Cold War; Berlin Wall

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When did the USA first use Nuclear weapons?

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1945

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How many people did the first bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima kill?

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146,000

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How many lives were lost when the US dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki?

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80,000

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When did the USSR announce it had developed the atom bomb?

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1949

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When did the US develop the Hydrogen bomb?

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1952

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When did the Soviet Union develop their Hydrogen bomb?

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1953

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When did the USSR launch its first space satellite, Sputnik?

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1957

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What were the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) developed by the US and USSR?

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They were rockets which carried nuclear warheads that could be launched in one continent and hit targets in another continent.

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What were two key effects of the Arms Race?

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-The leaders of the USA and USSR, continually were spending money on Nuclear weapons out of fear.
-Military leaders were exaggerating the threat of Nuclear war in order to increase spending on Nuclear weapons.

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By 1958, how many East Germans had defected to West Germany?

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3 million