Détente was a policy adopted during the Nixon administration to reduce tensions and improve relations with China and the Soviet Union. It involved increased communication, trade, and arms control negotiations. It was seen as a way to avoid conflict and promote stability during the Cold War.

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What Was Détente

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What was détente?

A) a period in the 1960s when college students agreed to work with the government to create a better society.
B) a policy during the Nixon administration of reducing tensions with China and the Soviet Union.
C) the movement in the 1960s by musicians to incorporate different forms of music within their own.
D) a point in the 1970s when Republicans and Democrats set aside their differences to lead the country through the Watergate scandal.
E) the new tone set by Gerald Ford when he announced that the long national nightmare was over.

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