Which of the Following Was NOT True of the Cuban

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A) The crisis was part of a dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union after a U.S. Navy vessel carrying nuclear warheads was intercepted off the coast of Turkey.
• B) The crisis erupted after U.S. spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
• C) The standoff brought the United States to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
• D) Kennedy was appalled by military leaders who had discussed "winning" a nuclear war, prompting him to sign an aboveground nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviets the following year.