22: Summits Between the USA and the USSR

Question 1

When was the Geneva Conference and what did it achieve?

Answer 1

November 1985
Paved the way for future cooperation between Reagan and Gorbachev
Presentation of the SDI program caused tension

Question 2

When was Reykjavik and what was achieved there?

Answer 2

October 1986
Put relations back on track
Gorbachev wouldn’t discuss elimination of nuclear weapons unless Reagan abandoned SDI
Discussed humanitarian issues

Question 3

When was the Washington Summit and what was achieved?

Answer 3

December 1987
Signing of the INF treaty (agreed to remove a whole class of weapons, no demand on SDI, accepted British and French nuclear weapons wouldn’t be included)
Gorbachev decided to withdraw from Afghanistan

Question 4

When was Moscow and what did they achieve there?

Answer 4

May-June 1988
More humanitarian than expected
Gave Reagan access to the Soviet people

Question 5

What was proposed in the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)?

Answer 5

Anti-nuclear defence system in space

Would have given the USA more defence and a nuclear monopoly

Question 6

What was Bush’s position on the Cold War?

Answer 6

Supported renewed détente