In a dramatic televised address to the American<span> public, President John F. Kennedy announces that the Soviet Union has placed nuclear weapons in </span>Cuba<span> and, in</span>response<span>, the </span>United States<span> will establish a blockade around the island to prevent any other offensive weapons from entering Castro's state.</span>
President John Adams created the United States Department of the Navy "<span>D)to expand the United States' control over territorial waters". The US needed ships to protect US shipping overseas and to protect its coastline. </span>
