THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the discovery of U.S. nuclear missiles in China and President Kruschev’s threat of the Soviet Union to invade the country;
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the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and President Kennedy’s threat to blockade and invade the country; Soviets agreed to remove missiles if the US removes theirs from Turkey
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the discovery of Cuban missiles in Cuba and President Kennedy’s threat to start World War III; Cubans agree to remove missiles if the US agrees to give up property ownership in Cuba
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the discovery of Soviet missiles in the Cuba and President Kennedy’s investigation of the US government, the CIA, and the military for communist supporters who allowed this to happen.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -They provided positive proof of what the United States had for months suspected: that the Soviet Union was installing medium-range nuclear weapons in Castro’s Cuba, capable of striking major U.S. cities and killing tens of millions of Americans within minutes. Faced with this dramatic documentation, President John F.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War was and the nuclear arms race was far from over, though. In fact, another legacy of the crisis was that it convinced the Soviets to increase their investment in an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. from Soviet territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -In October 1962, the Soviet provision of ballistic missiles to Cuba led to the most dangerous Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.