How Did the United States Respond to the Soviet Union's

question 61

Multiple Choice

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's testing of its first atomic bomb?

• A) President Truman called for the formation of an international agency to control atomic energy.
• B) Secretary of State Acheson asked that a summit be scheduled for negotiation of differences between the superpowers.
• C) The United States called for an agreement between the superpowers on the number of nuclear-capable warheads each side would be allowed to have.
• D) The United States began development of the hydrogen bomb.

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