Detente

• what was detente?

  point in the CW where relations are most friendly
• What was agreed in SALT 1 ?

  superpowers agreed to Limit then number of nuclear weapons they had
• what did salt one say?

  • Stop producing short range missiles
  • No further production of international ballistic weapons
  • No nuclear missile launchers
• how did salt 1 help?

  • Slowed down the arms race
  • Not making as many new weapons
  • Less of a threat between superpowers
• What year was salt 1?

  1972
• What was agreed in the Helsinki accords?

  • Security issues
  • human rights
  • Borders
  • cooperation
• what did the human rights agreement mean?

  Freedom of speech , religion and movement of information
• What did the cooperation agreement mean?

  Sharing scientific knowledge , transfers students , ballet companies , joint space missions , trading with each other
• What did the border agreement mean?

  Both east and west Germany accepted each other officially , no counties could interfere with the internal affair of another country
• How many countries signed the Helsinki accord?

  35 countries
• What year was Helsinki signed ?

  1975
• What year was salt 2?

  1979
• Who was salt 2 signed by?

  Brezhnev and carter
• What did salt 2 say ?

  Each superpower was limited to 2250 War heads
• why did salt 2 fail?

  • Soviets Invaded Afghanistan
  • Relations soured
  • America refused to sign it