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Détente

Answer the questions about The Thaw in Superpower relations during the Cold War from 1968-1979
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War that the US hoped to end by improving relations
Vietnam War
Cost of the above for the US
$170 billion
% of GDP the USSR was spending on defence
30
% of GDP the US was spending on defence
13
New US President who had ambitions on improving relations
Richard Nixon
1962 Crisis that was the origin of the Détente period
Cuban Missile Crisis
Country that the US and USSR were growing concerned about
China
New West German chancellor who called for less tension
Willy Brandt
What significant treaty limited the spread of nuclear weapons
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Treaty that helped significantly reduce tensions in 1972
SALT
Relations between US and China were nicknamed ____-____ diplomacy
Ping-Pong
1973 war in the Middle East that damaged trust between superpowers
Yom Kippur War
African country where the USSR supported Marxist rebels during a Civil War
Angola
What issue did Jimmy Carter tie to trade deals with the USSR?
Human Rights
Country the USSR invaded in 1979
Afghanistan
US President elected in 1981 that had an aggressive stance towards the USSR
Ronald Reagan
What the above called the USSR
Evil empire
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