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Detente Period
It was a time period to release the tension between the U.S and Soviet Union.
Example: Nixon going to China & Peace Paris Accords -
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Cold War 1970s
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Nixon Goes to China
He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. The U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.
+Nixon met with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. The two leaders agreed to expand cultural contacts between their two nations.
+Nixon also established plans for a permanent U.S. trade mission in China. -
Anit Ballistic Missile Treaty
The United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the ABMT to control their arms race in nuclear weapons. The two sides argued that limiting defensive systems would reduce the need to build more or new weapons to overcome any defense that the other might deploy. AKA nuclear weapons. -
SALT I
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Richard Nixon, meet in Moscow, to sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, or SALT agreements. At the time, these agreements were the most far-reaching attempts to control nuclear weapons ever. They limited the number of antiballistic missile sites each country could have to two. And the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords, intended to establish peace in Vietnam and to end the Vietnam War. It ended U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. -
South Vietnam Falls to Communism
Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the communists violated the cease-fire, and by early 1974 full-scale war had resumed. South Vietnam surrendered April 30th. North Vietnamese Colonel Bui Tin stated, on the day of the surrender “You have nothing to fear; between Vietnamese there are no victors and no vanquished. Only the Americans have been defeated.” America leaving illistrated them surrendering to communism. -
Coup to Overthrow Chilean Government
President Allende attempts to re-structure the Chile's economy have led to soaring inflation and food shortages. Air Force planes attacked the presidential palace with rockets and bombs and tanks opened fire after President Allende rejected an initial demand for his resignation. The United States supported this overthrown govenment because it removed a communist leader and allowed a more democratic leader. -
SALT II
The SALT II Treaty was the result of many reoccuring issues left over from the SALT I .Though the 1972 treaty limited a wide variety of nuclear weapons, many issues remained unresolved. The US and Soviets were still trying to balance out their weapons and attempt to keep peace. -
Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua
The militarized Somaza family dictatorship had fallen. This family ruled the country in a harsh and unscrupulous way for more than four decades. The dynasty was overthrown after the National Sandinista Revolution, which took place when people from all sectors and joined forces and finally defeated the Somoza dynasty and the National Guard on July 19, 1979. -
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
At the end of December, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately undertook complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country in order to support communism.
