The Arms Race: Key Developments and Impacts

The video explores the Cold War arms race between the USA and USSR from 1945 to 1991. It begins with the USA's Trinity test and the subsequent use of atomic bombs on Japan, which escalated tensions with the USSR. The Soviets responded by developing their own nuclear weapons, leading to a race for more powerful hydrogen bombs and ICBMs. The concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) emerged, deterring nuclear war. Public protests against nuclear weapons grew, and the arms race continued until the USSR's dissolution in 1991, marking the Cold War's end.

When did the arms race officially start?

• July 16, 1945

• November 1952

• August 6, 1945

• August 29, 1949

What was the name of the first atomic bomb tested by the USA?

• Castle Bravo

• Little Boy

• Fat Man

• Trinity

Which city was the first to be attacked with a nuclear bomb?

• Berlin

• Moscow

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

Who was the leader of the USSR when the USA tested its first hydrogen bomb?

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

What does ICBM stand for?

• International Combat Ballistic Missile

• Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

• Integrated Combat Ballistic Missile

• Intercontinental Bomb Missile

What was the yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated?

• 14.8 megatons

• 20 kilotons

• 1,000 kilotons

• 50 megatons

What does MAD stand for?

• Military Arms Division

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Massive Attack Deterrence

• Mutual Atomic Demise

Which year marked the end of the Cold War and the arms race?

• 1995

• 1989

• 1991

• 1987

What was the primary purpose of nuclear weapons by the end of the Cold War?

• To prevent war

• For scientific research

• To initiate war

• For energy production

Which video was produced in 1952 to educate U.S. school children about nuclear warfare?

• Nuclear Knowledge

• Stay Safe

• Duck and Cover

• Atomic Alert