Arms Race September 2 1949 USSR Tested their first nuclear weapon October 1949 China fell to the communists January 1950 Truman ordered Atomic Energy Commission to build the H Bomb 1000 X more powerful than A bomb ID: 391521
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Cold War Crisis BuildsSlide2
Arms Race
September 2, 1949
USSR Tested their first nuclear weapon
October 1949
China fell to the communists
January 1950
Truman ordered Atomic Energy Commission to build the H Bomb (1,000 X more powerful than A bomb)
Perpetual arms race began
Airplanes, submarines, missiles built to destroy the world
Mutually
A
ssured Destruction (MAD)
Each country used its weapons as a shield hoping the threat of destruction would prevent the use of it.Slide3
Foreign Policy
Truman
Believed in containing communism
Entered foreign conflicts started by the USSR draining resources
Defense
Dept
budget $50.5 billion
Eisenhower
Felt that Communism was the greatest threat to American way of life
Opposed conventional forces
Ordered stockpiling of weapons for nuclear war
Defense
Dept
budget $35.8 billion
Brinkmanship introduced Slide4
Radiation and Fall out
Alaskan lichens affected by radiation
Atmosphere contained radiation
Nevada desert residents suffer from long term health problemsSlide5
Poland & Hungary
1956 Poland
Polish workers rioted and won power in the government
Poland stayed with the Warsaw Pact, so the USSR allowed the resistance
1956 Hungary
Hungarian students rioted against USSR control
Soviet soldiers marched on Hungary, executing hundreds and restored more harsh soviet controlSlide6
Suez Crisis
Egypt’s President
Nassar
Wanted to construct a dam on the Nile River
USA & Great Britain initially offered to fund the project
Egypt recognized communist China as a country and opened negotiations with USSR for trade forcing USA and Great Britain to back out of the project
Nassar responded by nationalizing the Suez Canal
Britain & France joined with Israel to retake the canalCreated tensions between USA & the other nationsSlide7
Eisenhower Doctrine
January 1957 Eisenhower addressed the Soviet influence in the Middle East
US would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation resist communist threat
Used this as a precedent to send troops to Lebanon in 1958
CIA assigned to protect American Interests in the Cold War
1953 installed Pro-American leader in Iran
1954 installed Pro-American leader in Guatemala Slide8
Space Race
October 1957
Soviets Launched
Sputnik 1
Following the success of Sputnik they launched a larger satellite with a dog
Laika
National Defense Education Budget passed$1 billion targeted to educate scientistsNASA created to counteract USSR advancements