Question

Which event is considered the closest the Soviet Union and the United States came to actual war during the Cold War? (1 point) Responses the building of the Berlin Wall the building of the Berlin Wall the occupation of Germany after World War II the occupation of Germany after World War II the Bay of Pigs the Bay of Pigs the fall of the Berlin Wall the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 1

The Bay of Pigs — the 1961 CIA-backed invasion of Cuba that greatly heightened US–Soviet tensions. (Note: historically the Cuban Missile Crisis was actually the closest they came to direct war.)