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The Cold War and the Atomic Age
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Lecture Outline & Key Terms
Development of Atomic/Nuclear Technology The First Atomic Warfare The Cold War Causes and Components of the Cold War Worldviews The Red Scare Nuclear Arms Race Effects and Events of the Cold War Fears on the Homefront Cuban Missile Crisis Key Terms Manhattan Project Atomic Bomb Trinity Test Hiroshima, Japan Nagasaki Japan Key Dates July 16, 1945 August 6, 1945 August 9, 1945
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I. Development of Atomic/Nuclear Technology
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The Trinity Test
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Hiroshima, Japan
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Nagasaki, Japan
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End of World War II
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III. The Cold War The Cold War results from a tension between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., largely over their worldviews after World War II, the issue of communism, and the nuclear arms race.
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IV. Causes & Components of the Cold War
A. Worldviews The United States advocated the “One World” worldview; the Soviet Union wanted superpowers.
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IV. Causes & Components of the Cold War B. The Red Scare (Communism)
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IV. Causes & Components of the Cold War C. The Nuclear Arms Race
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IV. Causes & Components of the Cold War. C. The Nuclear Arms Race
IV. Causes & Components of the Cold War C. The Nuclear Arms Race Tsar Bomba
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V. Effects/Events of the Cold War A. Fears on the Homefront
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V. Effects/Events of the Cold War B. The Cuban Missile Crisis
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