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Question 1

What are the three sections of the essay?

Answer 1

Nuclear Conflicts/Agreements, Alliances, and Proxy War in Vietnam

Question 2

What are 4 nuclear conflicts/Agreements?

Answer 2

Cuban Missile Crisis, SALT 1, Mutually Assured Destruction, and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Question 3

What are 3 Alliances?

Answer 3

PRC/US Nixon Relations, Ostpolitik, Israeli-US (6 Day war)

Question 4

What are the 3 parts of Proxy War in Vietnam?

Answer 4

Overview of Vietnam War, Vietnamization, Tet Offensive

Question 5

What did Proxy Wars lead to?

Answer 5

Resource Strain and Treaties

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 6

(1962) U.S. enforced a naval blockade and engaged in intense negotiations with the USSR leading to USSR removing Cuban Missiles and America secretly removing Turkey Missiles.

Question 7

SALT 1

Answer 7

(1972) [Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty] A Treaty that limited anti-ballistic Missiles systems (ABM) and capped nuclear weapons established at the Moscow Conference.

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Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

Answer 8

Superpowers maintained large nuclear arsenals making the consequences of Cold War escalation too dire for either side to risk.

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Answer 9

(1963) It prohibited nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater, although underground tests were still permitted. First major agreement between the super powers.

Question 10

Nixon Relations with China

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(1972) President Nixon pursued good relations with the Peoples Republic of China. He took a short trip China and him and Mao agreed on the Shanghai Communique, altering the triangle of power.

Question 11

Six Day War

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(1967) Tensions between Israel and Arab escalated into war. Israel gained superiority and strengthened ties with the US as they became direct opposition to USSR back Arab states.

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Ostpolitik

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(1969) Normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Eastern Germany.

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Overview of Vietnam War

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(1955) Long war where the US initially entered fearing the domino effect. It was a proxy war meaning the US backed Diem initially with the South and the USSR backed the North under Ho Chi Min.

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Tet Offensive

Answer 14

(1968) Attack carried out by North Vietnam that ultimately showed US’s weakness and decreased public support further, encouraging detente.

Question 15

Vietnamization

Answer 15

(1968) A program designed to shift the responsibility of the war from the U.S. to the South Vietnamese.