Nixon's Agreement to Sell Excess American Wheat to the Soviet

question 34

Multiple Choice

Nixon's agreement to sell excess American wheat to the Soviet Union:

• A)reduced the severity of the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
• B)highlighted the fact that the Soviet economy was improving.
• C)violated the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement that the United States had previously signed.
• D)led to the expulsion of the United States from the Commonwealth of Nations.
• E)angered China who was the Soviet Union's closest ally.

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