The event of the Cuban missile crisis occurred after the United States failed attempt to overthrow Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro in the bay of pigs invasion of April 1961. After that event Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reached a agreement with Cuba to move Soviet nuclear missiles into Cuba which is 90 miles of the coast of Florida.This was the closet the war has been to full out nuclear war and was a notable event in the cold war, it ended with the U.S and Soviets making a agreement that Russia would take the nukes out of Cuba if the U.S agreed not to invade Cuba.
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World War II was the war fought to bring "essential human" freedoms. However, in America, many minority groups did not have the essential freedoms they were fighting overseas for.
For example, black men served in the US military and gained new economic opportunities in factories during World War II. These men were vital to the war effort. However, they still lacked the same freedom in the US in comparison to white citizens. Many black citizens were stopped from voting, attending the same school as white citizens, etc.
This was also true for Japanese American citizens. Thousands of Japanese-American citizens were put into internment camps by the US government after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This limited the freedom of these citizens even though they did not commit any crimes.
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B: so that the government can pay bills as they come due
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C) Maryland leaving the Union would mean that Washington D.C. would be surrounded by Confederate territory.
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Option A is not correct as Kentucky and Missouri for example were much larger.
C is correct because if they have lost Maryland, Washington will be at reach of Confederate troops, and that would meant that president and government will have to leave it.
D is not correct as there is no reason to conclude that this would have happen.
