Nuclear Weapons

What event ushered in the nuclear arms race?

• U.S. successfully testing an atomic weapon

• U.S. use of atomic weapons to end WWII

• Soviet Union successfully tests an atomic weapon 

• Soviet Union testing the Tsar Bomb

Which Country has the most nuclear weapons

• United States

• China

• Russia

• Canada

Which war was the first nuclear weapon used in

• Korean war

• World War II

• Vietnam war

• World War I

During what major event did President Kennedy successfully help prevent nuclear war with USSR and Cuba?

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Tet Offensive

• Detente

What was controversial about the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) doctrine as a military defense strategy?

• It would decrease the amount of nuclear weapons and lead to weaker defensive capabilities

• It would increase the amount of actual fighting

• It would lead to an increase in nuclear weapons

• It would lead to a decrease in economic support by European countries

As a result of pushing to use nuclear weapons in China during the Korean War, and for publicly criticizing President Johnson, what happened to General MacArthur?

• He was fired by President Truman

• He was hanged for treason

• He was promoted

• He became more popular in the US

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968 attempting to

•   make the U.S. and USSR not give nuclear weapons to other nations and make non-nuclear nations promise to not make nuclear weapons

•   foce the Soviet Union to stop building nuclear weapons

•   increase the number of nuclear weapons for global protection

•   encourage the nuclear development of third world nations to improve their economies.

What was the primary purpose of the Manhattan Project during World War II?

• To develop nuclear power plants

• To create the first nuclear weapon

• To study nuclear fusion

• To build nuclear submarines

Which international treaty aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy?

• The Geneva Convention

• The Kyoto Protocol

• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

• The Paris Agreement

Which country was the first to develop and test a hydrogen bomb?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• United Kingdom

• France