The Cuban Missile Crisis

Monday, 15 March 2021

9:08 AM

Cuban Missile Crisis

Complete the following worksheet use the links provided. As you go you might like
to listen to eyewitness accounts of these events.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02fj9yq

Castro and the Cuban Revolution

Research … and write what occurred on the dates below:

Date Event Result

1952 Batista Fulgencio Batista led a
becoming military coup in Cuba,
dictator overthrowing the
government and
establishing himself as the
country's dictator. This
event marked the
beginning of Batista's
regime and set the stage
for the Cuban Revolution.

July 26, 1953 Attack on Fidel Castro led an attack

the on the Moncada Barracks
Moncada in Santiago de Cuba. The
Barracks
attack was aimed at
overthrowing Batista's
government but ended in
failure. Castro and many of
his followers were
captured, and some were
killed. This event became
known as the "Moncada
Barracks attack" and is
considered the starting
point of the Cuban
 Revolution.

November 26, 1956 Castro Fidel Castro, along with

lands in Che Guevara and other
Cuba revolutionaries, landed in
Cuba aboard the yacht
Granma. They aimed to
start a guerrilla war against
Batista's government.
Despite being attacked by
government forces shortly
after landing, Castro and
his followers managed to
escape into the Sierra
Maestra mountains, where
they began their
revolutionary campaign.

December 31, 1958 After two years of guerrilla

warfare and gaining
support from various
sectors of Cuban society,
including workers,
peasants, and students,
Castro's forces succeeded
in overthrowing Batista's
government. Batista fled
Cuba, and on January 1,
1959, Castro's forces
entered Havana, marking
the victory of the Cuban
Revolution.

Bay of Pigs
Research … Watch the videos in class and answer the questions:

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Why was it launched?

Why was it a ‘perfect failure?’

The Thirteen Days

http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/

Use the website above to create a chronology of the ‘Thirteen Days’ of the Cuban
Missile Crisis. You should use the text, and the primary sources embedded into the
website.
Day Date What happened The impact. This could
include:
 Decisions made
 US/USSR relations

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