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. a surprise attack by the Spanish on the United States' base at Guantánamo Bay B. the explosion and deaths onboard the USS Maine, a battle cruiser sent to Havana to prevent attacks on American interests in Cuba C. a private letter of President McKinley's that was published in the New York Journal that insulted the Spanish leadership D. an assassination attempt on President McKinley that was blamed on Spanish agents
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a. 0 b. 500 c. 1,000 d. 5,000 e. 15,000
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A) social; politics B) political; society C) limited; radical rhetoric D) utopian; conservative institutions