-Based on This Map, Why Did President Kennedy Have Legitimate

question 18

Multiple Choice

-Based on this map, why did President Kennedy have legitimate concerns about short-range and intermediate-range nuclear armed Soviet missiles in Cuba?

• A) Cuba's proximity to the United States made it easy for the Soviets to conduct a land invasion.
• B) Cuba had once been a strong economic and political ally to the United States.
• C) All major cities on the continental United States were within target range of these missiles.
• D) The United States had no such missiles on the mainland to retaliate against Cuba.

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