American%20History%20Chapter%2019:%20The%20Cold%20War

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American History Chapter 19 The Cold War

• IV. The Continuing Cold War

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Objectives

• Discover some characteristics of the McCarthy
  era.
• See how the Cold War was waged in Southeast Asia,
  the Middle East, and Latin America during the
  1950s.
• Understand how the arms race developed.

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Bell Ringer

• Loyalty and patriotism? What are they?
• Do you think that it is possible to be a true
  American while supporting an ideology or belief
  such as communism?
• What is blacklisting?
• Setting the Scene (657)

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A) The McCarthy Era

• 205 names was really 57 all investigated under
  Trumans loyalty program did start
  anti-Communist hysteria
• Needed to get re-elected Wisconsin
• McCarthyism baseless accusations, un-provable
  charges, and smear tactics to become popular.
• Attacked national hero Marshall (Plan) over China
  
• Attacked the Army televised world saw
  McCarthy for what he was Senate condemned him

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B) The Cold War in the 1950s

• Eisenhowers Sec of State Dulles hated communism
  and containment Eisenhower did not want war
  US stayed out of uprisings in Europe Germany
  1953 and Poland and Hungary in 1956
• Pulled US out of Korea but helped France
  militarily in Vietnam

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C) US in the Middle East

• US supported Israel in their war for Independence
  in 1948
• IN 1952 CIA helped the Shah of Iran overthrow the
  pro-communist leader
• Suez Crisis Egypt took the Suez Canal from
  British they and France attacked US stayed
  neutral and allowed Egypt to finally keep it.
• Eisenhower Doctrine US will help any county in
  the Middle East that doesnt want to become
  communist

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D) US in Latin America

• US invaded Nicaragua and Honduras to help
  pro-American leaders
• 1947 signed the Rio Pact defense Alliance (18)
• 1948 established OAS help increase co-operation
• 1954 CIA overthrew government of Guatemala to
  help a US fruit company
• USSR thought US was escalating the Cold War

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E) The Arms Race

• Arms race struggle to gain weapons superiority
• Deterrence make the US military so strong that
  no enemy would dare attack
• Brinkmanship policy of risking war in order to
  protect national interests (660)
• ICBM long-range rockets that deliver nuclear
  warheads (US bombers)
• Sputnik first artificial satellite to orbit
  earth
• U-2 incident American spy plane shot down by
  the USSR 15 miles high
• US lagging behind in military

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Review

• What were the characteristics of the McCarthy
  era?
• How was the Cold War waged in Southeast Asia, the
  Middle East, and Latin America during the 1950s?
• How did the arms race develop?