SALT 2 and the failure of détente (Edexcel GCSE History): Quizzes
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What was the main purpose of SALT 2?
What was the main purpose of SALT 2?
To control the nuclear arms race
What was détente?
What was détente?
Reduced tensions between US and USSR
Why was SALT 2 never ratified by the US Senate?
Why was SALT 2 never ratified by the US Senate?
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
What was the maximum number of warheads allowed per superpower under SALT 2?
What was the maximum number of warheads allowed per superpower under SALT 2?
2,250 warheads
Where did Brezhnev and Carter sign SALT 2 in June 1979?
Where did Brezhnev and Carter sign SALT 2 in June 1979?
Vienna
What did SALT 2 count that SALT 1 did not?
What did SALT 2 count that SALT 1 did not?
Actual warheads
When did SALT 2 negotiations begin?
When did SALT 2 negotiations begin?
1972
Why did some West German politicians oppose SALT 2?
Why did some West German politicians oppose SALT 2?
Feared it would weaken NATO defence
Which weapons were limited by the SALT agreements?
Which weapons were limited by the SALT agreements?
ABMs, ICBMs, SLBMs and bombers
How did the arms race economically affect the Soviet Union compared to the USA?
How did the arms race economically affect the Soviet Union compared to the USA?
USSR economy was considerably weaker
What is first-strike capacity?
What is first-strike capacity?
Destroying all enemy nukes in 1 attack
When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
When did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
December 1979