the arms race 1950-58

Question 1

when were nuclear bomb developed by both sides

Answer 1

1) 1945 USA atomic bomb
2) 1949 USSR atomic bomb
3) 1952 USA hydrogen bomb
4) 1953 USSR hydrogen bomb
5) 1957 USA ICBM
6) 1957 USSR ICBM

Question 2

what were the effects of the arms race on both sides

Answer 2

1) each side became more powerful
2) both sides spent a lot of money developing conventional and nuclear weapons and armies
3) 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 with the USSR

Question 4

when Stalin died in 1953 who took over leadership of the USSR

Answer 4

Krushchev in 1956 - followed a policy of de-Stalinisation