An APUSH SAQ — The Cuban Missile Crisis
3 min readMar 19, 2021
Ten questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to the 13 days in October of 1962 when the United States went eye ball to eye ball with the Soviet Union and “the other fellow blinked.”
- Briefly explain one specific historical impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Briefly describe a historical event, development, or process that occurred before the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Briefly describe one major similarity and one major difference between the Cuban Missile Crisis and the U-2 Incident.
- Briefly describe one major similarity and one major difference between the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Airlift
- Briefly describe one major similarity and one major difference between the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis raised tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Name and briefly describe a specific historical event that led to a general easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- Place the following Cold War-related historical events in order of occurrence: The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennan’s ‘Long Telegram’, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the U2 Incident the Berlin Airlift, Richard Nixon’s visit to China, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War.
- What was the Monroe Doctrine and how does it relate to the topic of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during the Cold War. What was the Cold War (being sure to include the words ‘proxy,’ ‘satellite states,’ and ‘tension’ in your answer)?
- When was the Soviet Union “born”, when did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur, and when did the Soviet Union come to end?