Nuclear Tensions
Who was in charge of the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
Who gave the famous Iron Curtain Speech?
Winston Churchill
What was Soviet expansion?
The spread of communism
What is containment?
Preventing the spread of communism
What item did the CIA use for code during the Cold War? HINT: everyone in this room has them
Shoe Laces
Who came up with the idea of the Manhattan Project?
Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR)
What was the Iron Curtain Speech about?
Was about the US and Britain acting as the guardians of peace and stability against communism.
What was the Yalta Conference about?
Discussed how Germany would be divided into four post-war occupation zones
True or False? The post post revisionist viewed the Soviet Union as a threat to foreign policy.
True
The cold war led to what "cosmic race" that made way for the creation of a intergalactic organization?
The space race, NASA
How long did the Manhattan Project last?
Three years (1942-1945)
When was the Iron Curtain speech?
March 5, 1946
Who were the Big Three in the yalta agreement?
The U.S, British, and Soviets
What was the post-post revisionist POV on the Soviet Union regarding containment?
The United States was viewing the Soviet Union as a threat to their foreign policy as soviet aggression was on the rise.
True or False? The US Air Force wanted to send a nuclear weapon to the moon.
True
What was the Manhattan Project?
The United States' effort to develop a functional atomic weapon.
From the revisionist POV, how did the American use Yalta to their benefit?
They used Yalta to convince the world that the soviets were to blame for the rising tensions in eastern Europe
In the orthodox POV, why did Stalin break the agreements at Yalta and Postdam?
In order to expand Soviet communism in eastern Europe and throughout the world
Containment was a ____ strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War
foreign policy
What statement was added to the pledge of allegiance during the Cold War? HINT: after one nation
Under God
What was the orthodox POV for nuclear tensions?
The bombs ended the war as intended and did not affect atomic diplomacy
What was the point behind the Iron Curtain Speech?
To solidify an alliance between the British and the US
Orthodox viewpoint, blamed Stalin's post war policy and his expansionism
What did the policy state?
Stated that communisn needed to be contained and isolated or else it would spread to neighboring countries.
What interesting item/tatic did the CIA use to demoralize the Soviet Union during the Cold war?
they used condoms.....