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Two Nations Live on the Edge

Two Nations Live on the Edge. H-Bomb. 1 Million tons of TNT 67 times stronger than Little Boy U.S. exploded the first H-Bomb on Nov. 1, 1952 Soviets: Aug. 1953. Republicans plan for ’52 Election. Truman decides not to run again Approval rate at an all time low of 23% Spread of Communism

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Two Nations Live on the Edge

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  1. Two Nations Live on the Edge

  2. H-Bomb • 1 Million tons of TNT • 67 times stronger than Little Boy • U.S. exploded the first H-Bomb on Nov. 1, 1952 • Soviets: Aug. 1953

  3. Republicans plan for ’52 Election • Truman decides not to run again • Approval rate at an all time low of 23% • Spread of Communism • Korean War • Dem. Adlai Stevenson, Gov. of Ill. • General Dwight D. Eisenhower

  4. President Eisenhower • Ike’s approach: “dynamic conservatism” • Conservative w/$ • Liberal w/human beings

  5. Brinkmanship • John Foster Dulles, Sec. of State • U.S. use all forces (even atomic) against an aggressor • Brinkmanship: Willingness to go to the edge of an all-out war. • Soviets followed suit.

  6. The Warsaw Pact • Stalin dies in ’53 • West Germany joins NATO in ’55. • Fearful, the Soviets formed the Warsaw Pact • Military alliance w/seven E. European nations.

  7. The Hungarian Uprising • Hungary dominated by the Soviet Union • Hungarians wanted Democracy • November, 1956: Soviet tanks invaded the country and killed 30,000 people • U.S. / NATO did nothing (Truman Doctrine)

  8. Nikita Khrushchev

  9. The Space Race • October 4, 1957: Soviets launched Sputnik • Triumph in Soviet technology • January 31, 1958: First U.S. satellite

  10. U-2 Spy Plane Incident • CIA flew spy missions over the Soviet Union starting in the mid. 1950’s • 1960’s: Ike wanted the flights discontinued. • Summit to be held on the arms race. • May 1: Francis Gary Powers shot down over the Soviet Union. • Flights stopped, Khrushchev called off the summit • 1960’s opened w/heightened pressure

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