Monday - Gone for National History Day.
Tuesday -
Cold War
- Brinkmanship
- Brink of war without getting into war
- The threat of massive destruction but its a stale mate brings around deturance
- NATO
- defensive alliance with GB, Canada, western Europe
- Warsaw Pact - eastern europe, Russia
- Nikitia Khruchev - came into power after Stalin
- Peaceful Coexistance - live, but don't go to war together
- Destalination - removing Stalin from Russian culture
- Detante (1970s)
- Easing of tensions between Russia and US
- Relaxation of the Cold War
- Perestroika and Glasnost-1985
- More democracy
- Free elections
- Freedom on speech and press
- USSR's Frist Atomic Test - 1949
- Nuclear Powers of the World - way back when
- USA
- Soviet Union
- China
- Great Britain
- France
- Nuclear Power Treaties/Organizations
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - 1963
- Banned nuclear test bombing
- Nuclear Non-Periferation Treaty - 1968
- Prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology
- Promote cooperation in the peaceful used of nuclear energy
- Further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarament
- Only used for ENERGY/power
- SALT 1 Treaty - 1972
- Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
- Eventual treaty
- US and USSR signed it
- LImiting nuclear weapons
- ANti-Ballistic Missile
- Limited weapons that would seek out and destory nuclear weapons one launched
- In the 1980s, President Ronald Regan announces the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
- US withdraws in 2002 under George W. Bush
- Withdrew due to missile defense system
- SALT 2 - further SALT 1
- DUe to Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, US congress never ratified
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - 1963
Wednesday -
Cold War
- The First Berlin Crisis (June 1948-May 1949)
Thursday - Work day.
Friday - Work day.
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