1. Science and technology as part of the Cold War
Arms race, espionage, space race

2. USA
drop first atom bomb at Hiroshima , Second World War in clear advantage

3. Arms race
A competition to build up armaments (enormous quantities of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles)

4. USSR
first Soviet atom bomb was produced in 1949

5. hydrogen bomb
Even more deadly form of weapon, much more destructive

6. MAD
each hoped that knowing this would be enough to stop the other side from attacking first (or Mutually Assured Destruction)

7. SALT
talks about reducing the arms race - or Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
SALT1: agreement, signed in 1972, first step in slowing down the arms race

8. Espionage

9. Espionage: USA CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) U2 spy plane
satellites

10. Espionage: USSR
KGB (Soviet Committee for State Security)
satellites

11. Space race
A competition to develop best space technology

12. USSR
1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space called 'sputnik' (which means 'fellow traveler').
Seemed USSR was ahead in science and technology
1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to orbit the earth and return safely.
First to send woman into space

13. USA
Americans began to question the work of their scientists and the quality of their education.
President ordered scientists to speed up work on America's own space program
US concentrated on being the first to land a human on the moon (1969)

14. Contrast in lifestyles

15. USA
consumer goods, material wealth, leisure time, prosperous living standards

16. USSR
poor living standards

17. How did the superpowers make their citizens follow Cold War ideologies?

18. Citizens to be loyal, not only to their country but to an ideology

19. Both sides were taught to believe the other side was evil

20. Politicians, government propaganda, the education system and popular culture all reinforced this message

21. popular culture
forms of popular entertainment, such as music, radio, and films
also reflected the Cold War