Treaties
In 1963, what treaty was signed by the Soviet Union, the United States, and more than 100 other states?
The Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
List at least 5 Original members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (there's 12)
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States.
What were the two biggest proxy wars?
The Korean war and the Vietnam war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a response to what?
The Bay of Pigs- failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S as they tried to overthrow Castro
What started the antinuclear weapons movement?
The nuclear arms race between the U.S and the Soviets.
What did the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty actually do?
Banned testing nuclear weapons above ground, underwater, and in space, while allowing underground testing.
What was the soviets response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The Warsaw Pact, created in 1955.
During the Korean and Vietnam war which parts did the U.S support and which did the Soviet Union support?
The Soviet Union supported the North and the U.S supported the south.
During the The Cuban Missile Crisis who sent what to Cuba?
Nikita Khrushchev, a Soviet, sent missiles to Cuba.
One of the first movements developed where?
Japan
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty did what?
Had nuclear powers stop the spread of nuclear technology and materials to non-nuclear countries.
The Warsaw Pacts original nations became known as what?
The communist bloc.
During the Vietnam war what leader did the U.S support?
Ngo Dinh Diem.
Who did the U.S president order to stop the missiles from reaching Cuba.
The U.S Navy
What percentage of Japan signed a petition against nuclear weapons.
1/3 or approximately 33%
What two states did not sign the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty?
France and China
What was the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)
An anti-Soviet treaty organization
What theory did President Lyndon Johnson believe in? (Explain)
Domino theory: is the idea that if one country in the region became communist, other countries would soon follow.
The U.S and Soviets set what up to create a link between the two?
A Hot Line
Free points!
Free points!
What was the goal of the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty?
To cut down radiation that people are exposed to.
What two countries resisted Soviet control?
Albania and Yugoslavia.
Which president sent more advisors to the Vietnam war on the pretext that the U.S could not afford to lose.
President John F. Kennedy
Where did the U.S pull missiles from in response to the Soviet Unions retreat?
Turkey.
What happened on June 6, 1982?
One million people protested in New York City against the creation, buildup, and use of nuclear weapons.