Atomic Anxiety4/16-17

Vocab: 1. Hydrogen Bomb2. Arms Race3. SputnikGuiding questions:1. What did Americans do to prepare for nuclear war?

The Nuclear Age

0Americans were afraid the Soviets would use atomic weapons against them

0Began to stockpile atomic bombs0Discovered the Hydrogen Bomb

0 Fusing two Hydrogen atoms was more powerful than splitting atoms

0 Tested it in the Marshall Islands0The island they tested it on disappeared

The Arms Race0The competition between the US and

USSR to have better and more sophisticated technology and weaponry

0Efforts to make smaller more powerful bombs, faster aircraft0 ICBMs: intercontinental ballistic missiles0 Nuclear submarines

0People were very fearful of attack0Created drills for emergency nuclear

situations0 People built shelters

Sputnik

0The Soviets were also improving technology0On October 4, 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik, the

first satellite into orbit0Americans freaked out, thought the Soviets were

spying on them0Within a year the US launched its own satellite0Started NASA