The Cold war: Détente 1970

Question 1

What is Détente

Answer 1

the easing of hostility or strained relations

Question 2

causes of the period of the easing of Détente

Answer 2

• Cuban Missile Crisis (fear of nuclear war)
• Americans protested against Vietnam War
• American protested for funding to social issues
• Weak Soviet economy

Question 3

What three agreements were made in the 1970’s bringing about a period of Détente

Answer 3

• SALT 1 (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) 1972
• Helsinki Accords (1975)
• SALT 2 (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) 1979

Question 4

What was SALT 1 (May 1972)

Answer 4

agreements that:
- Anti-Ballistic missiles only allowed at two sites
- USA only 1054 ICBM’s
- USSR 1618 ICBM’s
- 740 SLBM’s each (submarine-launched missiles)

Question 5

Who were the leaders agreeing on SALT 1

Answer 5

• Nixon
• Brezhnev

Question 6

What was the positive impact of SALT 1 (May 1972)

Answer 6

• both USA and USSR wanted to avoid nuclear war (peace)
• caps on nuclear weapons
• stronger relationships between leaders: (Nixon and Brezhnev met in Moscow after)

Question 7

What was the negative impacts of SALT 1 (May 1972)

Answer 7

• they still had access to enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world
• they could still develop other nuclear missiles and weapons

Question 8

What were the Helsinki Accords (Aug 1975)

Answer 8

33 countries in Warsaw Pact and NATO agreed:
- European Borders could not be changed by force
- Joint trade and Space-mission
- liberty of freedom and human right

Question 9

who agreed to Helsinki Accords (Aug 1975)

Answer 9

• Ford
• Brezhnev

Question 10

Helsinki positive impacts

Answer 10

• East/West Germany division accepted
• Apollo-Soyuz Space mission in 1975
• want for peace from 33 countries

Question 11

Helsinki negative impacts

Answer 11

• Some American politicians were unhappy of them accepting European borders for Warsaw countries
• Soviets did not want any human rights monitoring organisation to be set up in communist countries

Question 12

What was SALT 2 (June 1979)

Answer 12

• banned testing of new types of ICBM’s
• limited missile launchers and strategic bomber planes

Question 13

SALT 2 positives

Answer 13

• shows both sides will for nuclear peace

Question 14

SALT 2 negatives

Answer 14

• was not ratified as USA nvr formally agreed due to soviet invasion of Afgh