Cold War and U.S. Foreign Policy Worksheet

A main goal of President Richard Nixon's policy of détente was to

• sponsor free elections in North Korea

• negotiate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict

• end diplomatic relations with China

• reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The SALT I and SALT II agreements of the 1970s tried to improve Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union by

• encouraging space exploration

• increasing cultural exchanges

• lowering barriers to trade

• limiting nuclear weapons

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Both the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) of 1972 were attempts to

• settle boundary disputes in Europe

• promote the peaceful use of atomic energy

• ease Cold War tensions

• share military technologies with developing nations

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which term is most commonly used to describe President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

• collective security

• brinkmanship

• détente

• neutrality

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama

• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China

• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

• freeing hostages being held in Iran

Which action has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?

• establishing the Peace Corps

• achieving a truce in the Korean War

• tearing down the Berlin Wall

• improving United States relations with China

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?

• passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• establishment of a policy of détente with the Soviet Union

• invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union

• fall of the Berlin Wall

"... There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!..." –President Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987 President Reagan was calling for the end of the

• nuclear arms race

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• division of Berlin, Germany

• Warsaw Pact

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

President Richard Nixon's visit to the Peoples Republic of China in 1972 was significant because it

• convinced the Chinese to abandon communism

• brought about the unification of Taiwan and Communist China

• reduced tensions between the United States and Communist China

• decreased United States dependence on Chinese exports