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History: Cuban missile crisis
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- 1Who was the president of America during the Cuban Missile CrisisJFK(John F Kennedy)
- 2Who was in charge of Cuba during this crisisCastro
- 3What caused this issue to happen firstThe Cuban revolution.
- 4Why was the USSR interested in helping CubaCuba was closer to America than they were and they recently became Communist
- 5what was JFK's options while dealing with the crisisA) Invade Cuba
B)blockade Cuba
C)destroy the missile bases
D)do nothing
E)Invade Berlin - 6what was the first letter sent to JFK from the USSRthe letter was asking them to remove their blockade and they will remove their base on Cuba
- 7What was the second letter sent to JFK from the USSRRemove your missiles on Turkey and we will remove our missiles on Cuba
- 8What does JFK doHe publicly agrees to the first letter but secretly removes the missiles on Turkey
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- This is what I can remember from learning about the Cuban missile crisis
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- George Cargill · Apr 2017
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- Apr 21, 2017
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