COLD WAR CONFLICTS

1. COLD WAR CONFLICTS U.S vs. U.S.S.R.

2. Learning Objectives:Section 4 - Two Nations Live on the Edge • 1. Explain the policy of brinkmanship.2. Describe American and Soviet actions that caused the Cold War to spread around the world.3. Summarize the impact of Sputnik and the U-2 incident on the United States.

3. SECTION 4: TWO NATIONS LIVE ON THE EDGE • After World War II, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. competed in developing atomic and hydrogen bombs • The Soviets tested their first atomic bomb in 1949 • The U.S. began work on a bomb 67 times stronger than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima – the hydrogen bomb An H-bomb test conducted by America near Bikini Island in Pacific Ocean, 1954

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5. By the time both countries had the H-bomb (1953), President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made it clear they were willing to use all military force (including nuclear weapons) to stop aggression • The Soviets followed suit • This willingness to go to the edge of all-out war became known as brinkmanship Some Americans created shelters in their backyards in case of nuclear attack

6. MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS • A – How did the U.S. and the Soviet union start the arms race? • By developing more powerful weapons, including the H-bomb.

7. THE COLD WAR SPREADS • As the Cold War heated up, the U.S. depended more and more on information compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • The CIA began attempts to weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the U.S.

8. COVERT ACTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST • One of the first covert operations occurred in the Middle East • In Iran the U.S. orchestrated the return of the pro-U.S. Shah of Iran in 1953 The last Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

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10. COVERT OPS IN LATIN AMERICA • In 1954, the CIA also took covert actions in Guatemala (a Central America country just south of Mexico) • The U.S. believed Guatemala was on the verge of becoming Communist, so the CIA trained an army which invaded the small country • The actions eventually failed as a military dictator rose to power

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13. B – What was the role of the CIA in the Cold War? • To gather intelligence and to carry out secret operations against unfriendly govts.

14. THE WARSAW PACT • To counter the U.S. defense alliance (NATO), in 1955 the Soviets formed their own mutual defense alliance known as the Warsaw Pact

15. NATO WARSAW NEUTRAL

16. THE COLD WAR TAKES TO THE SKIES • The Space Race was initially dominated by the Soviets • On October 4, 1957, they launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite • Sputnik traveled around earth at 18,000 miles an hour, circling the globe every 96 minutes

17. Increase Educational Goals • Sputnik I • ↓ • National Defense and Education Act • ↓ • National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA) • resulted in • increased government funding for scientific research.

18. SUEZ CANAL

19. The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, Suez War, or Second Arab-Israeli War • on 26 July 1956 Egypt nationalized the Canal • A diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt vs Britain, France and Israel. • The United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations played major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. • Less than a day after Israel invaded Egypt, Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, and then began to bomb Cairo. • Despite the denials of the Israeli, British and French governments, evidence began to emerge that the invasion of Egypt had been planned beforehand by the three powers. • Anglo-French forces withdrew before the end of the year, but Israeli forces remained until March 1957, prolonging the crisis. In April, the canal was fully reopened to shipping, but other repercussions followed.

20. C – What were the results of the Suez War? • Great Britain, France, and Israel withdrew from the Mediterranean end of the canal and • control of the canal passed to Egypt.

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23. D – Compare Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev. • How were they alike? • How were they different? • They both believed that communism would take over the world. • Unlike Stalin, Khrushchev believed communism could triumph peacefully

24. THE HUNGARIAN UPRISING • Dominated by the Soviet Union since the end of WWII, the Hungarian people rose up in revolt in 1956 • Led by Imre Nagy, the liberal Communist leader of Hungary, the people demanded free elections and the end of Soviet domination The Soviets’ response was swift and brutal – 30,000 Hungarians were killed (including Nagy) as the Soviets reasserted control The Soviets responded to the Hungarian revolt with tanks

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26. U-2 PLANES SPY ON SOVIETS • In the late 1950s, the CIA began secret high-altitude spy missions over Soviet territory • The U-2’s infra-red cameras took detailed pictures of Soviet troop movements & missile sites

27. U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER USSR • On May 1, 1960, Gary Power’s U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory • Powers parachuted into Soviet territory, was captured and sentenced to 10-years in prison • Because of this incident, the 1960s opened with tension between the two superpowers as great as ever Powers was released in 1962 in exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel

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