Question

PLS HELP!!! IN A TIMED EXAM!!

In the Cuban Missile Crisis,

A. Turkey threatened to have the United States destroy Cuba if the Soviets attacked Turkey.

B. the Soviet Union decided to send nuclear weapons to Cuba in 1962.

C. the United States president threatened to shoot down Soviet planes and announced a total "air blockade.

D. President Johnson sent American troops to Cuba.

Answer 1

The answer is b because The u.s and the Soviet Union engaged in a political standoff due to the Soviets nuclear armed missiles on cuba.

Answer 2

the answer is B because it would be easier for the missiles to be fired from cuba to the us bc they are closer