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End Of Cold War Flashcards

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Law and order politics?

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Nixon Descalated Americas involvement in Vietnam

Personal enemies list

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Realpolitik (Kissinger’s idea)

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Foreign policy should be based on consideration of power not moral or ideals
Departure from containment

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Détente

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Policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions
More flexible than realpolitik
Ex. Nixon visits China

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Why did Nixon visits China

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Seek normalization between us and China

Take advantage of rift between China and USSR

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Results of Nixon’s visit to China

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Agreed neither would dominate pacific

Science and cultural exchanges

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SALT 1 treaty

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5 year agreement: limited number of intercontinental ballistic missiles & submarine launched ones
When he visited Moscow

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What was the impact of the OPEC oil embargo

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Fuel shortage

OPEC price spike, carter did not have a clear economic policy

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National energy act

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Tax on gas guzzling cars

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SALT II TREATY (1979)

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Provide limit on # of strategic arms weapons and nuclear missile launchers us and USSR could produce

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What effect did soviet invasion of Afghanistan have

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SALT II died
Angered carter
He refused to fight for treaty
Boycott of Moscow Olympics by the USA

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Camp David accords

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Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt mediated by carter at camp David
Israel agreed to withdraw from Sinai peninsula if Egypt acknowledged Israelis right to exist

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Iran hostage crisis

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Ayatollah ruhollah Khomeini led rebels in overthrowing shah

Established religious state

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What caused the hostage crisis

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Carter let shah into us for cancer treatment

Armed students seized U.S. embassy in Tehran and demanded us to send shah back

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What is Glasnot (openness)

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Allowed open criticism of government in Soviet Union
Steps toward freedom of the press
Mikhail Girbachev

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Perestroika?

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Restructuring of USSR society
Called for less govt control of economy intro to some private enterprise
Gorbachev

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Who was Boris Yeltsin?

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President of commonwealth of independent states after Soviet Union broke up

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START II pact

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Declare and end to Cold War

Designed to cut both nations nuclear arsenals by 2/3

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Boland amendment?

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Banned military aid to contra’s for two years

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What were the causes of the Persian gulf war?

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Iraqi troops (saddam Hussein) invaded disputed area claimed by Kuwait and looted it

20
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Operation desert storm

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Goal to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control

Chemical warfare

21
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Results of Persian gulf war

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Veterans suffered from disabilities

Iraqi children suffered from cholera typhoid, enteritis and others from chemical warfare

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President bush

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Hurt by raising deficits and recession (1990-1992)

Forced to raise taxes

23
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What was the Iran contra scandal

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Terrorist group loyal to Iran took American hostages in Lebanon
Reagan urged U.S. Allies not to send arms to Iran but then approved the sale for 7 hostages
Used profit to help contras in Nicaragua

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Who was fighting in Nicaragua

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Sandistas vs contras

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Who were the contras?

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Guerrilla forces against sand katas

U.S. Helped them bc carter felt Nicaragua was a soviet outpost

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Nixon and new federalism?

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Distribute a portion of federal power to state and local gotta
Revenue sharing
Increase social security Medicare and medicaid

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What was the Yom Kippur War

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Syria and Egypt invaded Israel on Yom Kippur

Many casualties but short war

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Why did OPEC cut off oil sales to us

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USA sent massive military aid to Israel during Yom Kippur war

29
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What was ping pong democracy

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Players from the U.S. And China played ping pong together which thawed their relationship (ease tensions)

30
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What happened in Grenada

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The U.S. Thought it was developing ties with cubs so they used direct military action to accomplish aims

31
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What happened in panama?

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Bush sent a lot of troops to overthrow Manuel Noriega (general) involved in drug trafficking

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Result of soviet break up on America?

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Democratic leaders allowed us and USSR to work diplomatically in the Persian gulf war

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What did Nixon do at watergate?

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Illegally wire tapped left wing individuals at the watergate building

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What was the START treaty

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U.S. and USSR

Reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms

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