The Arms Race 1950-58

Question 1

When we’re the nuclear bombs developed by both sides

Answer 1

• 1945 USA atomic bomb
• 1949 USSR atomic bomb
• 1952 USA hydrogen bomb
• 1953 USSR hydrogen bomb
• 1957 USA ICBM
• 1957 USSR ICBM

Question 2

What were the effects of the arms race on both sides

Answer 2

• each side became more powerful
• USA and USSR spent huge sums of money on developing conventional and nuclear weapons and armies
• led to a change in thinking about war- they acted as a deterrent to war

Question 3

Which president took over from Truman in 1953

Answer 3

Eisenhower- he was fiercely anti-communist but open to talks between the two sides

Question 4

When Stalin dies in 1953 who took over leadership of the Soviet Union

Answer 4

Khrushchev in 1956- followed a policy of de-stalinisation