Chapter 26 Section 4 Two Countries Living on the Edge
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Transcript of Chapter 26 Section 4 Two Countries Living on the Edge
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