Early Cold War Presidents

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Early Cold War Presidents

• As you review the following information, please
  do the following
• 1. What were the events that led to Americas
  growing sense of fear?
• 2. How did the government both create and try to
  alleviate fear?
• 3. After you complete the list, write a brief
  paragraph explaining how effective you feel
  Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy were in
  addressing the fears of the nation.

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Cold War Events Truman

• A-bombs dropped on Japan
• UN set up
• Containment policy
• Churchills Iron Curtain speech
• Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
• Berlin Airlift
• NATO formed
• China N. Korea lost to communism
• Red Scare (HUAC / McCarthyism)
• H-bomb created

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Cold War Events Eisenhower

• Brinkmanship policy
• Stalins formation of Warsaw Pact
• Khrushchev replaced Stalin
• Hungarian revolt against USSR failed
• Sputnik USSR won race to space
• U-2 incident ended Cold War thaw

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Cold War Events Kennedy

• Flexible response policy
• Bay of Pigs incident
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Building of Berlin Wall
• Establishment of hot line
• Limited Test Ban Treaty