1. Atomic Anxiety 4/16-17 Vocab: 1. Hydrogen Bomb 2. Arms Race 3. Sputnik Guiding questions: 1. What did Americans do to prepare for nuclear war?

2. The Nuclear Age 0 Americans were afraid the Soviets would use atomic weapons against them 0 Began to stockpile atomic bombs 0 Discovered the Hydrogen Bomb 0 Fusing two Hydrogen atoms was more powerful than splitting atoms 0 Tested it in the Marshall Islands 0 The island they tested it on disappeared

3. The Arms Race 0 The competition between the US and USSR to have better and more sophisticated technology and weaponry 0 Efforts to make smaller more powerful bombs, faster aircraft 0 ICBMs: intercontinental ballistic missiles 0 Nuclear submarines 0 People were very fearful of attack 0 Created drills for emergency nuclear situations 0 People built shelters

4. Sputnik 0 The Soviets were also improving technology 0 On October 4, 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite into orbit 0 Americans freaked out, thought the Soviets were spying on them 0 Within a year the US launched its own satellite 0 Started NASA