End Of Cold War Flashcards
Law and order politics?
Nixon Descalated Americas involvement in Vietnam
Personal enemies list
Realpolitik (Kissinger’s idea)
Foreign policy should be based on consideration of power not moral or ideals
Departure from containment
Détente
Policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions
More flexible than realpolitik
Ex. Nixon visits China
Why did Nixon visits China
Seek normalization between us and China
Take advantage of rift between China and USSR
Results of Nixon’s visit to China
Agreed neither would dominate pacific
Science and cultural exchanges
SALT 1 treaty
5 year agreement: limited number of intercontinental ballistic missiles & submarine launched ones
When he visited Moscow
What was the impact of the OPEC oil embargo
Fuel shortage
OPEC price spike, carter did not have a clear economic policy
National energy act
Tax on gas guzzling cars
SALT II TREATY (1979)
Provide limit on # of strategic arms weapons and nuclear missile launchers us and USSR could produce
What effect did soviet invasion of Afghanistan have
SALT II died
Angered carter
He refused to fight for treaty
Boycott of Moscow Olympics by the USA
Camp David accords
Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt mediated by carter at camp David
Israel agreed to withdraw from Sinai peninsula if Egypt acknowledged Israelis right to exist
Iran hostage crisis
Ayatollah ruhollah Khomeini led rebels in overthrowing shah
Established religious state
What caused the hostage crisis
Carter let shah into us for cancer treatment
Armed students seized U.S. embassy in Tehran and demanded us to send shah back
What is Glasnot (openness)
Allowed open criticism of government in Soviet Union
Steps toward freedom of the press
Mikhail Girbachev
Perestroika?
Restructuring of USSR society
Called for less govt control of economy intro to some private enterprise
Gorbachev
Who was Boris Yeltsin?
President of commonwealth of independent states after Soviet Union broke up
START II pact
Declare and end to Cold War
Designed to cut both nations nuclear arsenals by 2/3
Boland amendment?
Banned military aid to contra’s for two years
What were the causes of the Persian gulf war?
Iraqi troops (saddam Hussein) invaded disputed area claimed by Kuwait and looted it
Operation desert storm
Goal to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control
Chemical warfare
Results of Persian gulf war
Veterans suffered from disabilities
Iraqi children suffered from cholera typhoid, enteritis and others from chemical warfare
President bush
Hurt by raising deficits and recession (1990-1992)
Forced to raise taxes
What was the Iran contra scandal
Terrorist group loyal to Iran took American hostages in Lebanon
Reagan urged U.S. Allies not to send arms to Iran but then approved the sale for 7 hostages
Used profit to help contras in Nicaragua
Who was fighting in Nicaragua
Sandistas vs contras
Who were the contras?
Guerrilla forces against sand katas
U.S. Helped them bc carter felt Nicaragua was a soviet outpost
Nixon and new federalism?
Distribute a portion of federal power to state and local gotta
Revenue sharing
Increase social security Medicare and medicaid
What was the Yom Kippur War
Syria and Egypt invaded Israel on Yom Kippur
Many casualties but short war
Why did OPEC cut off oil sales to us
USA sent massive military aid to Israel during Yom Kippur war
What was ping pong democracy
Players from the U.S. And China played ping pong together which thawed their relationship (ease tensions)
What happened in Grenada
The U.S. Thought it was developing ties with cubs so they used direct military action to accomplish aims
What happened in panama?
Bush sent a lot of troops to overthrow Manuel Noriega (general) involved in drug trafficking
Result of soviet break up on America?
Democratic leaders allowed us and USSR to work diplomatically in the Persian gulf war
What did Nixon do at watergate?
Illegally wire tapped left wing individuals at the watergate building
What was the START treaty
U.S. and USSR
Reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
