Question

12 what occurred on may 1, 1960, that caused embarrassment for the united states and the cancellation of a summit meeting?
○ the united states did not get involved in the military actions of england, france, and israel to free the suez canal.
○ the soviet union produced evidence from a shot down american u-2 aircraft that the united states was photographing sensitive areas.
○ nato, which included the united states, did not allow the soviet union to join.
○ president john kennedy issued a quarantine as a means to have the soviet union remove nuclear weapons.

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Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: The Suez Canal crisis was in 1956, not 1960, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 2: On May 1, 1960, a U - 2 spy plane from the US was shot down over the Soviet Union. The Soviets produced evidence of US espionage (photographing sensitive areas), which embarrassed the US and led to a summit cancellation. This matches the event.
• Analyze Option 3: NATO's exclusion of the Soviet Union is not related to May 1, 1960, or the summit cancellation.
• Analyze Option 4: The Cuban Missile Crisis (quarantine) was in 1962, not 1960, and involved Kennedy, but this is not the event in question.

Answer:

B. The Soviet Union produced evidence from a shot down American U - 2 aircraft that the United States was photographing sensitive areas.