Cold War Tensions (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Cold War period dates
Cold War period dates
1947 to 1991
Truman Doctrine date
Truman Doctrine date
12 March 1947
Year USSR tested first atomic bomb
Year USSR tested first atomic bomb
1949
Year US tested hydrogen bomb
Year US tested hydrogen bomb
1952
Year USSR tested hydrogen bomb
Year USSR tested hydrogen bomb
1953
Year ICBMs developed by both superpowers
Year ICBMs developed by both superpowers
1959
Three components of nuclear triad
Three components of nuclear triad
Land ICBMs, SLBMs, strategic bombers
Cuban Missile Crisis date
Cuban Missile Crisis date
October 1962
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty years
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty years
1968 (signed), 1970 (entered force)
Date & size of largest US political rally (Nuclear Freeze)
Date & size of largest US political rally (Nuclear Freeze)
12 June 1982, one million people in New York