cold war agreements general

Question 1

long telegram

Answer 1

46
us ambassador to pres truman
said: soviets saw capitalism as a threat to communism
-soviets thought peace was impossible and they were building up their military

Question 2

novikov telegram

Answer 2

46
soviet ambassador for US told stalin:
-USA building up army as they wanted to achieve world dominance
-USA were preparing for war with soviets

Question 3

truman doctrine

Answer 3

47
wanted to contain spread of communism
USA would provide money/ troops to any countries that wanted to resist communism/ stop communist takeover

Question 4

marshall plan

Answer 4

april 48
$13 billion given to help rebuild europe
hoped to stop people turning to communism
build trade links with countries that accepted
16 countries accepted

Question 5

cominform

Answer 5

47
encouraged countries to reject marshall aid
got rid of opposition to soviet control in satellite states

Question 6

comecon

Answer 6

49
build up trade links with/ between countries that accepted
prevented countries from accepting marshall aid

Question 7

geneva summit

Answer 7

may 59
nothing settled
agreed to another summit

Question 8

camp david

Answer 8

sept 59
soviets agreed to withdraw ultimatum

Question 9

paris

Answer 9

may 60
soviets shot down U2 spy plane
eisenhower wouldn’t apologise
khrushchev walked out of meeting

Question 10

vienna summit

Answer 10

june 61
JFK’s rep suffered from bay of pigs failure
- increased spending on arms by over $2 bil
no further decisions made about berlin
khrushchev reissued berlin ultimatum

Question 11

Brezhnev doctrin

Answer 11

68
gave soviets right to invade any country in eastern bloc that was threatening security of eastern bloc as a whole
western communist countries declared themselves independent from soviet communist party
yugoslavia and romania backed off from soviet union
weakened soviet group on eastern europe

Question 12

Salt

Answer 12

72
no further production of strategic ballistic weapons
no increase in number of ICBM’s
old submarines could be replaced
number of ballistic missile launch sites limited to two

Question 13

SALT 2

Answer 13

june 79
signed in vienna
limited to 2250 warheads
imposed limits on new launch systems
never ratified by US senate because USSR invaded afghanistan in 79 and it soured US-Soviet relations

Question 14

helsinki accords- borders

Answer 14

75
east and west germany officially accepted each other

Question 15

HA- cooperation

Answer 15

all disputes settled peacefully
USA buy oil from soviets
soviets buy wheat from USA
no country to interfere with internal affairs of another
sharing of knowledge + educational cooperation
countries respect human rights

Question 16

HA- importance

Answer 16

helped form stable relat between USA and soviets
high point of detente

Question 17

HA- limits

Answer 17

USA prioritised interests in countries it could inflience

Question 18

INF treaty

Answer 18

Dec 87
signed in washington, from discussion from Reykjavik
intermediate range nuclear forces 500-5500km nuclear weapons were got rid of
largely applied in europe

Question 19

Reykjavik

Answer 19

oct 86
reagan and gorbachev said they would cut down number of nuclear weapons
gorbachev wanted to cut down on reagan’s sdi
- reagan didn’t agree to this

Question 20

Reagan’s SDI

Answer 20

plan to have satellites, lasers and mirrors that would destroy intercontinental nuclear missiles before they reached USA
defeating MAD to hopefully end cold war
damaged relations- saying it broke 1967 outer space treaty

Question 21

carter doctrine

Answer 21

1980
threatened to use force if SU attempted to take control of persian gulf
usa imposed economic sanctions
USA + allies were backing afghan militia and providing assistance
-directly fighting a war against soviet union
USA ceased cooperating with SU and began confronting it

Question 22

outer space treaty

Answer 22

1967
bans stationing of weapons of mass destruction in outer space
prohibits military activities on celestial bodies