THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the communist government took over American businesses on the island
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the island is located just 90 miles from the coast of Florida
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the Soviets gave financial aid to the communist government of Cuba
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the Bay of Pigs invasion failed because of mountain ranges
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cuba lies just off the southern coast of the United States. Therefore, missiles placed in Cuba could easily strike the U.S. at a moment’s notice. This would have been a massive national security risk had it been allowed to happen.
Detailed explanation-2: -In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
Detailed explanation-3: -The USSR had many more cheap, medium-range missiles than the USA so a launch site in Cuba, close to the US coast, was an ideal place to put missiles.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the most significant results of the Cuban Missile Crisis? The Soviets offered to remove their nuclear missiles from Cuba if America pledged not to invade Cuba. As a result, the US secretly removed missiles from Turkey and avoided nuclear war.