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The following is part of the cold war ppt. You should hand copy this into your note book. You will not be allowed to use Printed/ typed things on any open notebook tests. More Cold War Trouble. Trouble in the Suez.
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The following is part of the cold war ppt. You should hand copy this into your note book. You will not be allowed to use Printed/ typed things on any open notebook tests.
More Cold War Trouble
Trouble in the Suez • Suez Canal connects Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Important to Middle East for transportation of OIL.
Trouble in the Suez • Egypt strengthened ties to USSR so US and GB rescinded their offer to help with construction of Aswan Dam on Nile River • The leader of Egypt, Gamal Nasser, blocked the Suez canal to try to control trade • Israel (with US and GB help), invaded Egypt and overtook the canal. • United Nations ordered the withdrawal of all troops and Egypt reopened canal in 1957.
U-2 -American high altitude reconnaissance aircraft or spy plane
U-2 Incident • U2 shot down in Soviet territory • US denied they were sending spy planes. • The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, survived the crash. • Eisenhower suspended all U-2 flights, but Soviet Premier was not satisfied. Powers was exchanged in 1962 for a Soviet spy.
Sputnik or Спутник-1 • On October 4, 1957, USSR put the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into an orbit of the Earth • 23 inches in diameter and weighed 183 pounds. • It circled the globe every 96 min. @18,000 mph for 92 days until it re-entered in the atmosphere and burned up. • Source of tension during the cold war
Go through your notes and high light all Ch 19 key words • Define any words not found/ defined in your notes • Check out quia games under History Links • Work on Ch 20 questions- which will be due after the MG holidays • You will have an open notebook test.