Question

PART A: According to the text, what was the main cause of hostility between the U.S. and Cuba during the Cold War?

A.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. cut off all aid to Cuba, so Cuba instead turned to the USSR for support.
B.
The U.S. has always feared Cuba’s relative proximity and attempted to make it an American territory during the Cold War.
C.
The U.S. supported the Cuban dictator Batista and resented Castro’s takeover of Cuba in the 1950s.
D.
Castro began developing ties with the USSR, which was America’s major opponent during the Cold War.

Answer 1

Answer: D

Explanation: Nukes were being handed to Cuba by Rusia and Rusia was the main enemy of America during the Cold War.

Answer 2

Option: D. Castro began developing ties with the USSR, which was America’s major opponent during the Cold War.

Step-by-step explanation:

During the Cold War, the hostility between America and Cuba remain as Cuba allied with Soviet Russia. Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union was a security threat to the United States. The Soviet Union after World War II maintained a hostile relationship with the United States because of its political views. Both had wanted to remain as a superpower in the world. The nukes in Cuba led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was a direct and dangerous encounter between the two supper nation United States and the Soviet Union.