PDG Study Guide (SSGT) "Extremely Important" questions with complete solutions

Fidel Castro overthrew the dictator of Cuba in _____. Promising ______ and instead instituting _______. correct answer: 1959, free elections, a socialist dictatorship. In 1960 President ______ authorized the CIA to plan an invasion of Cuba using ______ as troops. correct answer: Eisenhower, Cuban exiles. Eisenhower hoped that, in conjunction with the invasion, the Cuban people would ______ and install a _______. correct answer: Overthrow Castro, pro-United States government. Eisenhower's second term ended before his plan could be implemented. President ______ ordered the invasion to proceed. In mid-____ ____, Cuban exiles landed in the Bay of Pigs and suffered a crushing defeat. correct answer: John F. Kennedy, April 1961. After the failure at the Bay of Pigs, the ________ increased economic and military aid to Cuba. correct answer: Soviet Union. In _____ _____, the Soviets and Cubans started constructing ______ and _____ range ballistic missile complexes on the island. correct answer: August 1962, immediate and medium. The United States intelligence community called for _______ and _____ of the activity in Cuba after the Soviet Union and Cuban began construction of missile complexes. correct answer: Photographic investigation and verification.