Question

Why couldn't the u.s. run a blockade in response to russia sending nuclear missiles to cuba? russian submarines prevented it from working. the united nations did not allow one. a blockade was considered an act of war. the u.s. was trying to avoid a confrontation?

Answer 1

The correct answer is the third, the US could not run a blockade in response to Russia sending nuclear missiles to Cuba because a blockade was considered an act of war and in addition they were trying to avoid direct military  confrontation with USSR because of the blockade. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. A blockade was considered an act of war.

Explanation

In the middle of 1962, American spy planes recognized on the island of Cuba some forms that seemed to be missiles that would easily overcome the distance that separated the island from the continental United States. Therefore, on October 1962, US President John F Kennedy announced that quarantine and a "naval siege" would be established in Cuba, for which ships and planes were sent to the Caribbean Sea. In response to the above, the Russian President of the time Nikita Khrushchev referred to the fact saying that he considered the encirclement as aggression, also, he ordered the Soviet ships to slow down to avoid any major conflict if they encountered US ships. According to the above, the correct answer is C. A blockade was considered an act of war.