Question

Which statement describes a cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A.
The United States and Cuba traded missiles to threaten the Soviet Union.

B.
The Soviet Union and Cuba signed a treaty that banned missiles.

C.
Castro sent missiles to Russia to threaten the United States.

D.
The Soviet Union set up missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the United States.

Answer 1

According to my APUSH text book, the Cuban Missle Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; namely Soviet missiles.

Answer 2

This would later lead the establishment of a "hotline" between the main offices of each nation.

AKA. The Red Phone.

Answer 3

So, D.