Indiana. The state's name means Indian Land or Land of the Indians, named so for the Indian tribes that lived there when white settlers arrived. While its meaning might be simple enough, the way it got the name is a little more interesting.
President Asks Congress to Lift the Embargo Against Cuba. President Obama asked Congress to begin to lift the embargo against Cuba during the State of the Union address this evening. In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date.
The crisis started when an American U2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba. From that, the US discovered that the Soviet Union was building nuclear missile launch pads in Cuba. Kennedy implemented a Naval blockade on Cuba to prevent any ships from getting to the island that may hold weapons from the Soviets.t was in this Quarantine zone that the Essex Carrier Group was patrolling to prevent ships carrying Soviet missiles from reaching Cuba and also to prevent Soviet Submarines from passing by either. Also, it was the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was not a war.