End Of Cold War Flashcards
Salt 1 1972
Signed by Nixon and Brezhnev
Restricted number of ballistic missiles they can have
Didn’t limit production of nuclear weapons
Salt 2 1979
Signed by Carter and Brezhnev
Limited each to 2400 nuclear weapon systems until 1985
USA refused after USSR invade afghanistan
Helsinki conference 1975
USSR accepted West Germany didn’t belong to them
Need closer economical and cultural links between superpowers
Agreed give citizens freedom of speech
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1978 Taraki pro communist became prime minister led to civil war
1979 Taraki killed and replaced by Hafizullah Amin
Afghan government asked USSR for help so USSR invaded Afghanistan December 1979
Killed Amin and declared pro-soviet Karmal as president
Consequences of soviet invasion of Afghanistan
End of Detente
Carter doctrine - US not allow USSR to expand in middle East
Olympic boycotts USA 1989 and USSR 1984
Who became president 1981
Ronald Reagan
What did Reagan say about communism
Called soviet unions ‘the evil empire’
Reagan Doctrine - US would support anti-communist groups trying to overthrow communist governments
Perestroika
Economic restructuring
Glasnost
Opneness and free speech
What happened when Gorbachev came to power March 1985
Introduced perestoika and Glasnost
USSR reduced defence and spending and withdrew from Afghanistan
When did Gorbachev resign
25 December 1991
When did Warsaw pact end
July 1990-91
Consequences of fall of Berlin wall November 1989
Symbolise communism collpase
Encouraged Eastern European countries to go against communism
Reunites east and west Germany
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) 1983
Scientists began working on laser shield to prevent launch of nuclear weapons
USSR didn’t have money to catch up
INF treaty 1987 by Gorbachev and US
Banned nuclear and ballistic missiles that can travel between 500-5000 miles
