Cold War Unit 3 Key Dates Flashcards
When did US troops enter South Vietnam
1964
When was Nixon elected as president of the USA
1968
When was Brandt elected chancellor of West Germany
1969
When was SALT 1 signed
May 1972
When did SALT 2 negotiations begin
1974
When did the last American troops leave Vietnam
1975
When were the Helsinki accords
1975
When did a pro - soviet government take power in Afghanistan
1978
When was SALT 2 signed
June 1979
When was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
December 1979
When was the Carter Doctrine
1980
When was Ronald Reagan elected as president
1980
When was the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics
1980
When was the Martial Law declared in Poland
1981
When did Brezhnev die
1982
When was the SDI announced
1983
When was Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire speech
1983
When did the Soviets boycott the LA Olympics
1984
When did Gorbachev become Soviet leader
1985
When was the Geneva summit
1985
When was the Reykjavik Summit
1986
When was the Chernobyl disaster
April 16th 1986
When did Gorbachev travel to UN is USA
1986
When did Gorbachev announce Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
1986
When was the Intermediate-range Nuclear force treaty signed
1987
When was the Washington Summmit
1987
When was the Moscow Summit
1988
When was the Malta Summit
1989
When did Poland, East Germany and Warsaw Pact countries break away
Malta Summit 1989
When did the Berlin Wall fall
11th November 1989
When did Gorbachev win a Nobel peace prize
1990
When did the Soviet Union collapse
1991
When did Boris Yeltsin become new leader of the new capitalist Russia
1991
