The Arms Race

Your answers are due by 8:20 a.m. Monday, April 12.

1. Read Source 12. What methods do you think Dulles had in mind to 'liberate captive peoples' without a war?
Dulles was thinking about the methods short of war, including the method of containment. But some people felt containment was weak and did not work. Dulles was referring to the anticommunist organizations he set up throughout the world, including SEATO and CENTO. They were anti communist alliances that were made by Dulles to resist communism.
2. Look at Source 13. Would you agree that the Communist world was encircled? Explain your answer.
Yes I agree that the communist world was encircled because they had anti communist allies surrounding them in every direction. The anti communist allies were set up in different parts of the world so that the USSR would be encircled and could not expand any further.

3. Carefully examine the verticle timeline on page 343. Then look back at Source 12. Do you think the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulles might have had in mind?
No I do not believe that the development of nuclear weapons was what Dulles might have had in mind because with the development of nuclear bombs, war would be inevitable if one of them was dropped. The bombs created great concern in both the US and the USSR, if one was actually dropped than a war would have happened, and Dulles was against having a war so he was not talking about nuclear weapons and their development.

4. Look at Source 16. What is the Soviet cartoon saying about the U-2 plane?
Source 16 is saying that the U-2 plane is spying on the USSR and that the United States is watching the Soviet Union. The Soviet cartoon is saying that the U-2 plane is flying over the USSR and looking at what is going on in the Soviet Union and is spying.


5. Read the Factfile on page 344. Explain why the USSR was so angry about the US spy flights.
The USSR was so angry because the U.S. was spying on them by using U-2 flights because the U-2 flights flew so high that they could not be shot down and the US could keep tabs on the weapons being made by the USSR. The USSR was also very mad because when first accused Eisenhower lied about the spying and then when the evidence was overwhelming he had to confess.


6. How would the USA justify this violation of Soviet territory?
Eisenhower lied about the violation of Soviet territory. When accused he denied it and said that the planes were just flying over for no reason and that they were not spying. But when the Soviets shot down a U-2 plane and providing evidence that they were spying, Eisenhower had to come clean.


7. If the USSR had had U-2 planes, do you think it would have used them? Why?
Of course they would have used them. The U-2 planes were very helpful in spying because they had very high tech cameras and speakers that made it easy to hear and see from very far away. The U-2 planes provided very helpful information for the US during the Cold War and they worked very well.

8. Look at Source 17. Why do you think the USA had missiles based in Europe?
The US had missiles based in Europe because the missiles based in Europe were a shorter distance to the USSR, therefore the short range missiles would have better accuracy and aim to the USSR, so the United States had some of their missiles based in the NATO countries of Europe.

9. Define the term 'nuclear deterrent' in not more than 20 words.
No side would attack first if they knew that their attack would screw them over and hurt them as well as their enemy.