HIST 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Castle Bravo, Eniac

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1250
• Professor: S Lachapelle

Document Summary

Ended with the fall of the berlin wall in 1991. Called a cold war because military conflict never actually occurred. The main cause of the war was the clash of communism and capitalism. This clash existed before the end of second world war. Huge amounts of anti-communist sentiments after the end of the first world war. Hiding the atomic bomb from stalin made the soviets very angry. The atomic bomb changed the political landscape as the united states emerged as a world superpower. Germany was split in two (east and west germany) The design of the atomic bomb and its production took place during the end of wwii. Massive amounts of secrecy in scientific research surrounding the atomic bomb. The scientific community realized they had created something that could destroy the world; started activist groups. Because of these groups scientists would have a say in future atomic development.