Social Developments: EPO - The CND

Question 1

What does CND stand for?

Answer 1

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Question 2

What happened in terms of nuclear weapons in the 1980s?

Answer 2

A new era of nuclear weapons was being developed

Question 3

Name an American scheme in the 1980s which showed a new era for Nuclear Weapons

Answer 3

Ronald Reagans Space-Laser Programme

Question 4

How many members did the CND have in 1969?

Answer 4

5000

Question 5

How many members did the CND have in 1985?

Answer 5

100,000

Question 6

When was the CND founded?

Answer 6

1958

Question 7

How many people attended CND Demonstrations by the late-1980s?

Answer 7

250,000 people

Question 8

What was the case for the view of opposing the new generation of nuclear weapons in Britain?

Answer 8

It became the view held by the majority

Question 9

Did people act violently in protests against nuclear weapons? Why is this significant?

Answer 9

They did not. This shows that people acknowledged they would likely not solve this if they were violent

Question 10

What was it called when people set up camps outside military bases in protest?

Answer 10

Peace Camps