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What Made the Cold War a “cold” war? Mr. Payad CSU San Marcos

Question What made the Cold War a “cold” war? What do you think of when you hear the word war? What do you imagine war to be like? Form a hypothesis on the following question: What made the Cold War a “cold” war?

Article A Please take a moment to read article A. Discuss the document with your neighbor. What is Arakelian arguing? Answer the questions in the Document A column.

Article B Please take a moment to read article B. Discuss the document with your neighbor. What is von Mises arguing? Answer the questions in the Document B column.

Refine After reading the two documents and answering the inquiry questions, please take a moment to refine your hypothesis. What made the Cold War a “cold” war?

Trinity Test – 1st successful detonation of a atomic device Trinity Test – 1st successful detonation of a atomic device. Manhattan Project, July 16th, 1945. And that fight for survival led us to harness the power of the atom.

Little Boy – before being loaded on the Enola Gay. And we prepared to unleash that power on other human beings. Atomic cloud from Little Boy exploded on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. 140,000 dead or dying.

Hiroshima after the atomic bomb. Humanity had unleashed a terrible rain of fire on itself.

Hiroshima after the atomic bomb. Killing wasn’t something new for humanity, we have been killing each other since the dawn of humanity. 8:14 – clock frozen at time of detonation.

Fat Man – post WWII mock-up One of the first stories in the bible is the story of Cain slaying Able over the affection of God. Atomic cloud from Fat Man exploded on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. 74,000 dead or dying.

Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. And though devastation brought by these new atomic devices was nothing different than the fire-bombings of Dresden and other European cities where 100,000’s of people died as well, there was something new about how quick it we had learned to kill ourselves.

Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. Unleashing the atom on ourselves took the fight to another level.

Soviet Atomic Bomb Project Spies inside Manhattan project. Project started after WWII ended. Soviets, a atomic power, August 1949 Truman starts hydrogen (fusion) bomb project. Spies inside Manhattan project. Project started after WWII ended. Soviets, a atomic power, August 1949 Truman starts hydrogen bomb project. The loss of the American monopoly on nuclear weapons marked the first tit-for-tat of the nuclear arms race. The response in the U.S. was one of apprehension, fear, and scapegoating, which would lead eventually into the Red-baiting tactics of McCarthyism. Before this, though, President Truman would announce his decision to begin a crash program to develop a far more powerful weapon than those which were used against Japan: the hydrogen bomb. 1st Soviet Device, Joe-1 August 29, 1949

The First Thermonuclear Weapons Fusion reactions power the stars. Fusion occurs when nuclei fuse together. Energy released in fusion is much more powerful than fission. Fusion reactions power the stars. Fusion occurs when nuclei fuse together. Energy released in fusion is much more powerful than fission. In the end, President Truman made the final decision, looking for a proper response to the first Soviet atomic bomb test in 1949. On January 31, 1950, Truman announced a crash program to develop the hydrogen (fusion) bomb. “Mike” is a success for the U.S. in 1952. Soviets respond with Joe-4 in 1953. The Arms Race speeds up. 1952: “Mike” is the first fusion device

750 times more powerful than atomic bomb used in WWII. And if that was true, he has had a lot of company since then. 50 times more powerful 24 times more powerful

Cold War Hypothesis Write a final hypothesis on why you think the Cold War became a “cold” war. Write at least 2 paragraphs explaining your hypothesis, support your hypothesis with the articles of evidence, and reflect / expand upon how the articles support your hypothesis.