The CIA-Backed Plan Inherited by President Kennedy

What CIA-backed plan did Kennedy inherit from the Eisenhower administration?

A. Cuban Missile Crisis

B. Hungarian Uprising

C. Bay of Pigs

D. Guatemala

The CIA-backed plan that Kennedy inherited from the Eisenhower administration was the Bay of Pigs. Therefore, Option C is correct.

The Bay of Pigs was an invasion in April 1961, which was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. A young Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army on January 1, 1959, into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista.

For the next two years, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA made a number of attempts to remove Castro. Finally, on April 17, 1961, the CIA launched what its leaders believed would be the definitive strike. A strike in which a full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had fled their homes when Castro took over.

Therefore, Option C is correct.