The End of the Cold War

The Cold War took a turn during the 1970s when the Sino-Soviet Split led to tensions between the Soviet Union and

• China

• Vietnam

• Korea

President Nixon followed a policy of detente which meant that he sought to

• bring the U.S. to the brink of nuclear war

• ease tensions between the U.S. and the communist nations

• escalate involvement in the Vietnam War

This President's Cold War policy of detente led him to travel to both China and the Soviet Union for talks with their leaders.

• Kennedy

• Truman

• Nixon

As a result of the Watergate affair, Nixon became the first president to

• be impeached

• resign

• go to prison

After he became president, what did Gerald Ford do that made him lose support?

• he pardoned Nixon for the Watergate affair

• he promised to cut taxes but raised them instead

• he illegally sold weapons to the Contras of Nicaragua

While presidents Ford and Carter both worked with the Soviet Union to continue Nixon's arms reduction talks, President Reagan took a "hard line" calling the Soviet Union the

• "axis of evil"

• "evil empire"

• "epitome of evil"

In the SALT I and SALT II agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, both nations agreed to

• remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and Cuba

• stop producing nuclear weapons

• reduce the number of nuclear missiles they had

President Reagan proposed a Strategic Defense Initiative to set up an anti-missile system in space, but it was a failure. It was mockingly called

• Star Wars

• Star Trek

• Star Search

The Soviet Union made a huge financial blunder by invading what country, which hurt its economy?

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• India

People living in the Soviet empire became increasing frustrated with the poor economy during the 1960s-1980s, a period called the

• Progressive Era

• Era of Good Feelings

• Era of Stagnation