The Cuban Missile Crisis Appears to Have Been Most Directly

question 63

Multiple Choice

The Cuban missile crisis appears to have been most directly the outgrowth of ____________________.

• A) Castro's belief that the missile installations would bring jobs and spending to help the depressed Cuban economy
• B) President Kennedy's anti-Castro projects, which led both Khrushchev and Castro to believe that the United States was planning an invasion
• C) Castro's desire to win status and respect throughout Latin America
• D) Khrushchev's determination to make Soviet inroads into Latin America

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