PPT-Eisenhower and the Cold War

Dwight Eisenhower 1890 1969 life 1953 1961 President Nicknamed Ike Highly popular due to his efficient military leadership during WWII Staunchly anticommunist but also dedicated to scaling back military spending. 1) What was one of the causes of the Cold War?. 2) What . do you think the United States might. do to stop the spread of communism?. Reminders. News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!. 10.7- Fighting Communism. The Cold War Expands. Objectives. Describe the causes and results of the arms race between the US and Soviet Union.. Explain how Eisenhower’s response to communism differed from that of Truman.. Analyze worldwide Cold War conflicts that erupted in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and other places.. Lesson 3 . The Cold War Intensifies. Learning Objectives. Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.. Explain how Eisenhower’s response to communism differed from that of Truman.. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why did the Cold War Last So Long?. TEKS and Objectives. We will…. (8B) describe . how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the findings of which were confirmed by the . Issues surrounding the Election of 1952. Communism spreading in Europe and Asia. Communism in government?. Korean War stalemate. Candidates. Dwight Eisenhower (R) . Adlai Stevenson (D) . WWII General . Warm-Up Question. :. Explain the Truman Doctrine. Explain the Marshall Plan. What. . was. . the. . purpose. . of. . NATO?. President Eisenhower’s Modern Republicanism. Eisenhower Video. . Eisenhower’s Modern Republicanism. Satellite nations. Iron curtain. Cold War. Containment. Truman Doctrine. Marshall Plan. Berlin Airlift. NATO. 9. Collective security. 10. Warsaw Pact. HUAC. McCarthyism. Blacklist. Conformity—doing what others do. 8th Edition. Containment and a Divided Global Order. Origins of the Cold War. Is the enemy of your enemy, your friend, or your enemy?. Yalta. :. Last meeting of the “Big 3”. Stalin promised “free and unfettered elections” in Poland at a later date. Affluence and Its Anxieties. Economy really sprouted during the 50s. Invention of the transistor exploded the electronics field, especially in computers, . International Business Machines (IBM) and others expanded and prospered.. Objective 4.4: . Assess President Eisenhower’s “New Look” in defense and foreign policy while looking at reactions to leftist regimes in Latin America. Warm-Up. : Cold War (1945 – 1991) Quiz. T.S. – Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions. Objective- to . understand how . The Cold War . shaped foreign. policy throughout . the 1950s. Cold War under Eisenhower. Brinkmanship. : taking the country to the brink of war to avoid war (Sect. of State Dulles). The Origins of the Cold War. How did the conferences at Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta attempt to shape the postwar world?. Why did the Potsdam Conference further increase tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?. TRANSPORTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMGuidelinesForHistorically Black Colleges and UniversitiesHispanic Serving InstitutionsTribal Colleges and UniversitiesPeople With DisabilitiesThese guidelines are in e The United States was also under new leadership from 1953, with the inauguration of President Eisenhower. After twenty years when the Democrats, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, held the presidency, there was now a Republican in the White House. Eisenhower was no ordinary Republican. He was already famous as ‘Ike’ – the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Second World War. Eisenhower had fought the war alongside Soviet allies in the Grand Alliance; he knew many Soviet generals and diplomats personally. He was determined to formulate new policies to combat Communism in the Cold War; but he was also determined to avoid war, and to hold down the huge expenditures demanded by the arms race with the Soviet Union..