detente in the 1970s

Question 1

What does detente mean

Answer 1

the relaxing of tension between rivals - it’s a term used to describe the relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union in the later 1960s and 1970s

Question 2

What date was SALT 1

Answer 2

1972

Question 3

What was SALT 1

Answer 3

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Question 4

What was agreed

Answer 4

Superpowers agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they had.

Question 5

Give examples of how superpowers were limiting nuclear weapons

Answer 5

a. no further production of strategic ballistic weapons (short-range missiles_
b. no new nuclear missile launchers (new submarines that could launch nuclear weapons)
c. no increase in the number of intercontinental ballistic weapons.

Question 6

How effective was SALT 1?
a. What did it slow down?

Answer 6

The arms race - by placing the limits on the number of bombers and weapons that each side could have. (thumbs up)

Question 7

How effective was SALT 1?
b. What did it lead to?

Answer 7

further negotiations that culminated in the SALT 2 treaty in 1979. (thumbs up)

Question 8

How effective was SALT 1?
c. What did it ensure?

Answer 8

It ensured that neither side had a decisive advantage in strategic nuclear weapons. (thumbs up)

Question 9

How effective was SALT 1?
d. What did it not cover?

Answer 9

Did not cover intermediate nuclear weapons which both sides continued to deploy in Europe during the late 1970s. (thumbs down)

Question 10

Did Detente have limits?

Answer 10

Yes! Superpowers still targeted weapons at each other and competed for influence. Also - the Soviet Union didn’t honour the human rights agreements from the Helsinki Agreements.

Question 11

When was the Helsinki Conference

Answer 11

1975 in Finland

Question 12

Who signed the Helsinki AGreements?

Answer 12

All European countries except Albania and ANdorra, as well as the USA, the Soviet Union and Canada.

Question 13

What did the Helsinki agreements focus on?

Answer 13

35 representatives agreed on security issues, cooperation, human rights and borders.

Question 14

Helsinki agreement on borders example

Answer 14

East and West Germany accepted each other officially.

Question 15

Helsinki agreement on Trade cooperation

Answer 15

the USA agreed to buy oil from the Soviet Union and the SU agreed to buy wheat from the USA.

Question 16

Helkinki agreements - How were disputes to be settled

Answer 16

Peacefully and through the UN if necessary (united nations)

Question 17

Helsinki agreements - what should countries not do?

Answer 17

interfere in the internal affairs of another country

Question 18

Helsinki agreements - What should countries respect?

Answer 18

human rights including freedom of movement, speech, religion and information

Question 19

Helsinki agreements - what should be shared?

Answer 19

scientific knowledge - e.g. in medicine and education cooperation (student exchanges)

Question 20

Why was Helsinki important?

Answer 20

a. it helped the USA and the Soviet Union form a stable relationship
b. it represented the highpoint of detente
c. it coincided with more USA - soviets cooperation, like a joint space mission in 1975 and trade agreements.

Question 21

What were the limits of Helsinki?

Answer 21

Soviet union continued to focus on Eastern bloc countries and to apply the Brezhnev doctine. It treated protesters harshly - arrest and force-feeding of a scientist.
also
the USA continued to prioritise its interests in countries it could influence - like Chile and El Salvador.