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David Rittenhouse was the first director of the U.S. mint.
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The Bay of Pigs invasion failed which caused distrust and increased tensions between the US and Cuba. It brought the Soviets and Cuba closer together because Khrushchev saw what the US tried to do and he asked Castro to be allies. Castro accepted because he needed a strong ally. Khrushchev and Castro start to build missile launchers in Cuba. Thus starting the Cuban Misslle Crisis.
It was a strategic point in the Tennessee River. The union wanted to gain control of the tributaries that flowed into the Mississippi River. Southern troops were not defending this place. It was a stronghold protecting the North.