Peace Movements

Question 1

How did nuclear arms race emerge?

Answer 1

Truman drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Soviet Union begin testing bombs in response

Question 2

What drill was carried out in New York in 1951?

Answer 2

An atomic defense drill

Question 3

What manifesto was issued in 1955 opposing nuclear war and by who?

Answer 3

Russel-Einstein Manifesto

B.Russel, A.Eisntein

Question 4

What organization was formed in 1955 that opposed nuclear weapons and who formed it?

Answer 4

National committee for a sane nuclear policy (SANE)

N.Cousins, C.Pickett

Question 5

What term was used to describe a first strike and counter strike devastation for nuclear nations

Answer 5

MAD

Question 6

What organization was formed in 1957 that campaigned for nuclear disarmament? And who formed it?

Answer 6

Campaign for nuclear disarmament (CND)

JB.Priestley, K.Martin

Question 7

What treat was signed by USA, UK, USSR that banned nuclear testing in Antartica?

Answer 7

Antarctic Treaty in 1959

Question 8

What radical group held protests in London in the 1960s

Answer 8

The committee of 100

Question 9

What organization did K. Caulkins form and when?

Answer 9

Student Peace Union (SPU)

1959

Question 10

What war did the student movement target?

Answer 10

Vietnam war

Question 11

What student organization was formed in 1960?

Answer 11

Students for a democratic society ( SDS)

Question 12

What treaty was signed by USSR and USA during the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 12

Limited test ban treaty in 1962

Tests could only be done underground.

Question 13

Who organized the teach ins in 1965 and what did they do?

Answer 13

Staff at the university of Michigan

They taught students about the war

Question 14

What committee was formed in 1965 which organized regular protests and turned the public against the war?

Answer 14

Vietnam Day Committee

VDC

Question 15

What year were protests held in 80 countries around the world

Answer 15

1965

Question 16

What year did the hippies emerge

Answer 16

1966

Question 17

What did the war veteran as form and when?

Answer 17

The Vietnam veterans against the war

1967

Question 18

What were the names given to the people who opposed the war and who supported the war

Answer 18

Doves

Hawks

Question 19

What other forms of anti-war protests occurred in terms of pop culture from 1969-1974

Answer 19

Anti war songs

Question 20

What organization organized the protest at the pentagon in 1967

Answer 20

The National committee to end the war in Vietnam (MOBE)

A.Hoffman, J.Rubin

Question 21

What treaty was signed in to ban the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space?

Answer 21

Outer Space Treaty in 1967

Question 22

What treaty was signed but the US, UK and USSR that pro,used not to spread nuclear weapons to other states?

Answer 22

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty in 1968

Question 23

What happened at Kent state university

Answer 23

National guard opened fire at students on the 4 May 1970 during a protest.

Question 24

What realty was signed by US and USSR that limited the production of nuclear arms?

Answer 24

Strategic Arms limitation Treaty (SALT 1) in 1973

SALT 2 in 1974