Which of the Following Describes the Thirteen-Day Cuban Missile Crisis

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

• A) It brought the world's two superpowers perilously close to nuclear war.
• B) It followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S.naval base in Guantanamo Bay.
• C) It severely weakened President Kennedy's international standing.
• D) It ended with Fidel Castro's promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba.

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