1. American History Chapter 19: The Cold War
IV. The Continuing Cold War

2. Objectives Discover some characteristics of the McCarthy era.
See how the Cold War was waged in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America during the 1950s.
Understand how the arms race developed.

3. Bell Ringer Loyalty and patriotism? What are they?
Do you think that it is possible to be a “true American” while supporting an ideology or belief such as communism?
What is blacklisting?
Setting the Scene – (657)

4. A) The McCarthy Era
205 names was really 57 all investigated under Truman’s loyalty program – did start anti-Communist hysteria
Needed to get re-elected – Wisconsin
McCarthyism: baseless accusations, un-provable charges, and smear tactics to become popular.
Attacked national hero Marshall (Plan) over China
Attacked the Army – televised – world saw McCarthy for what he was – Senate condemned him

5. B) The Cold War in the 1950s
Eisenhower’s Sec of State Dulles hated communism and containment – Eisenhower did not want war – US stayed out of uprisings in Europe – Germany 1953 and Poland and Hungary in 1956
Pulled US out of Korea – but helped France militarily in Vietnam

6. C) US in the Middle East
US supported Israel in their war for Independence in 1948
IN 1952 CIA helped the Shah of Iran overthrow the pro-communist leader
Suez Crisis – Egypt took the Suez Canal from British – they and France attacked – US stayed neutral and allowed Egypt to finally keep it.
Eisenhower Doctrine – US will help any county in the Middle East that doesn’t want to become communist

7. D) US in Latin America
US invaded Nicaragua and Honduras to help pro-American leaders
1947 signed the Rio Pact defense Alliance (18)
1948 established OAS – help increase co-operation
1954 CIA overthrew government of Guatemala to help a US fruit company
USSR thought US was escalating the Cold War

8. E) The Arms Race Arms race – struggle to gain weapons superiority
Deterrence – make the US military so strong that no enemy would dare attack
Brinkmanship – policy of risking war in order to protect national interests (660)
ICBM – long-range rockets that deliver nuclear warheads (US bombers)
Sputnik – first artificial satellite to orbit earth
U-2 incident – American spy plane shot down by the USSR 15 miles high
US lagging behind in military

9. Review What were the characteristics of the McCarthy era?
How was the Cold War waged in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America during the 1950s?
How did the arms race develop?