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What was the U.S. government’s immediate response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Retry Correct Incorrect In addition to the blockade, the U.S. was ready to use military force to neutralize the threat of the missiles, resulting in a 13-day standoff during which Nikita Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles if the U.S. wouldn’t invade Cuba, while JFK quietly agreed to remove U.S. missiles in Turkey.

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What was the U.S. government’s immediate response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The U.S. enacted a naval blockade around Cuba
• The U.S. declared nuclear war on the Soviet Union
• The U.S. invaded Cuba
• The U.S. took no action