Which event almost caused a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union?

In October 1962, the Soviet provision of ballistic missiles to Cuba led to the most dangerous Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Military Commander: Nikita Khrushchev; John F. Kennedy

Location(s): Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Explanation:

Cuba, which was an ally of the USSR that is located off the shores of the United States, was receiving shipments of Nuclear-armed Missiles, which were in range of several US installments and shipments. The US ran surveillance as well as a blockade in an effort to keep the ballistic missiles from entering Cuba.

The event was resolved when the USSR agreed to remove the ballistic missiles, in which they in turn asked the US to remove theirs from Turkey. The settlement was made, and crisis was averted.

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the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.