2.What did the quarantine allow for the U. S. and Soviet Union to do? 3.What threatening gesture did the U. S. military take in the mean time?

4.In what form would U. S. retaliation come from?

5.How did Havana respond to Kennedy’s televised message?

6.What advice did the West Germans have for the Cuban missile crisis?

7.How did the Soviets respond to Kennedy’s announcement of a blockade?

8.Why was it possible that the blockade could have caused a war, rather than prevent it?

9.How were families responding to the missile crisis?

10.What opera does Khruschev attend, and how might this be a message to Kennedy and the U. S.?

11.What were some of Russia’s ways of letting the Americans know they were willing to negotiate?

12.What role did Russian submarines play in almost causing a nuclear war?

13.In what ways did Pope John help maintain world peace during the missile crisis?

14.How did the “Washington bar talk” influence the Russians?

15.How did Washington and Moscow communicate with each other?

16.What does the Soviet general in Moscow do, in preparation for a U. S. invasion on Cuba?

17.What was “target 33”? What impact did it have on the crisis?

18.How does the Cuban missile crisis spread to Germany?

19.In what way was a deal made between the U. S. and Soviet Union?

20.What almost happened to the letter that was to be read over Russian radio?