1. The Cold War The Cold War

2. The Arms Race: A “Missile Gap?” }The Soviet Union exploded its first A-bomb in 1949. }Now there were two nuclear superpowers!

3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)  United States  Belgium  Britain  Canada  Denmark  France  Iceland  Italy  Luxemburg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  1952: Greece & Turkey  1955: West Germany  1983: Spain

4. Warsaw Pact (1955) }U. S. S. R. }Albania }Bulgaria }Czechoslovakia }East Germany }Hungary }Poland }Rumania

5. Mao’s Revolution: 1949 China Becomes Communist– A 2 nd } Power!

6. The Korean War: A “Police Action” (1950-1953) Syngman Rhee – South Korea Kim Il-Sung – North Korea “Domino Theory” North Korea invades South Korea. – N.K. supported by USSR & China. S.K. supported by USA & United Nations

7. The Suez Crisis: 1956-1957 Egypt Closes Suez Canal. Great Britain, France, and Israel attack to reopen it.

8. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

9. NATO Soviets detonate their first atomic bomb….. The question is raised, where did they get the technology the bomb? Ethel and Julius Rosenberg would be accused of giving away atomic bomb secrets. Charged with espionage they would be found guilty and executed in 1953.

10. McCarthyism  Claimed 205 communists working for State Department  Attacked wealthy & privileged—popular appeal  McCarthyism to destroy or assassinate one’s character without proof and it ruined the careers of many Americans.  Even Eisenhower wouldn’t challenge him  Army hearings in 1954 televised McCarthy exposed as a bully (“reckless cruelty”)