US.70: Easing Cold War Tensions

What was the primary goal of President Richard Nixon's policy of détente with the Soviet Union?

• To expand the United States' territorial claims

• To improve relations and reduce tensions

• To initiate a trade war

• To increase military spending

Which significant event marked Nixon's efforts towards détente?

• The invasion of Afghanistan

• The signing of the INF Treaty

• Nixon's visit to Moscow in 1972

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

What was a key outcome of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaties?

• The limitation of nuclear weapons development and deployment

• The end of diplomatic relations

• The creation of a joint space exploration mission

• The establishment of a new currency

Who signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and what did it achieve?

• Carter and Gorbachev; it reduced economic sanctions

• Nixon and Brezhnev; it ended the Vietnam War

• Reagan and Gorbachev; it eliminated an entire class of nuclear missiles

• Bush and Yeltsin; it expanded NATO

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe?

• The signing of the INF Treaty

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The dissolution of NATO