Question

The hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold

War contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis by:
A. increasing the likelihood that the crisis would escalate into a
nuclear war.
B. making it impossible for the Soviet Union to end the crisis through
compromise.
C. convincing U.S. leaders that only a military strike on Cuba could
end the crisis.
D. requiring Non-Aligned countries to negotiate a resolution to the
crisis.

Answer 1

A: increasing the likelihood that the crisis would escalate into a

nuclear war.