Question

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 was an example of A) the distrust that the United States had for the Soviet Union under the Kennedy administration. B) an international treaty with the goal of limiting the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy. C) a treaty that the Soviet Union was unwilling to sign because of the rising tensions between the communist east and the democratic west. D) the friction between the eastern and western hemispheres because only countries from North and South America were willing to sign the tre

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 was an example of an international treaty with the goal of limiting the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a treaty open for signature on July 1, 1968, in effect since March 5, 1970, which restricts the possession of nuclear weapons and it is therefore part of the efforts of the international community to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It is integrated by the vast majority of sovereign States (190). Only five States were allowed possession of nuclear weapons: the United States (signatory in 1968), the United Kingdom (1968), France (1992), the Soviet Union (1968, replaced by Russia), and the People's Republic of China (1992). The special status of these five "Nuclear Armed States" was defined as the only ones that had detonated a nuclear test until 1967. They are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

Answer 2

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 was an example of B) an international treaty with the goal of limiting the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

These were the terms of the treaty: First,the participating states have the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Second, states are not to proliferate nuclear weapons. Third,Those states who are nuclear-weapon states must pursue negotiations in good faith fostering nuclear disarmament. Lastly, non-nuclear-weapon states accept the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards for the peaceful use of nuclear energy.