Today we discussed the project for the Cold War, and we finished the key terms.
- Peaceful Coexistence- Nikita Khrushchev said that the US and USSR didn’t have to go to war with each other and peacefully coexist.
- De-Stalinization- Khrushchev wanted to undo the bad things that Stalin did to the USSR. Mao Zedong struggled with the Idea of Desalinization.
- Detente- Means release of tension. It was the easing of tensions between the US and the USSR. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan ended the act.
- Perestroika- Mikhail Gorbachev. Gave more power to the people and say in the government. Allowing people to have more of a say in what goes on in the government.
- Glasnost-Allowing people to have more say in having businesses, economy, and government. 1986ish
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963- Treaty that banned above ground testing of nuclear weapons. People couldn’t legally test above ground.
- Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty 1968- Prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, and technology. It was okay for countries to use nuclear technology for good things like nuclear power. Countries, today, can’t legally buy nuclear weapons. There are 9 countries today that have nuclear weapons. United States, Russia, China, North Korea, UK, France, India, Pakistan, and Israel have nuclear technology. Iran is trying to get nuclear weapons. This act is still used today.
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Treaty) 1972- When the US and the USSR had to limit the amount of nuclear weapons and technology that they had.
- Anti- Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972- Both countries agreed to not make anything to shoot down missiles. To maintain the idea of deterrence.
-United Nations
- US joined the league of nations
- Taiwan, Kosovo , and Vatican City are the only countries not in the United Nations
- General assembly
- Security Council is the most powerful of the UN
- Permanent countries are US, Russia, China, UK, and France
- Can wage war, send peace keepers, economic sanctions where they quit trading
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