The reason Eisenhower and Khrushchev did not meet in Berlin and kicked off the arms race.
What is U-2 incident?
100
Project that involved research into ways of giving the US nuclear superiority by destroying nuclear missiles in space.
What is Star Wars (SDI)?
100
The 1960's leader of the Soviet Union that threatened to go to war to get what he wanted
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
100
Name the term that was between the US and USSR to put limits on missile systems used in defending areas against missile- delivered nuclear weapons
What is Anti- ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
100
What year did Soviets develop the atomic bomb
What is 1949
200
President that increased military spending and challenged the USSR to join the arms race.
Who is President Reagan?
200
A treaty that came out of SALT I
What is ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missiles) Treaty
200
The 1960's leader of the US that also threatened to go to war to get what he wanted.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
Intermediate- range weapons for specific global region or theatre such as Europe or the Far East
What is Theater weapons
200
What year was Sputnik launched
What is 1957
300
Event that caused Hungarians to want to break away from the Soviet bloc and threatened the buffer of friendly states created by Stalin.
What are the changes in Poland?
300
Treaty that slowed down the arms race and allowed nuclear detonations only underground.
What is PNTBT (Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty)?
300
US president who rejected the idea of detent and encouraged idea of confrontation with the Soviets.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
300
-made sure enough weapons survived
- attack to destroy the other guy
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
300
What year was SALT created
What is 1991
400
______ was never ratified by the US Congress because of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
What is SALT 2?
400
Treaty created by Reagan (US) and Gorbachev (USSR) which removed medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe within three years
What is the INF Treaty?
400
Leader of Soviet Union that allowed freedoms such as speaking out against the government when Stalin had been in power.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
Terms created by Eisenhower's military doctrine an nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater face in the event of the attack
What is Massive Retaliation
400
What year did Soviets develop Hydrogen bomb
What is 1953
500
was established as an anonymous organization on July 29, 1957
What is International Atomic Energy Agency
500
What treaty made it to where there was no nuclear testing above ground or in the water
What is Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
500
What did Reagan have more of during the Arms Race that increased the production of nuclear arms
What is finances
500
They carry seperate missiles, but hit different subjects or targets.
- US didn't want to ban them because they were a nuclear weapon
What is Multiple Independently targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRV)