Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response

to communism at home and abroad?

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Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Review
How did the United States react to communism at home?
Where was the United States successful in its response to
Communism?
Explain

Where was the United States unsuccessful in its response to

Communism?
Explain

Chapter Essential Question: Was the United States successful in its response to
communism at home and abroad?

THE UNITED
STATES WAS
_______ WITH
ITS RESPONSE
TO
COMMUNISM
AT HOME AND
ABROAD. SOME
EXAMPLES OF
THIS ARE....

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Chapter 18 Section 4
Two nationsLiving on the Edge

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Breakin it down
Main Idea: During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet
Union come to the brink of nuclear war.
Why it matters now: The Cold War continued into the
following decades, affecting U. S. policies in Cuba, Central
America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Brinkmanship
Race for the H-Bomb
H-bombhydrogen bombnuclear weapon more powerful than
atom bomb
1952, U.S. explodes first H-bomb; 1953, Soviets explode one

The Policy of Brinkmanship

John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dulles proposes brinkmanship policy:
willingness to risk nuclear war to prevent spread of communism

Nuclear threat unlike any before: millions can die; nation prepares

CIA: government agency created during the Cold War to

carry out covert operations to weaken or overthrow
governments unfriendly to the United States.

Cold War Spreads

Covert Actions in the Middle East and Latin America
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)uses spies to gather information
CIA helps oust Iranian prime minister, reinstate Shah (fallout to this day!)
CIA helps depose Guatemalas president; army leader becomes dictator

The Warsaw Pact

U.S.-Soviet relations thaw after Stalins death in 1953
West Germanys entry into NATO scares Soviets
Form Warsaw Pactmilitary alliance with 7 Eastern European countries

A Summit in Geneva
Eisenhower meets Soviets in Geneva, proposes open skies policy

Continued
The Suez War

Gamal Abdel-Nasser plays U.S. against Soviets over Aswan Dam

Dulles withdraws loan offer; Nasser nationalizes Suez Canal
Israel, Britain, France send troops; UN intervenes
Fighting stops; Egypt keeps canal; others withdraw

The Eisenhower Doctrine

Soviet prestige in Middle East rises because of support for Egypt
Eisenhower DoctrineU.S. will defend Middle East against communists

The Hungarian Uprising

1956, Hungarians revolt, call for democratic government

Imre Nagy, Communist leader, forms government, promises elections
Soviet army fights Hungarians in streets; overthrow Nagy
Chapter Essential Question: Was the
U.S. does not help Soviet satellite; Soviets veto action by UN
United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Cold War to the Skies

A New Soviet Leader
Nikita Khrushchev emerges as
new Soviet leader; favors:
peaceful coexistence and
economic, scientific competition

The Space Race

October 1957, Soviets launch
Sputnik, first artificial satellite
Shocked Americans; pour
money into own space program

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

Cold War to the Skies

A U-2 Is Shot Down
CIA makes secret high-altitude flights with U-2 to
spy on Soviets
Eisenhower wants flights discontinued before
Krushchev summit
Francis Gary Powers shot down on last flight over
Soviet territory

Renewed Confrontation
Eisenhower first denies, then concedes U-2 was
spying
Agrees to stop flights, refuses to apologize as
Khrushchev demands
U-2 incident renews tension between superpowers;
summit cancelled

Chapter Essential Question: Was the United States successful in its response to communism at home
and abroad? (@2:20)

Chapter Essential Question: Was the United States successful in its response to
communism at home and abroad?

THE UNITED
STATES WAS
_______ WITH
ITS RESPONSE
TO
COMMUNISM
AT HOME AND
ABROAD. SOME
EXAMPLES OF
THIS ARE....

Chapter Essential Question: Was the

United States successful in its response
to communism at home and abroad?

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