The Continuing Cold War

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The Continuing Cold War

• Chapter 19 Section 4

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The McCarthy Era
How did you feel during the red dot exercise?
How did you decide who to let in your group and
who not to?
3
McCarthys Rise to Power

• 1st term in Senate was undistinguished, needed
  issue to arouse public supportcommunism
• Claimed to have 205 Communist names in U.S.
  government
• Accusations and smear tactic called McCarthyism
• Simply being accused by McCarthy caused people to
  lose their jobs
• Other Senators feared him because they thought
  opposing him would paint a communist picture
  around them

4
McCarthys Fall

• Never proved any of his conspiracy charges
• His followers stopped supporting him
• Last straw attacked U.S. Army for harboring
  communists
• In 1954 Senate passed a vote of censure against
  McCarthy
• Died of liver failure three years later

5
The Cold War in the 1950s

• Eisenhower
• Avoid war w/ USSR at all costs
• Southeast Asia
• 1953 brought an end to the Korean War
• U.S. continues to aid France in controlling their
  colony in Vietnam, but resist greater
  involvement, for now

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The Cold War in the 1950s

• The Middle East
• New nation of Israelsupported by the United
  Nations
• Arabssupported by the Soviet Union
• U.S. worked to prevent oil-rich Arab nations from
  falling to Soviet influence
• Egypt and the Suez Canal
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Support in Middle East against Communism

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The Cold War in the 1950s

• Latin America
• CIA helps to overthrow Guatemalan government due
  to radicalism
• Rio Pact regional defense alliance with 18 other
  nations in Western Hemisphere

8
The Arms Race

• The Growth of Nuclear Arsenals
• Soviets have their own hydrogen bomb
• Deterrence was the policy of making the military
  power so strong no enemy would dare attack

9
The Arms Race

• Brinkmanship
• John Dulles policy of getting on the brink of war
  and then getting out at the end
• Many Democrats see it as Russian Roulette

10
The Arms Race

• Cold War in the Skies
• Soviets focus on intercontinental ballistic
  missiles (ICBMs), U.S. lagged behind Soviets
• Soviets launch Sputnik, first artificial
  satellite to orbit earth
• American U-2 spy planes, which fly 15 miles high
  in the air get shot down, known as U-2 incident
• This caused U.S. to spend lots of money to catch
  up with Soviets