What event was Khrushchev speaking of when he said the world had come close to "destroying the human race"?
A. the Bay of Pigs invasion
B. the construction of the Berlin Wall
C. the Cuban missile crisis
D. the U-2 shoot-down over the USSR
Answer: C
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A) oversight of commerce. B) enforcing civil rights. C) promoting workers' rights. D) providing social welfare benefits.
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Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
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