USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?
A
Cuba
B
China
C
Soviet Union
D
Both China and Soviet Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Appointments. President Richard Nixon and his top aide Henry Kissinger focused on the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, the Middle East, Pakistan, and major arms limitation agreements.

Detailed explanation-2: -Basically, Nixon played China and the Soviet Union off of each other. By improving relations with China, Nixon felt he could drive a wedge in between China and the Soviet Union (the two most powerful communist nations in the world) and therefore improve the United States’s relationship with both of them.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did President Nixon’s policy of détente change US foreign relations with Communist nations? B. It led away from confrontation and toward negotiation instead.

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