| A | B |
|---|
| Khrushchev | Soviet leader after Stalin and started destalinization |
| Helsinki Accords | 53 nations sign an agreement for detente and cooperation |
| John Kennedy | U.S. president during Cuban Missle crisis. |
| Lyndon Johnson | Became U.S. president after Kennedy was assassinated - escalted Vietnam war |
| detente | Policy of lessening Cold War tensions during Nixon's term as president. |
| Richard Nixon | U.S. President responsible for detente, visiting China and Soviet Union, and SALT agreement |
| SALT | Strategic Arms Limitation Act- limited number of ICBMs and sub missles to 1972 levels |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative - built and anti missile defense system |
| Destalinization | Purging USSR of Stalin's memory |
| Nagy | Led the Anti Soviet revolt in Hungary in 1956. Was executed. |
| Dubcek | Started the Prague Spring of reforms in Czechoslovakia. Soviet troops expelled him from the party. |
| Strategic Arms Limitations Act | SALT |
| Ronald Reagan | U.S. president after Carter, was anti-Communist, built up military, and started Strategic Defense Initiative |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Soviet leader after Brezhnev |
| 1953 | Stalin died and Khrushchev takes over Soviets |
| Soviet Chinese split | These two communist countries, once allies, split over who was leader in world affair. |
| Brezhnev | Became leader of the Soviets in 1964 when Khrushchev was removed |
