Answer:
The United States needed a close enough military base, to plan and execute a full invasion of the Japanese mainland.
Explanation:
Okinawa stood in a strategic position in the Pacific Ocean. Its proximity to Japan provided a good spot of the United States and the Allies to set up a military base to plan a full out invasion of Japan.
From Okinawa, the U.S had a close enough range to deploy their warplanes and also transport their full artillery and since Okinawa was not landlocked, the United States could easily bring in supplies and reinforcements through the Pacific for the battle against Japan.
British North America. In 1860, British North America was made up of scattered colonies (Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Vancouver Island and British Columbia.
Answer:
A. Jerusalem
Explanation:
Jerusalem is a holy city in the Arabian penisula. The otger options are not cities at all.
Although Paul Revere is often credited as the sole rider who alerted the colonies that the British were coming, there were many riders who went out the night of April 18 1775, warning the colonists of the approach and movement of the British forces. Four men and one woman made late night rides, alerting the early Americans of what dangers lay ahead. They were Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, Israel Bissell, William Dawes, and Sybil Ludington.
Answer: C. the downing of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union.
The downing of the American spy plane in Soviet Union named U-2 contributed mostly to the cancellation of a scheduled summit between the Soviet Union's leader Nikita Khrushchev and that of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
