Question

President Kennedy's main goal in the United States' 1962 decision to blockade Cuba was to:

Select one:
a. encourage Castro to reopen diplomatic relations with the United States.
b. use the CIA to overthrow the Castro government forcibly.
c. force the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba.
d. force the resignation of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Answer 1

Generally speaking, President Kennedy's main goal in the United States' 1962 decision to blockade Cuba was to "c. force the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba", since these posed a major threat to US security.