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Why was the Cuban missile crisis significant? a. Cuba threatened to invade the United States. b. It came close to starting a full-scale nuclear war. c. The United States almost fell under communist rule. d. It promoted nuclear research in the Soviet Union.

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b. It came close to starting a full-scale nuclear war.

Explanation: In October 1962 the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles to Cuba and the U.S. response (blockade/quarantine and demands for removal) brought the two superpowers to the brink of a nuclear confrontation. The crisis was resolved diplomatically, but it is considered the closest the Cold War came to nuclear war.