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1
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What two main issues remained between the su and usa by late 1960s?

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Vietnam and human rights

2
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Give two ways circumstances in Vietnam made it difficult for the USA and su to cooperate

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  • The still American presence in Vietnam concerned su and other communist countries especially China
  • by 1960s, the Vietnam war cost lives of 58,000 US soldiers and so American withdrawal was necessary as they clearly couldn’t win
3
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Give 2 reasons suggesting why human rights was making hard for the SU and USA to cooperate by late 1960s

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  • the su still denied its people civil rights and free speech and the west was aware of this
  • events in Hungary and Czechoslovakia were high profile examples of the su governments lack of respect for human rights
4
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What was détente?

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Was the relaxing of tension during the 1970s

5
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give two examples nuclear technology encouraged détente and explain

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-As the Cuban missile crisis showed neither side was willing to use nukes
-there was also a concern less stable countries could develop nukes
This meant cooperation could limit spread of nuclear technology

6
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What alliance did the USA build that helped bring on détente?

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The USA - China alliance as China was the world’s second communist power and its relation with the SU was deteriorating in the Sino Soviet split.

7
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Give an example of the alliance between the USA and China

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In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first US president to visit China

8
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Give examples where each side avoided wars and so encouraged detente

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The Vietnam war showed nukes didn’t help win conventional war and instead talking made more sense in the future

9
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State why the arms race ended making it an aspect of détente

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Both countries spent billions of dollars fighting the Cold War and continuing the arms race would have bankrupted the SU

10
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What were reasons of detente?

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Nuclear technology, USA and China alliance, avoiding wars, ending the arms race due to economic issues

11
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What was SALT? (Include a year)

Did it make the Cold War more or less likely to end?

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In 1969, the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks began between the USSR and the USA. They were the most serious arms race talks ever taken place

12
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How did president Nixon effect the likely hood of the Cold War?

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When he agreed to let China join the UN in 1971 and later visited Beijing in February 1972

13
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What was the USA trading and to who was making the Cold War more likely to end?

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In 1972, it was selling its extra wheat cheaply to the Soviet Union

14
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What agreement showed the Cold War was likely to end?

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SALT

15
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What did the USA and SU discuss in SALT?

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Banning new ballistic missiles

Reducing the no. Of anti ballistic missile defence systems that could be built

16
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How did the space race signify better relations?

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When the American astronauts and soviet cosmonauts met up and shook hands in space in July 1975

17
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What was the Helsinki agreement of 1975?

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  • where the west recognised the frontiers of Eastern Europe
  • where all 35 countries that were signed up (including USA) agreed to improve human rights, particularly freedom of speech, religion and movement
18
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When was SALT II and what did it discuss and how was it not as helpful to ending the Cold War?

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June 1979. It intended to limit the no. Of long range missiles, especially those with multiple war heads but it fell through