In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.
After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites. On October 22, President Kennedy spoke to the nation about the crisis in a televised address.
No one was sure how Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev would respond to the naval blockade and US demands. But the leaders of both superpowers recognized the devastating possibility of a nuclear war and publicly agreed to a deal in which the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the United States not to invade Cuba. In a separate deal, which remained secret for more than twenty-five years, the United States also agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey. Although the Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba, they escalated the building of their military arsenal; the missile crisis was over, the arms race was not.
In 1963, there were signs of a lessening of tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. In his commencement address at American University, President Kennedy urged Americans to reexamine Cold War stereotypes and myths and called for a strategy of peace that would make the world safe for diversity. Two actions also signaled a warming in relations between the superpowers: the establishment of a teletype "Hotline" between the Kremlin and the White House and the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on July 25, 1963.
In language very different from his inaugural address, President Kennedy told Americans in June 1963, "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the frontier was the key factor in the development of American democracy and institutions; he maintained that the frontier served as a "safety valve" during periods of economic crisis. ☜ (I think that’s the answer)
The correct answers are "fire", "starvation", and "disease".
The First World War was known as a trench war due to the continuous practice of installing trenches along the battlefronts during this conflict.
Trenches were narrow ditches which soldiers used as a temporary shelter while at combat. They located in positions of high proximity to the enemy and were normally used as milestones of an army's advance towards the enemy ground.
However, soldiers located in trenches could be confined to them for long periods of time, spending numerous days without food and also exposed to diseases. Trenches were also easy targets for flamethrowers, as the flames could reach soldiers into places where bullets couldn't.
Answer:FERDINAND DE LESSEPS,
IT WAS ONLY PARTLY COMPLETED DUE TO WIDE SCALE POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND LOSS OF LIVES.
Explanation: The first attempt to make a canal was the Panama canal which was sponsored by France, and handled by Ferdinand de Lesseps, it failed because of political corruption and loss of lives due to the under-estimated cost by the managers of the projects.
The loss of lives, coupled with the underestimation of the cost of the project with wide scale corruption led to a partly completed project.
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The potato blight/the potato famine of the mid 1800s in ireland devestated the country and its people. The potato crops were decimated, and many people died of starvation. This caused mass starvation, as potaos were the manin staple and food source of the irish people. They immigrated to the US in search of a better life and the american dream. There were rumors of more plentiful food and crops in the US, which was a good thing for the farmers and their families. They wanted better loves for their children, and they wouldnt have to depend on the one cash crop of potatos, when they can depend of things like tabacco, indigo, and rice and sugar cane.
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