​What are we learning & doing today?

1. Together, we will complete a Quizziz about the Arms Race.

2. On your own, complete today's readings and activities in D2L.
   

Standards & Essential Questions

Essential Question: What is the Arms Race? What are NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and SEATO?

Tennessee Standards: Cold War (1947-1991) Overview: Students will analyze the response of the U.S. to communism after World War II. ​

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US.59 Describe the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in arms development, economic dominance, and ideology, including the roles of NATO, SEATO, and the Warsaw Pact. ​

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What was the US trying to accomplish in the Arms Race?

• The United States did want there to be another war now that nuclear weapons had been developed.

• During the Cold War, the United States' policy was to contain Communism to keep it from spreading around the globe.

• To prevent the spread of Communism, the US made treaties and agreements between other countries.

What was the USSR (Soviet Union) trying to accomplish in the Arms Race?

• The Soviet Union wanted to develop their own nuclear weapons to protect themselves from the US.

• During the Cold War, the Soviet Union's policy was to spread Communism and its ideology around the world.

• To promote and protect Communism, the USSR made treaties and agreements between other countries.

What did both the US and the USSR want?

Both countries wanted to have enough weapons, supplies, and strong militaries to deter countries from going to war with them. Each side wanted to deter the other from messing with them.

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• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created in April 1949.

• The Western bloc member countries promised to protect each other if any one country was attacked.

• NATO still exists.
  
  

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Creation of NATO

• The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was created in September 1954.

• The purpose of SEATO was to contain (prevent the spread) of Communism in southeast Asia.

• ​SEATO disbanded in 1977.

The Creation of SEATO

Not exactly. With both sides clearly chosen, each side was increasingly suspicious of the other side which led to an increase in weapons development and overall military build-up.

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Did the treaties make things better?

Weapons Development

• USSR develops atomic bomb in August 1949.

• USSR develops hydrogen bomb in 1953.

• USSR detonates the most powerful bomb ever created--Tsar Bomba (50 megaton) in 1961.

Soviet Union (USSR)

• Atomic Bombs (15 & 21 kiloton) dropped on Japan--August 1945

• US develops hydrogen bomb in 1952.

• US completes Castle Bravo test of a 15 megaton bomb at Bikini Atoll in 1954.

United States