Question by Andrea: What catastrophe did Kennedy and Khrushchev avoid during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. armed conflict between Turkey and the Soviet Union
b. nuclear war
c. loss of a major trading partner in the Caribbean
d. a communist government in Cuba
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Answer by Emily C
b. nuclear war.
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Ben K says
B. Nuclear War
Benjamin G says
b
Robert T says
a. nuclear war. And it was cool too because Kennedy negotiated with Khrushcev by promising to take US missiles out of Turkey. But here's the catch. Kennedy was planning on taking the missiles out of Turkey, unbenonst to Khruschev, even before the crisis. Talk about strategy. lol