End Of Detente

Question 1

What are the 5 factors that lead to the end of Detente?

Answer 1

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 
Soviet Economy 
Third World involvement 
Failure of agreements in 1970s
Ronald Reagan, Thatcher and the Neo-Conservatives

Question 2

When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

Answer 2

1979

Question 3

How many Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan?

Answer 3

100,000

Question 4

Why did the SU invade Afghanistan?

Answer 4

Fearful of the spread of Islamic fundamentalism in their middle eastern sphere of influence

Question 5

How many Afghans died?

Answer 5

1 Million

Question 6

Why did the soviet invasion of Afghanistan lead to the end of detente?

Answer 6

Because it was an intrusive action that broke the morals and philosophies of detente
The Neo conservatives of the west, including Reagan, used this as a justifiable reason to end any peace between the two nations

Question 7

What were some of the third world countries that the USSR operated in during the 1970s?

Answer 7

Angola, Mozambique, Nicaragua, El Salvador

Question 8

When were the Angolan and Mozambique civil wars?

Answer 8

Angola = 1975
Mozambique = 1977

Question 8

When was the Chilean Coup which the US supported?

Answer 8

1973

Question 9

Who emerged as leader following the Chilean coup?

Answer 9

General Pinochet

Question 10

What were some of the agreements throughout detente that were failures?

Answer 10

1) ABM Treaty > enhanced MAD
2) Helsinki Accords > USSR undermined civil rights (e.g no emigration)
3) SALT 1 > USSR continued to build up nuclear arsenals so catch up
4) SALT 2 > Not ratified by the U.S senate

Question 11

How did the USA find out that the USSR were breaching Eastern European human rights and the agreements of SALT 1?

Answer 11

Espionage

Question 12

How did the arms production of the Soviet Union lead to an end of detente?

Answer 12

The arms the SU continued to produce were outside of the agreements made at SALT 1, nevertheless the production that continued was seen by the USA was seen as an attempt to mock the USA and the Neo-Conservatives used the increased arms production to scare the general public into voting for Reagan into power. And Reagan was aggressive himself this lead to an end of detente

Question 13

How did the economic state of Russia lead to an end of detente?

Answer 13

Reagan wanted to exploit the USSR’s weak economy to essentially finish them off and crunch them as they were communist

Question 14

How would you describe the economy of the Soviet Union?

Answer 14

Rotting Dinosaur

Question 16

How did the Iranian embassy incident lead to an end of detente?

Answer 16

Neo Conservatives exploited the fear it created in the US public and so used it as part of their 1981 election campaign to increase military spending. This worked and they won the election

Question 16

When was the Iranian embassy incident?

Answer 16

1979

Question 18

How did Reagan, Thatcher and Neo Conservatives lead to and end of the period known as detente?

Answer 18

They were able to exploit all of the other factors leading to the electoral victory for Reagan and Thatcher that were renowned to be more aggressive to the USSR

Question 19

How did the USSR describe Thatcher?

Answer 19

Iron Lady

Question 20

When was Reagan’s Evil Empire speech?

Answer 20

1983

Question 21

How much did Reagan increasing spending by in 1982 and the following years?

Answer 21

1982=13%

Following years=8%

Question 22

What were the names of the nuclear arms and deploy methods that the Reagan administration crated?

Answer 22

Trident, Stealth Bomber, SDI