MWH4.2.5 Cuban Missile Crisis

Essential Question: How stable was the post-WWII World?

• Understanding Goals
  
• What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Escalation of the Cold War
• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• Soviet-US Missile Gap
• What impact did the Cuban Missile Crisis have on the Cold War?
• On the USA: War by Proxy
  
• On the USSR: Rise of Brezhnev
• On the world: Cold War Hot Spots
  
• Performances:
• Watch Cuban Missile Crisis video: Who blinked?
  
• Assessment:
• Cuban Missile Crisis SBQ Set 1 and Set 2