The Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis Included

question 86

Multiple Choice

The consequences of the Cuban missile crisis included

• A) a nuclear test-ban treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• B) a Vienna summit meeting between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev.
• C) the installation of a Moscow-Washington hot line for crisis communication.
• D) a massive military arms-building program in the Soviet Union.
• E) the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

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