History ! 20 points {answers found} 1: what response did president kennedy take when u2 surveillance planes showed evidence of soviet nuclear missile sites near completion in cuba? a) he threatened the soviets with a nuclear attack from the united states b) he initiated a naval blockade to prevent soviet ships from reaching cuba with nuclear weapons c) he abandoned his plans to form an alliance with cuba 2: what dd the united states government view as the main threat in the cuba missile crisis a) soviet missiles in east germany b) economic losses c) communism in cuba d) cuban attack 3: what was the bay of pigs a) a secret plan for the invasion of cuba by the u. s -trained cuban exiles b) cuba and the united states signing a nonnuclear proliferation treaty c) an area that harbored cuban communists sympathizers d) a secret plan for the invasion of florida by cuban nationalists 4: many historians agree that the cuban missile crisis was the closest the world has come to nuclear war. in the end, what was the outcome of the cuban missile crisis? a) fidel castro sent the soviet union away and established his own nuclear arsenal b) the soviets backed down and removed the missiles, and the united states agreed to remove its missiles from turkey c) the united states backed down, allowed the missiles, and negotiated a treaty with cuba 5: this gave president lyndon johnson the authority to send troops to vietnam without a formal declaration of war? a) election of 1964 b) the viet cong invasion in 1965 c) gulf of tonkin resolution d) operation rolling thunder 6: all were part of u. s war efforts in vietnam, except a) use of napalm b) use of agent orange c) use of nuclear weapons d) use of attack helicopters