Students will analyze The Butter
Battle Book by: Dr. Seuss and will
understand the significance of the
Arms Race.
How did the Arms Race impact American
society?
How did the differences among America
and the USSR result in such tension?
The Arms Race
What is the only state to
witness a nuclear explosion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
Briefing on US-Russian Nuclear Forces
Mutual Assured Destruction
Minimum Costs of Nuclear
Weapons Programs (1940-1996)
TOTAL:
$5.8
Billion
COLD WAR PRESIDENTS
(SO FAR)
TRUMAN - Hiroshima and Nagasaki
EISENHOWER - Atoms for Peace Speech
KENNEDY - Bay of Pigs
JOHNSON - Vietnam
NIXON - Détente
COLD WAR PRESIDENTS
(Coming Soon)
FORD
CARTER
REAGAN
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
(Bill Clinton)
(George W. Bush)
(Barack Obama)
Latin America
Africa
Middle East
CIA
KGB
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v206
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
August 5, 1963
Nuclear Weapons cannot be tested in the
atmosphere, outer space or water.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty
March 5, 1970
189 States: US, Russia, UK, China, France
What about India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel?
Nuclear Arms Today
How does President Obama feel about nuclear
weapons?
Is there a potential threat of nuclear warfare today?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/06ar
ms.html