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Pd 8 Cold War 25-26
Period 8's Cold War Project Flashcards 2025-2026
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the names of the 3 secret sites for the Manhattan Project | Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland Washington |
| What was the Manhattan Project | A secret plan to build the world's first atomic bomb |
| What was the name of the atomic bomb made for the Manhattan Project | Fat Man |
| What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project | To develop the world’s first atomic bomb during WW2 before Nazi Germany |
| What was used inside the atomic bomb | Plutonium and uranium |
| Who was the CIA agent of the Mk Ultra project | Sydney Gottlieb |
| What year was the Mkultra project discovered | 1953 |
| Where did most experiments take place | McGill university in Montreal |
| Was the project illegal or legal | Illegal |
| Who gave Sydney Gottlieb authority | Allen dulles |
| Which two countries were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis? | USA and USSR |
| What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis? | America found out about nuclear missile sites being built on Cuba by the Soviet Union under orders from Premier Nikita Khrushchev and they didn’t like that |
| Why did America not like that the USSR was building missile sites in Cuba? | Cuba because the USSR would be able to hit many cities all over America |
| How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end | with Khrushchev relenting and the missile sites being dismantled |
| What did the Non-proliferation Treaty do | What the Non-proliferation Treaty did was prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology |
| What do the safe guards do | The safeguards prevent the diversion of fissile material for weapons use |
| What years did the Non-Proliferation Treaty open for signature and enter into the force | The Treaty first opened for signature on July 1, 1968 and then the treaty entered into force in 1970 |
| How many states joined the Non-proliferation Treaty | A total of 191 States joined the Non-proliferation Treaty including the five nuclear-weapon States |
| Who is responsible for the safeguards of the Non-proliferation Treaty | The safeguards are under the responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Who were the main superpowers connected to the hotline | The United States and the Soviet Union |
| When was the hotline agreement signed | June 20th, 1963 |
| Who were the leaders of Moscow and DC at this time | Nikita Khrushchev and John F Kennedy |
| What was the purpose of the hotline | To prevent miscommunication between nuclear superpowers to avoid things like a nuclear war |
| Another name for the hotline between DC and Moscow | The red phone |
| What was the name of the drill made to protect people during a nuclear war that was taught in school across the US | Duck and Cover |
| When did this drill become most common | 1950s |
| Where were these duck and cover drills taught | All over the United States in schools |
| Who made the duck and cover drill | The US federal government |
| What was the reason behind the duck and cover drills | The Soviet Union had developed nuclear weapons in 1949 causing these drills to be set into place |
| When was Apollo 11 launched | July 16,1969 |
| When did Apollo 11 land on the moon | July 20, 1969 |
| When did the Apollo 11 astronauts return to Earth | July 24, 1969 |
| Who were the astronauts on Apollo 11 | Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins |
| What was the name of the lunar module | Eagle |
| What was ARPANET | The first early version of the internet, created in 1969 to connect computers |
| What does ARPA stand for | Advanced Research Project Agency, the U |
| When was the first message sent | October 29, 1969 |
| What was the first message sent | LO was supposed to be LOGIN but the system crashed |
| What is TCP/IP | The set of communication protocols adopted in 1983 that allowed different networks to connect onto one internet |
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