"This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. " - JFK, 1962 What event is JFK referring to? Why was it inmportant? Why did it happen? How did it end? (2-3 sentences)​

The nineteenth century was an era of great inventions in the united states. look at the list of inventions below and order them from most to least important (in your opinion). then explain why you ranked the top three inventions as most important. 1834: refrigerator invented by jacob perkins 1837: morse code invented by samuel morse 1853: elevator invented by elisha graves otis 1873: typewriter invented by christopher latham sholes 1876: telephone invented by alexander graham bell 1877: gramophone invented by thomas edison 1879: light bulb invented by thomas edison 1886: dishwasher invented by josephine cochran

Characteristics of what type of economic system are being described below? 1.economy in which some/all of the basic economic questions answered by central authority 2.trade generally limited to what is produced through the influence of the government a.command economies. b.market economies. c.traditional economies.

Why might the greeck city states have an advantage over the persians