The End of the Cold War

Detente is a time of easing tensions or strained relations especially between two nations.

• True

• False

Which U.S. President traveled to China and then later to the USSR, helping ease tensions between the countries?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

What was the purpose of the SALT I Treaty?

• A treaty to demilitarize the Berlin wall, allowing free trade between the two.

• To decrease the deployment of ICBM's, antiballistic missiles, and stockpiles of other powerful military weapons.

• To join East and West Germany into a single united country.

• Both the U.S. and USSR reached an agreement to no longer use nuclear weapons of any kind.

Which President was responsible for proposing and then ultimately withdrawing from the SALT II Treaty from Senate consideration?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

Why was the SALT II Treaty withdrawn?

• The USSR imposed high tariffs on Chinese goods

• The USSR would not dismantle the Berlin Wall.

• President Nixon was impeached and it was rejected.

• The USSR invaded Afghanistan

Who was the Soviet President in 1985 that proposed the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

After realizing the USSR could not outspend the Reagan administration, newly elected President Gorbachev proposed Perestroika to help the economy catch up to other world superpowers.

• True

• False

What two leaders signed the INF Treaty?

• Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

• Jimmy Carter and Nikita Khrushchev

• John F. Kennedy and Joseph Stalin

• Gerald Ford and Boris Yeltsin

What was the purpose of the INF Treaty?

• It created the Intercontinental Nuclear Federation

• It stated that no country could possess more than 1,000 nuclear missiles.

• It ceased all nuclear proliferation in the U.S. and USSR

• It eliminated all nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges of 310 to 3,420 miles.

Where was the Berlin wall located? Select ALL that apply

• Berlin

• Soviet Union

• East Germany

• West Germany