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For ten days in 1962 the world weighed the chance of nuclear war over missiles in the Caribbean. That episode is the:
AThe Korean truce
BThe Cuban standoff
CThe Berlin Airlift
DThe Suez standoff
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The Cuban standoff
1. The standoff lasted ten days.
2. Nuclear war seemed possible.
3. It is the Cuban standoff over missiles.
_Source: OpenStax World History Volume 2, Chapter 14, The Cold War and Decolonization._
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