The End of détente

Question 1

When was the ‘second cold war’?

Answer 1

1980

Question 2

Who replaced President Carter?

Answer 2

Reagan

Question 3

When did Reagan replace Carter?

Answer 3

1980

Question 4

What were Reagan’s views for the future of the cold war? (3)

Answer 4

• Fighting communism - Prepared to confront SU
• Less emphasis on human rights
• Distract from Vietnam war

Question 5

How much money was spent by Reagan between 1981 and 1987?

Answer 5

$1 trillion

Question 6

What did Reagan spend his $1 trillion on? (4)

Answer 6

• 100 MX missiles
• The creation of the neutron bomb
• 100 B-1 long range, supersonic bombers
• Put cruise missiles in Western Europe

Question 7

What did Reagan do between 1981 and 1987 that significantly worsened relations?

Answer 7

Put cruise missiles in Western Europe

Question 8

What did NUTS stand for?

Answer 8

Nuclear Utilisation Target Selection

Question 9

What did NUTS not stick to?

Answer 9

MAD - Mutually assured destruction

Question 10

What was NUTS?

Answer 10

The felling of President Reagan that he could win a nuclear war if one broke out

Question 11

What did Reagan do in 1981?

Answer 11

‘Zero option’

Question 12

What was ‘zero option’?

Answer 12

Told Brezhnev he would cancel the stationing of missiles in Western Europe is the SU dismantled their missiles

Question 13

How did Reagan use ‘zero option’?

Answer 13

When Brezhnev had to refuse (he would’ve been vulnerable as fuck) he used it as an excuse to build more missiles

Question 14

When did Reagan give the speech about the ‘evil empire’?

Answer 14

1982

Question 15

What key points did Reagan make in his ‘evil empire’ speech?

Answer 15

The SU were the enemy and were corrupt

Question 16

How did the SU respond to Reagan’s ‘evil empire speech’?

Answer 16

New leader of the SU, Andropov, called Reagan insane and compared him to Hitler