26:3 Cold War at Home
Spread of Communism China North Korea Eastern Europe USA????
Second Red Scare Spread of Communism
Loyalty Review Board Communists in U.S. government “subversive” organizations 212 of 3.2 million unconstitutional
House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC Communists-government and civilian Communists propaganda in movies Hollywood Ten 500 Blacklisted
Alger Hiss Soviet Spy? Prosecutor-Richard Nixon
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg American communist Party Soviet Spies? USSR goes Nuclear executed
McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy Witch Hunt for communists in government
26:4 Two nations Live on the Edge
US v. USSR Arms Race USSR nuclear 1949 US H-Bomb 1952 USSR H-Bomb 1953
Brinksmanship Response to USSR nuclear capabilities Eisenhower’s foreign policy Dependency on nukes
Nuclear Power Aircraft carriers Submarines Electricity Nuclear Medicine: PET scans
According to Traywick 1 two liter bottle of uranium = 79 lbs 79 lbs enriched uranium = 35,000,000,000 pounds of coal 714 lbs of coal for 1/100 watt light bulb for a year
Fallout Shelters 2 week supply Concrete/cinder block
Savannah Nuclear Fallout Shelter, 1962 During the Cold War era, a national survey identified City Hall as a potential fallout shelter. In 1962, following the results of the survey, City Hall was designated the first public shelter in the state of Georgia. Mayor Malcolm Maclean and Colonel Jack Harris, a U. S. District Engineer, posted signs in front of the building marking it as site to serve the public in the case of a nuclear disaster.
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Central Intelligence Agency CIA Spies Secret operations
Warsaw Pact Military alliance: USSR and 7 Eastern European countries Response to the formation of NATO Effort to establish a sphere of influence
Geneva: Open Skies Openly inspect each other’s missile site?
Keep communism from the Middle East Suez Canal Shah of Iran
Eisenhower Doctrine U.S. would defend middle east against communism Counter USSR influence in the middle east
Death of Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev Philosophy: Communism will eventually take over the world, but the two worlds can co- exist until that happens.
Space Race: Sputnik Russian satellite-threat to national security
U-2 Incident Gary Powers-shot down over Soviet Territory