Second Cold War

Question 1

After the Soviet Afghan war the policy of detente

Answer 1

Was badly damaged

Question 2

Detente became more in danger when President Carter was succeeded by

Answer 2

President Ronald Reagan in 1981

Question 3

Ronald Reagan was a hardline

Answer 3

Anto communist

Question 4

Reagan did speeches on

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Anti Soviet and called them an evil empire. This increased hositility between the two.

Question 5

Reagan did not believe inndetente however

Answer 5

He was willing to negotiate witn the USSR but only from a position of strength.

Question 6

Reagan wanted to increase the Americans defence budget.American intelligence met in 1976 suggesting that the

Answer 6

USA had underestimated the USSR’s nuclear strength and felt like they had to catch up

Question 7

In 1980 America spent

Answer 7

£550 billion a year on conventional and nuclear weapons

Question 8

Reagan also re authorised some weapon programs

Answer 8

That had been abandoned by detente

Question 9

Alos the USA began creating the neutron bomb -

Answer 9

A bomb designed to cause maximum loss of life but miniumum loss of property

Question 10

Relations between the superpowers got worse when Reagan announced his

Answer 10

Strategic Defensive Initiative ( SDI)

Question 11

In March 1983 Reagan announced his

Answer 11

Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI)

Question 12

What did the programme (SDI ) consist of

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A programme that would develop weapons that would be deployed in space and that could destroy nuclear missiles after they had been launched

Question 13

SDI was the perfect

Answer 13

Defensive psystem - even nuclear missiles heading to the US could be stopped.

Question 14

Why did Reagan change his attitudes

Answer 14

Because in 1985 Gorbachev came inro power.

Question 15

What dis Godbachev do

Answer 15

He proposed radical reforms and was far more open towarss the West.Reagan realised the USSR was being steered in a different direction.