COLD WAR ; arms race 1945 - 1957

Question 1

What year did America develop the first atomic bomb?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

What year did the Soviet Union develop their atomic bomb?

Answer 2

1949

Question 3

What year did the USA develop their first hydrogen bomb?

Answer 3

1952

Question 4

What year did the Soviet Union develop a hydrogen

Answer 4

1953

Question 5

What year did the US test an inter-continental ballistic missile?

Answer 5

1957

Question 6

What year did the Soviet Union develop an inter-continental ballistic missile?

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

Who became the new leader of America in 1953?

Answer 7

Eisenhower

Question 8

What year did Stalin die?

Answer 8

5th March 1953

Question 9

Who took over the Soviet union after Stalin?

Answer 9

Khrushchev

Question 10

What did Khrushchev say about Stalin?

Answer 10

he openly criticised Stalin’s policies.

suggested that there should be a peaceful co-existence with the West.

Question 11

Why were relations between the soviet union and the us looking hopeful in 1953?

Answer 11

• Korean war had ended, they fought for opposite sides

- spending less money on armed forces would be better for both economies