1. Milestones and Key Figures in African American History, 1619-1865

2. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Early Cold War Review Containment – Truman Doctrine, 1947 – NSC-68, 1949 Marshall Plan, 1947-1948 Berlin Blockade, 1948 NATO, 1949 China falls, 1949 Soviets explode A-bomb, 1949 Korean War, 1950-1953 Second Red Scare and McCarthyism, 1950-1954

3. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 John Foster Dulles Eisenhower’s Secretary of State, 1953-59 Voice of America and Radio Free Europe – Encourage liberation of the captive peoples in Eastern Europe by widespread use of political pressure and propaganda “Massive Retaliation” – Brinksmanship MAD

4. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Changes in the Military “New Look Military” – Superbombers and “more bang for the buck” theory – Actually led to skyrocketing military spending Farewell Address (1961) – Warns America of the influence of the “military industrial complex” – Irony?

5. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Warsaw Pact NATO formed in 1949 West Germany allowed in, 1955 Soviets respond with Warsaw Pact, 1955 – Includes Eastern European nations under Soviet influence

6. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Stalin’s Death, 1953 After two-year struggle, Nikita Khruschev assumes power in Soviet Union “peaceful coexistence” with western democracies According to Khruschev, peaceful economic competition would demonstrate the superiority of the Soviet system Geneva Summit, 1955

7. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Hungarian Uprising, 1956 Soviet’s brutally crush an attempted uprising in Hungary American’s fail to respond Many saw Dulles’ call for the "liberation" of Eastern Europe as impractical. – Eisenhower was unwilling to use "massive retaliation" over Hungary. US-Soviet relations soured

8. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Sputnik and the “Space Race” 1957, the Soviets launched the first ever unmanned artificial satellite into orbit. – Americans were horrified at the thought of Soviet technology being capable of transporting nuclear weapons. NDEA, 1958 NASA, 1958

9. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 1958-1960 Berlin Ultimatum, 1958 “Kitchen Debates,”1959 U-2 Incident, 1960

10. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 The Middle East Suez Crisis Eisenhower Doctrine

11. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Latin America Fidel Castro and Cuba, 1959

12. Eisenhower and the Cold War: 1953-1961 Practice FRQ What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War? How successfully did the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears? Confine your response to the years 1948-1961.