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What triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962?

  1. The discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites under construction in Cuba
  2. The renewed threat of a U.S.-backed invasion following the Bay of Pigs
  3. The assassination of Cuban leader Fidel Castro by U.S. intelligence agents
  4. The sudden withdrawal of all American military forces from Western Europe
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Correct answer: The discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites under construction in Cuba

U.S. reconnaissance photographs revealed Soviet nuclear missile installations being built in Cuba. Because Cuba was only about 90 miles from Florida, the missiles posed a direct strategic threat to the United States.

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