The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most tense parts of the Cold War and was going to lead to world nuclear war of conflicts got any tender because there were very dangerous weapons facing the Us only a short distance away in Cuba.
I've seen this question before, asking to identify where the narrative takes place. It is <u>World War II in Europe</u>.
The references to "fighting the Germans when Poland had first been invaded" identify this narrative as happening during World War II in Europe. Other nations in Europe, notably Britain and France, had followed a policy of appeasement toward Adolph Hitler and Germany's efforts to add territory to its control. They allowed Germany to annex the Sudentland, and then did nothing when Germany took control of all of Czechoslovakia (in March, 1939). But when Germany invaded Poland in September, 1939, it was beyond clear that appeasing Hitler hadn't worked, and war was pursued. Germany's invasion of Poland was the beginning of World War II in Europe.
The rebellion affirmed the need for a stronger federal government, and eventually led to the creation and ratification of the US Constitution and The Bill of Rights
This term was known as popular sovereignty and resulted in debate over many decades in both State legislatures and the United States congress. It led to tension across the free and slave states, even leading to a event known as Bleeding Kansas in which the residents would determine whether to be free or slave
