Development:Military Rivalries-Arms Race

Question 1

when did Soviets successfully test an atom bomb?

Answer 1

1949

Question 2

who had the first atom bomb and when was it used?

Answer 2

USA,1945

Question 3

when did America and the USSR test H-bombs?

Answer 3

1952 and 1953 respectively

Question 4

what could a H-bomb do?

Answer 4

destroy cities

Question 5

how did the creation of Sputnik change the nuclear arms race?

Answer 5

these sorts of rockets could be fitted with nuclear warheads and launched at targets thousands of km away

Question 6

when was Sputnik 1 launched?

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

what did the USA create in retaliation to Sputnik 1?

Answer 7

developed their own rockets

Question 8

how did Americas creation of a Polaris missile change the arms race?

Answer 8

made it possible to fire missile with a range over 1,600 from anywhere under the sea

Question 9

why did the USA base their ICBMs in Turkey?

Answer 9

it bordered the USSR

Question 10

when was a test ban treaty signed?

Answer 10

1963

Question 11

what is a nuclear deterrent?

Answer 11

policy by Eisenhower that USA should have so many missiles that the Soviets wouldn’t attack the USA for the fear of retaliation

Question 12

what is the bomber gap?

Answer 12

the belief that there is a gap between the amount of bombers between the USA and the USSR

Question 13

why did Eisenhower think there was a bomber gap?

Answer 13

the soviet air force put on an air show in 1955 during which they created the illusion that they had more bombers than they did.

Question 14

when was the first ICBM tested and by who?

Answer 14

1957,Soviets

Question 15

was there a missile gap?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

why did JFK continue creating more missiles even though he knew there wasn’t a missile gap?

Answer 16

he said he would close the missile gap if he became president so he couldn’t go back on his election promise

Question 17

how’s many ICBMS did each country have by 1963?

Answer 17

USA=550
USSR=less than 100

Question 18

what was JFKs MAD policy?

Answer 18

to have roughly the same amount of missiles as the USSR so that neither side could be destroyed without itself being destroyed

Question 19

what are ABMs?

Answer 19

rockets designed to intercept ICBMS before they reached their targets

Question 20

how did the creation of ABMs undermine undermine the MADs policy?

Answer 20

if ABMs could protect a country,they might be tempted to attack the other country

Question 21

what are MIRVS?

Answer 21

highly accurate missiles that can carry more than one warhead

Question 22

why was MAD overtaken by NUTs?

Answer 22

the creation of the ABMs and MIRVs meant that both sides could hit small targets like missile launch sites instead of entire cities so it would be possible to win the war without destroying yourself(no more Mutually Assured Destruction)

Question 23

why did Soviets restart nuclear testing in 1961 after stopping in 1958?

Answer 23

the Berlin crisis

Question 24

‘Duck and Cover’

Answer 24

cartoon for children on what to do if a nuclear attack occurred

Question 25

how did the arms race impact the cold war?

Answer 25

1.increased fear of war
2.new policies
3.higher stakes(more to lose and more ways to lose them(weapons))