Why did Kennedy authorize a covert mission in which 1,400 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba?
A) to check the island for nuclear weapons
B) to topple the regime of Fidel Castro
C) to gather information about Castro's relationship with Russian leader Khrushchev
D) to steal classified documents related to the conflict in Vietnam
E) to spark an anticommunist movement among the Cuban people
Answer: B
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