COLD WAR AT HOME -3

Quiz 1. __________ ____________ was a Cold War, anti- Communist activist from Wisconsin who was looking to make a bold statement by calling out all of the “Communists” in the American government. 2. Why did the Republicans somewhat embrace this man? 3. In the early 1950’s, the US and Soviets engaged in a race for the ___ - Bomb. This bomb was generally believed to be at least 67x more powerful than the Atomic Bomb. 4. The willingness to go to the brink, or edge of war, was referred to as what? 5. Who became president after Truman?

Eisenhower  Relied heavily on the newly formed CIA  Led covert operations in the Middle East and Latin America

Warsaw Pact  Stalin dies in 1953  West Germany is allowed to join NATO  Soviets respond with Warsaw Pact  Eastern European nations (satellite countries)

Summit in Geneva  “Open skies” proposal by Eisenhower  Quickly shot down by Soviets

Eisenhower Doctrine  US would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country

Nikita Khrushchev  Publicly criticized Stalin  Had the Soviet Union softened?

Cold War – The Sky and Beyond  ICBM – intercontinental ballistic missiles  Both sides claimed to have powerful ICBM  October 4, Sputnik is launched (USSR)  First satellite in space  ICBM showed it had easily enough force to deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere on Earth

U-2  Secret missions designed to fly over Soviet air space  Eisenhower wanted the flights discontinued  Last flight – Francis Gary Powers was brought down  US denied the facts  USSR glorified the facts

U-2 incident  Powers sentenced to 10 years in prison  Served 17 months, then exchanged to US for a Soviet spy named Rudolf Abel