Competition of the Cold War by Melody Parkhurst https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4 mel p. dahl hour 6 en-us 2022-04-07 18:55:44 UTC 2022-04-07 19:15:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png 1. What was the arms race? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135175790 The arms race was the military and atomic competition between 2 countries. This arms race is the most infamous and expensive one, being between the US and the USSR. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135175790 2. How did the atomic bomb help destroy a friendship between the US and USSR? When would the Soviets test their own bomb? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135181791 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused more distrust between USSR and the US because the US didn’t tell USSR that they were gonna drop the bomb, but they did know that they had an atomic bomb. This added onto the list of problems between the two countries, like the communist expansion and the US interference in European affairs. The Soviets created and tested their own atomic bomb in 1949.]]> 2022-04-07 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135181791 3. What is an ICBM? What did it add to the arms race? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135183687 An ICBM is an intercontinental ballistic missile. These missiles had a large range and could travel nearly everywhere. This added a  lot of power to the arms race. The US and the USSR both had developed these missiles and produced them in large amounts.]]> 2022-04-07 19:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135183687 4. Why did the US believe they had a Missile Gap in the Cold War? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135184977 The US believed they had a Missile Gap because they thought that the USSR had more advanced weapons and weapons in greater numbers, and this idea was used in the elections so words and worries spread. This theory started after the USSR launched Sputnik into space.]]> 2022-04-07 19:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135184977 5. What did the Cuban Missile Crisis have to do with the US and USSR? How would this be an important moment in the arms race? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135187945 The US tried to overthrow Cuba’s current leader, Fidel Castro, but failed so Castro turned to the USSR for assistance. Once Cuba had missiles aimed towards Florida, the US panicked. This was an important moment in the arms race because President Kennedy and USSR leader Khruschev exchanged handheld letters with each other to sort the issue.]]> 2022-04-07 19:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135187945 6. How did the Treaty of Versailles actually start an arms race? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135189509 Britain and Japan signed a treaty about having limited arms but Japan didn’t want to renew the agreement afterwards. Then Germany broke the rules of the Treaty of Versailles. This caused an arms race within Europe and between Japan and the US.]]> 2022-04-07 19:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135189509 7. How did the arms race begin between the US and the USSR? 25parkhurstm https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135198918 The arms race began after the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan. After that, the USSR began making and testing bombs. Finally in 1949, the USSR dropped their first atomic bomb. This started a long and expensive competition about atomic weapons between the 2 countries.]]> 2022-04-07 19:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/25parkhurstm/eck1p5v1tys5rfh4/wish/2135198918