How Was War Avoided in the Cuban Missile Crisis

question 38

Multiple Choice

How was war avoided in the Cuban missile crisis?

• A) The United States agreed to remove its missiles from Europe in exchange for the Soviets' taking their missiles out of Cuba.
• B) Kennedy agreed to remove Western troops from East Berlin in exchange for Khrushchev's order to dismantle Soviet missiles in Cuba.
• C) The United States agreed to stop its bombing of North Vietnam in exchange for the Soviets' removal of missiles with nuclear warheads from Cuba.
• D) Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's pledge not to invade that country.
• E) Kennedy ended the embargo of Cuba, and Khrushchev transferred its missiles to China.

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