The Cuban Missile Crisis took place on October 16, through October 28, 1962. The crisis took place in America, Russia, and Cuba. There was a general lack of knowledge about missile involvement with the United States in the general public. The crisis was that Russia moved missiles into Cuba which was 90 miles offshore from America, this was a dangerous threat to the nation especially because of the Cold War between American and Russia. There was a thirteen-day standoff between these countries once there was an awareness of the missiles in America. America needed to come up with a solution quickly so that the threat would be neutralized. The Soviet leader, Khrushchev saw an opportunity and offered to remove the missiles in Cuba in exchange that
