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Who are the Zooks and Yooks?
USSR (Russia) USA
What is Dr Seuss on about?
ColdWarintensifies:
Howsignificantwasthearmsrace1950-58?
Recap:
DescribehowthisimagehasledtoasignificanttensionbetweenUSA&SovietUnion.
Youshouldhaveincluded…
• DisagreementsoverhowGermanyshouldbegoverned
• Europebeingdividedinto2cleareconomiccamps
• Europebeingdividedinto2clearpoliticalcamps
SincedevelopingtheAtomicBombin1945,TrumanhadfeltsecureknowingUSAwastheonlycountrywithsuchapowerfulweapon.
TrumanknewthattheUSSRhadamuchbiggerstockofconventionalweaponssothisAtomicBombwascrucial.
StalinhadinstructedhisscientiststoworkallouttodevelopaSovietAtomicBomb,achievedin1949.
TheArmsRace:1952:
InresponsetoStalin’sAtomicBomb,theUSAdevelopedaHydrogenBomb(1000timesmorepowerfulthantheAtomicBomb)andrestoredUSadvantageinthearmsrace.
August1953:
Inresponse,theSovietsdevelopedtheirHydrogenBombin1953
June1957:
USADevelopedtheICBM(Intercontinentalballisticmissile)whichcouldfireanuclearwarheadatatarget4500kmaway.
August1957:
SovietUnionwastestingitsfirstICBMs
January1953:TrumanisreplacedbyPresidentEisenhowerMarch1953:StalindiesleadingtoapowerstruggleinUSSR
February1956:KhrushchevbecomesleaderofSovietUnion
Stickthisimageinanddescribewhatitshows…
Stickthisimageinanddescribewhatitshows…
Usingyoursourceanalysis,answerthisquestion:
HowimportantwastheArmsRaceforthedevelopmentoftheColdWar?
Includedatesandfactstosupport
youranswer.
Equal
USSR in the lead
USA in the lead
1945 1963
Placeyourcardswhereyoufeeltheyareappropriateonyourcopyofthisgraph
HowsignificantwastheArmsRace?:
• TheArmsRacewasmakingeachsidemorepowerful• Bothsidesspenthugesumsofmoneybuildinguptheirarmies,navies,submarinefleets
andstocksof‘conventional’andnuclearmissiles• Itwasimportantforbothsidestostayaheadoftheother• Theracehadledtobothsideshavingweaponssopowerfulbyearly1950stheycould
destroytheworldmanytimesover!• Bothsidesunderstoodthisrisksowarfarechanged,itwasnowaboutbuildinguptheir
forcestoprevent(deter)warratherthantostartandwinawar
PresidentEisenhowerJanuary1953
Khrushchev1956
NikitaKrushchevtakesover
Stalindies
FollowingStalin’sdeathin1953,therehadbeenapowerstruggleinUSSR,eventuallyKhrushchevemergingasthenewleaderin1956!
HeimmediatelydeliveredaspeechcriticisingStalinandhispolicies,thiswasknownasDE-STALINISATION.Insteadheofferedapolicyof…
PEACEFULCO-EXISTENCE
“YoudonotlikeCommunism.Wedonotlike
capitalism.Thereisonlyonewayout– peacefulco-
existence.”
“Wemusthelpthepeopleeatwell,dresswelland
livewell.Ifafter40yearsofcommunism,aperson
cannothaveaglassofmilkorapairofshoes,he
willnotbelievecommunismisagoodthing.”
TurnthefollowinginformationintoaNarrative(itdoesnothavetobethespecificwordshere,putthe‘story’intoyourownwordsifithelps)
RemembertoincludePROCESS&LINKINGwords
WhatmighttheconsequencesofKhrushchevtakingoverbeforUS-Sovietrelations
Afurtherexampleofimprovingrelationswastheagreementin1955onhowAustriashouldbegoverned.
AsummitmeetinginGenevaJuly1955sawadebateondisarmamentandthefutureofGermany.Theyfailedtoreachanagreementbuttherewasamuchmoreco-operativeatmosphere.
NOTFORLONG…
May1955,WestGermanyjoinedNATOwhichaddedtothegrowingmistrustofeachother.
SovietUnionsetuptheWarsawPact
SuspicionwasgrowingrapidlymadeworsebySputnik
TherewasnowhopeonbothsidesthatasolutiontothenowoutofcontrolArmsRacecouldbefound.
HopehadgrownalsoduetotheendoftheKoreanWarin1953whereUSAsupportedtheSouthandSovietshadsupportedtheNorth.
bothsideswerespendingsomuchonarmsthatitwouldbegoodfortheireconomiesifspendingwasreduced
SPUTNIK
ASARESULT,Eisenhowerincreasedhisspendingonmissilesby20%andfoundedNASAtoleadthe’SpaceRace’thatwasjustbeginning.Further reactiontoSPUTNIKsawtheUSAputtingmissilebasesinEurope,especiallyinWestGermanyaswellasincreasingitsB-52
bombersandequippingtheirsubmarineswithnuclearweapons.
1957– USSRlaunchedSPUTNIK,asatellitethatcouldorbittheearthin90minutes.USAsawthislaunchasamilitarythreat.
Whatconsequencesmightthisleadto?
US&Sovietweaponsby1961
Whowouldyouconsidertheweakerofthe2SuperPowersin1961andwhy?