Whitney; Nuclear Arms Race-The Nuclear Arms Race was to gain authority and power in nuclear warfare-The Soviet Union and the US were the main two, but also their allies- Other countries around the world began to make nuclear weapons-JFK announces building nuclear shelters- the Soviet Union launched missiles against the US launch missiles back;called Massive Retaliation and Mutual Deterrence-US was the first country to use nuclear weapons-The Trinity was the first nuclear war test-happened on July 16, 1945-New Mexico-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki came right after, they happened in Japan.Brooke; Nixon’s Visit to ChinaIn 1971, Richard Nixon went to China-This was the first time any US president went to China- On July on 1971, Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s advisor, secretly visited Beijing during a trip to Pakistan-He went to China to normalize relations between the US and China-reduced trade restrictionsIn 1960, PRC splits from the Soviet Union- 1970, the struggles became stronger and Nixon wanted to put the conflict towards the Cold War-PRC; People’s Republic of China.Josh;1970 Peace AgreementDétente was used to ease tension-Soviet Union wanted to use it so they could get more trade-French for easing of tensionsSalt 1 helped reduce ballistic missile launchers between the US and Soviet Union-Salt 2 was a replacement with a long term treaty but Salt 2 never got passed.
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