What led to the Cuban missile crisis, and how was it resolved?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. In 1959, Fidel Castro led a revolution that toppled the pro-U.S. government in Cuba.
b. Castro established friendly ties with the Soviet Union, which alarmed the United States.
c. Castro accepted the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s offer to have Soviet missiles installed in Cuba.
d. U.S. intelligence experts discovered the secret transfer.
e. The crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of war.
f. John Kennedy issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union to remove the missiles from Cuba and ordered a naval blockade to prevent new missiles from reaching Cuba.
g. Khrushchev ultimately agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. promise to not invade Cuba.
h. A secret agreement was also made to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
You might also like to view...
What role did the Supreme Court play in the establishment of the Jim Crow system in the South?
What will be an ideal response?
Petroleum led to the widespread use of which of the following in the early twentieth century?
a) kerosene lamps b) whale oil c) cottonseed oil d) tallow candles
All of the following explain the Hebrews' regard to God as fully sovereign except a. he ruled all and was subject to nothing. b. his existence and power did not derive from a pre-existing realm. c. no realm of being preceded God in time or surpassed him in power. d. he is eternal and omnipotent
e. he does not have a supreme will.
The Connecticut or "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
a. Regulating interstate commerce b. Collecting national import taxes c. Apportioning Congressional representation among the states d. Electing the president and vice president e. Limiting Congress's power to interfere with the importation of slaves