USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to arms reduction treaties with the United States in the 1980s because
A
Soviet economy couldn’t handle another arms race
B
He wanted to compete against STAR WARS
C
The Soviet Union wanted to become democratic
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1987: On December 8th, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The treaty was the first in which the United States and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate a weapons class and reduce the number of weapons in their nuclear stockpile.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ABM Treaty was signed by U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev at a summit in Moscow in May 1972, and it was ratified by both the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Soviet later that year.

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