A 1962 Cold War crisis when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, bringing the U.S. and Soviet Union close to war is known as

• A. Cattle Drives
• B. Cold War
• C. Concentration Camps
• D. Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer: (D)

This event is the Cuban Missile Crisis, a famous 1962 confrontation during the Cold War when the Soviet Union secretly placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, bringing the United States to the brink of war. It’s the best answer because it names the specific crisis and captures the tense standoff over missiles so close to U.S. shores that both nations faced the possibility of a nuclear conflict. The other terms don’t fit: cattle drives are about moving livestock, the Cold War refers to the broader era rather than a single incident, and concentration camps relate to World War II and are not about this crisis.