The intolerable Acts fueled the American Revolution because the already bad relationship with Britain was made wayyyy worse. Instead of shutting the Americans up it mainly just p*ssed them off more. It was already tough to get by in early colonial times but the intolerable acts made it 1000x worse.
The Crittenden Compromise (December 18, 1860) was an unsuccessful proposal by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden to resolve the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 by addressing the concerns that led the states in the Deep South of the United States to contemplate secession from the United States.
<span>The answer is letter b.
During this period the U.S. set up a blockade to prevent Russian ships
from passing to Cuba. The U.S. was
alarmed after photos from a spy plane showed Russian missiles on Cuban
soil. This heightened American fears
that Russia would invade through Cuba and use the missile already set up
there. At this point in time, the world
was on the verge of nuclear war. Both
side weighed their options. After a tense period, secret negotiations brought
an end to the conflict. The Russians
withdrew their missiles from Cuba and the U.S. withdrew their missiles from
Turkey.</span>
The United States and the Soviet Union were the two competing powers of the Cold War