In the Cuban Missile Crisis

question 77

Multiple Choice

In the Cuban Missile Crisis,

• A) the Soviet Union decided to send nuclear weapons to Cuba in 1962.
• B) Turkey threatened to have the United States destroy Cuba if the Soviets attacked Turkey.
• C) the United States president threatened to shoot down any Soviet planes bringing nuclear weapons to Cuba and announced a total "air blockade."
• D) President Johnson sent American troops to Cuba.
• E) Fidel Castro was exiled to Monte Carlo.

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