PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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The presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba was discovered accidentally by a U2 spy plane.
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The president of the United States overreacted and was restrained by his adviser’s form taking steps which would have meant war with the Soviets
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Fidel Castro was consulted by the Soviets and he followed the Soviet lead in all responses to United States’ actions during the crisis
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Nikita Khrushchev refused to accept a U.S. Naval quarantine of Cuba and forced the U.S. to board Soviet ships in order to resolve the crisis
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. The confrontation that followed, known as the Cuban missile crisis, brought the two superpowers to the brink of war before an agreement was reached to withdraw the missiles.