Richard Nixon's Policy of Détente

question 23

Multiple Choice

Richard Nixon's policy of détente

• A) was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.
• B) increased diplomatic tensions with the Soviet Union, but relaxed diplomatic tensions with China.
• C) was a failure.
• D) found support in the Democratic party but not the Republican party.
• E) ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.

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