You are President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union has placed missiles in Cuba 90 miles off the coast of Florida. You need to either de-escalate the situation or allow the Soviet Union to place a devastating array of missiles right off the coast of your country. In a paragraph or more would you handle this situation?

A naval blockade is considered an "Act of War"

We have missiles in Turkey, right off the USSR border.

Every choice you make will be scrutinized.

Which of the following statements describes the philosophy of thomas hobbes? democracy is necessary for a country to succeed. b. a country needs a ruler with absolute power to succeed. c. people have natural rights to life, to be free and to own property. d. a country needs no rulers or government to be safe and successful.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865

Why did trade along the silk road increase after it fell under mongol control? o people stopped using camels the mongols paved the road o it became safer to travel the mongols were better traders next question ask for