The Cuban Missile Crisis
a. was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis.
b. was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power.
c. was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America.
d. brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers.
e. caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones."
d
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a. British anti-submarine mines in the North Sea b. heavy losses caused by the introduction of sonar by the Royal Navy c. the fear that it would lead to intervention by the United States d. the defeat of the Royal Navy at Jutland, which made such tactics unnecessary. e. economic pressure from the Allied Powers..
Martin Luther King, Jr., hoped that his use of nonviolence would help convince __________ of the justness of his cause.
a. middle-class white Americans b. poor African Americans c. southern political officials d. international leaders
Explain the expansion of Christianity at the same time that Rome was in decline. Are these factors related?
What will be an ideal response?