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1) What statement sums up why an arms race developed during this period?
“During conflict your armaments help determine your influence; during war they help determine the outcome”.
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2) What 3 factors caused the arms race?
• Growth of international tension-needed to safeguard the interests of East & West
• National and personal considerations-“Keeping ahead” in the Arms Race became a national pride
• Domestic factors-Lucrative economic incentives influece of armed forces on governments
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3) Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
Hiroshima
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4) What year did the USSR explode its own atomic bomb?
1949
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5) What was the ‘super bomb’ that both sides raced to make, and which side won that race?
The Hydrogen Bomb- USA detonated their first bomb in 1952.
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6) What was the name of the Soviet rocket capable of carrying a thermo-nuclear device?
V2 rocket (had ICBM capabilities)
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7) What other race was taking place during this time?
The Space Race
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7) What was Sputnik?
First ever Space satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957.
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8) What was “nuclear diplomacy”? Give examples of US and USSR use.
Using the threat of nuclear weapons in order to gain concessions.US- Korean War
USSR- Berlin Crisis, Suez Crisis.
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9) What was, as Gaddis called it, “Potemkinism”?
Process of building just enough capability to provide the illusion that more lies behind it.
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10) Give one example of “Potemkinism”.
Moscow Air Show, 1955- Identifying numbers on planes were painted out so they could give the illusion that the USSR possessed more of them
than they actually did.
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11) What was the truth behind Khrushchev’s boasts?
Early missiles were unreliable- only 4 ICBMs were functional by 1960.
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12) What is MAD?
Mutually Assured Destruction
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13) What raised awareness of the possible consequences behind MAD?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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14) How did the arms race actually improve relations between the two Superpowers?
Danger or nuclear war led to restraint from both sides.