Students will analyze The Butter Battle Book by: Dr. Seuss and will understand the significance of...

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/v206329006NgXc3xG

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Prohibits the testing of nuclear arms in the atmosphere, outer space and under water

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/06arms.html

How does President Obama feel about nuclear weapons?

Is there a potential threat of nuclear warfare today?