Why Was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987) Significant

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987) significant?

• A)It was the first time that United States and Soviet leaders agreed to destroy a whole class of weapons systems.
• B)It recognized that the Cold War was becoming direr and that Western countries would need to come together to produce more weapons.
• C)It was considered the biggest diplomatic failure of Ronald Reagan's presidency and prevented his reelection.
• D)It was a formal acknowledgment of an agreement that had already been followed by the Soviets and United States for decades.
• E)It was created largely in response to the Soviet Union's booming economy and triumphs in a war against Afghanistan.

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Definitions:

Cumulative Frequency Distribution

A tabular summary of quantitative data showing the number of data values that are less than or equal to the upper class limit of each class.

Relative Frequency

The proportion of occurrences of a specific event compared to the overall amount of attempts or observations.

Nonoverlapping Classes

Categories or groups in a classification system where each member of the population belongs to one and only one group, ensuring distinct boundaries.

Cumulative Frequency

The sum of a series of frequencies, calculated by adding each frequency from a frequency distribution table to the sum of its predecessors.