1. Cold War

2. Israel After WW II the UN wanted a home land for the Jewish people.
Israel formed in territory of Palestine
Arab nations claimed territory belonged to the Arab people
USSR supported Arab nations
Eisenhower Doctrine: Aid Middle Eastern countries against communism

4. U-2 Spy Plane Incident 1960
Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

5. Berlin Wall 1961
Soviet Premier ordered the building of a wall to separate East and West Berlin
Keep East Berliners from fleeing to the west
Symbol of the Cold War & Fell in 1990

7. Bay of Pigs 1961 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA invaded Cuba
Hoping to initiate an uprising against Castro
Plan failed

8. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
U-2 photographed missiles sites being built in Cuba
President Kennedy placed a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent the Soviets from arming these sites
13 days
“We went eyeball-to-eyeball
with the Russians, and
the other man blinked!”

11. Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)
Use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender

12. B-52 Air Patrols
Bombers loitered at high altitude near points outside the Soviet Union to provide rapid first strike or retaliation

13. B-52