Question

As a result of Castro's revolution in Cuba

A) economic ties between the United States and Cuba were strengthened.
B) Cuba became independent of Spain and was no longer a Spanish colony.
C) tensions in the Cold War between the United States and the USSR increased.
D) Cuba became a United States territory with the same status as Puerto Rico.

Answer 1

Answer: C) tensions in the Cold War between the United States and the USSR increased.

Explanation: Tensions in the Cold War between the United States and the USSR increased as a result of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. As ties between the USSR and Cuba were strengthened, the United States became concerned about a Russian ally being only ninety miles from the US.

Answer 2

C) tensions in the Cold War between the United States and the USSR increased.