Chapter 26 Section 4Two Countries Living

on the Edge

Objectives

□We will discuss how life was like in the United States during the Cold War.

□Along with that we will cover how the world reacted to the Cold War

Vocabulary□H-Bomb□Dwight D. Eisenhower□John Foster Dulles□Brinksmanship□CIA□Warsaw Pact□Eisenhower Doctrine□Nikita Kruschev□Francis Gary Powers□U-2 Incident

Nuclear Weapons

□USSR detonates its first atomic bomb in 1949.

□What is Truman to do?

Bigger, Bader, Bolder□Manhattan Project□H-Bomb□70 times stronger□1952 USSR made one

1952 Election□22nd Amendment□Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)□Adlai Stevenson (D)

Brinksmanship□Secretary of State John Foster Dulles□Anti-Communist□Brinkmanship □Build up the army to the edge of war.

How I Learned How to Love the Bomb

□Civil Defense □Education□Posters□Movies□Drills

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The Cold War Spreads

□Eisenhower starts a new agency.□Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)□Gather information and conduct

covert operations.

Remember NATO?□How would the USSR feel about it?□1955□Warsaw Pact□Seven Eastern European nations

united to protect each other.

Flying the Friendly Skies

□Geneva convention of 1955□Eisenhower proposed “open skies”□We can fly over USSR and USSR can

fly over the US.

The Suez War 1956

□Building the Aswam High Dam□Egypt tried getting money□US stopped funding□Suez Canal was closed□UN Became involved

Eisenhower Doctrine

□January 1957□US would defend the

Middle East against any communist attack.

A New Soviet Leader

□Stalin died in 1953□Nikita Krushchev□Wanted communism spread

Space Race

□October 4, 1957□Sputnik□US would follow

Space Race (cont.)

□January 31, 1958□Explorer 1

A U-2 is Shot Down

□“Open Skies”□U-2 Spy Plane□Francis Gary Powers□U-2 Incident□10 year sentence□Served 21 months