The purpose of SALT was to negotiate:

Limitations of the missiles each country could have

The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was to

criticize Stalin’s abuses of power

President Ronald Reagan’s politics were most remembered for:

Increased defense spending & more pressure on the Soviets

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The purpose of SALT was to negotiate:
Limitations of the missiles each country could have
Protective tariffs for the USSR
Angelina Jolie’s Oscar win
Trade routes in the Atlantic
2
The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was to
criticize Stalin’s abuses of power
release satellite nations from controls imposed by Stalin.
deny that Stalin had done what he was believed to have done.
try to change the world’s impression of Stalin
3
Pushed a policy of de-Stalinization after taking over the rule of the USSR in 1953
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
4
What impact did President Nixon have on US relations with China?
Made them much more tense
Produced an improvement
Stayed nominally the same
Intensified, but had no long term consequences
5
Returned the USSR to much of the same tone under the rule of Stalin between 1964-82
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
6
Nixon’s plan to slowly pull out of Vietnam and replace US troops with South Vietnamese troops.
appeasement
Detente
Paranoya
Vietnamization
7
Detente refers to:
Increase of funding towards the Marshall Plan
Building the supply of nuclear weapons
Lessening Cold War tensions
Strengthening the policy of containment
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program to protect the US against attack by enemy missiles
ICBM
Marshall Plan
Domino Plan
Star Wars
9
President Ronald Reagan’s politics were most remembered for:
Decreased defense spending & increased the detente policy
Increased taxation on all socioeconomic groups
Relaxing the anti-Communist policies of the 1950s
Increased defense spending & more pressure on the Soviets
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Loosened the USSR’s power & promoted capitalist policies and political openness in the 1980s:
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev

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