the Cuban missile crisis?

The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962

What do the Cubans call the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The missile crisis

What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?

Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

Bay of Pigs or Cuban missile crisis which was worse?

Cuban missile crisis, because it almost killed us.

The President who resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis was?

President Kennedy is credited with resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.President John F. Kennedy

Who Cuban missile crisis?

the U.S.

Was there a Missile Crisis in Newfoundland in 1962?

No. The "documentary" was parodying the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Who faced the Cuban missile crisis?

The country that faced the missile crisis was the United States.

What was the central issue of the Cuban missile crisis?

The Cuban Missle Crisis was done in 1984

Did Roger Hilsman fight in the Cuban missile crisis?

No, no one "fought" in the Cuban missile crisis. He was an Assistant Secretary of State at the time.