Why Was the Planned 1960 Summit Meeting in Paris Between

question 36

Multiple Choice

Why was the planned 1960 summit meeting in Paris between Eisenhower and Khrushchev canceled?

• A) An attempt by dissenters in the Soviet Politburo to depose Khrushchev posed a threat to his power.
• B) It appeared that the meeting might benefit the Democrats in the upcoming presidential election.
• C) The United States refused to apologize after an American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.
• D) Conservative Republicans bitterly protested Eisenhower's willingness to meet with Khrushchev.