The End of the Cold War

During the Cold War, which event happened last?

• Launching of SPUTNIK

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

• Destruction of Berlin Wall

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize, even though it ended two years later in the Soviet Union?

• the fall of communism

• the fall of capitalism

• the end of the Vietnam War

• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which of the following countries is highlighted on the map?

• Russia/ Soviet Union

• Ukraine

• United Kingdom

• Romania

What does detente mean?

• relaxing tension

• increasing tension

• nuclear war

• surrender

What symbol of Communism did Reagan ask the Soviet leader Gorbachev to tear down?

• The Ukrainian Missile Defense Shield
• The Berlin Wall
• The Kremlin
• Lenin's Tomb

When did the Soviet Union officially collapse and dissolve?

• November 1989
• November 1990
• January 1991
• December 1991

"And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support. . . . I have initiated a plan which will end this war in a way that will bring us closer to . . . the goal of a just and lasting peace."
 —President Richard M. Nixon, 1969
This speech resulted in which U.S. action in Southeast Asia?

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Operation Rolling Thunder
• the policy of Vietnamization
• invasion of Cambodia

Which term best applies to President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy of improving relations with the Soviet Union?

• appeasement
• brinksmanship
• containment
• détente

". . . What may come out of it will be, uh, however, uh, uh, some method of communication in the future, uh, some contact in the future, uh, and perhaps reducing the chance in the immediate future of a confrontation between the United States and the PRC [People’s Republic of China] in Asia. . . ."
—President Richard M. Nixon, January 26, 1972
Based on this excerpt, why did President Nixon feel it was important for the US to have diplomatic relations with China?

• Negotiations with China might prevent future conflicts.
• The United States could purchase manufactured goods from China.
• The Chinese agricultural system might aid farmers in the United States.
• International trade agreements with China could benefit the global economy.

Many historians say the Cold War ended in 1989 when the Soviet Union (the USSR) broke apart.

• False
• True