1. Cold War
Chapter 18 section 4

2. 1949
Soviet Union exploded their first atomic bomb
Air-raid
During Eisenhower's time
Arms race began during Truman's time

3. H-Bomb Dwight D. Eisenhower John Foster Dulles Hydrogen bomb
President
John Foster Dulles
Vice President
Hydrogen bomb
67 times the power of the atomic bomb
The force of 1 million tons of TNT
U.S vs. Soviet Union
Deadly race to see which side could produce the first H-Bomb
November 1952
U.S Exploded the first H-Bomb

4. Dulles Said that the Cold War was a moral crusade against Communism
Promised to prevent the spread of communism by using “all it’s force”
Nuclear Weapons
Against any aggressor nation

5. Brinkmanship The edge of an all-out-war U.S trimmed its army and navy
Expanded their air force
Buildup of nuclear weapons

6. Air Raids School children Fallout shelters
Practiced the air raids in school
Fallout shelters
Were built in people’s backyard

7. CIA Central Intelligence Agency
Carried out covert or secret operations to weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the United States
Would use spies to gain information abroad

8. Warsaw Pact Joseph Stalin dies in 1953
Soviet Union recognizes West Germany
Concluded peace treaties with Austria and Japan
1955
Soviet Union will form their own military alliance
Warsaw Pact
Linked the Soviet Union to several Eastern European countries

10. 1955 Soviet Union and the United States set up a meeting
Geneva, Switzerland
“Open skies” proposal
Eisenhower
The United States and Soviet Union would allow flights over each other’s territory to guard against surprise nuclear attacks
Steps toward peace

11. Eisenhower Doctrine January 1957 A warning
Stated that the United States would defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country

12. Hungary Dominated by the Soviet Union Hungarian people rose in revolt
Since WWII
Hungarian people rose in revolt
Wanted a democratic government
United States did nothing to help free the people

13. When Stalin died there was no clear leader to succeed him
One man did gain power as time went on
Nikita Khrushchev
Like Stalin, he believed that communism would take over the world

14. Khrushchev Thought Communism could triumph peacefully
Favored a policy of peaceful coexistence
Two superpowers would compete economically and scientifically

15. Space Race A competition for international prestige
Soviets leaped ahead
October 1957 Sputnik was launched
First artificial satellite
Americans first attempt was a huge failure
January 1958 launched their first successful satellite

16. U-2 Incident 1960 First drones
Flying over the Soviet Union and collecting pictures showing positions of troops and any movement within the country
Francis Gray Powers

17. Francis Gray Powers U-2 pilot Shot down Tensions emerged
Flew the last flight
Shot down
Tensions emerged
U.S had to confess to the drones
Sentenced to 10 years in prison