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