EISNEHOWER PRESIDENT (1952-1960) EISENHOWER DOCTRINE – Congress authorize the use of U.S. military force whenever the
president thought it necessary to assist Middle East nations resisting Communist aggression
Five (5) reasons that Eisenhower was elected (Think about Ike’s history and negative events when Truman was President.)
How does Eisenhower fight communism during
the Cold War?
Massive retaliation – use of nuclear
weapons is M.A.D. (mutually assured
destruction)
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA)
Develop a
prosperous economy
Brinkmanship – willingness to go to
the brink of war to force the other side
to back down (think of it like playing a
game of chicken with atomic bombs)
Covert (hidden) operations in
developing countries to persuade
against communism without war
but possibly train and support
revolutionary forces
Economy does well
under capitalism,
helps to prevent
communism in U.S.
and other countries
Large build up of nuclear weapons
GIVE $ to
developing
countries or
troops
COLD WAR CONFLICTS (1952-1960) AND EISENHOWER’S RESPONSES
Communist
Conflict or
Threat
Korea (1953)
Fighting
continued –
stalemate but
still costing
lives
N.K. and China
vs.
United Nations
U.S. Response
(Which of four
Eisenhower
responses?)
Outcome
U.S.
Successful?
Taiwan (1953)
China began
“shelling”
Taiwan and
wanted to
regain land
from
Nationalists
Iran (1953)
Iran Prime
Minister
nationalized oil
company and
ready to make
oil deal with
Soviet Union
Guatemala (1954)
Soviets help procommunist leader
come to power
and took over
American owned
businesses & sent
weapons to
Guatemalan gov’t
Suez Crisis (1956) Lebanon (1958)
U.S. promised to Egyptian leader
provide $ to help
Nasser with
building of dam
support of
U.S. withdraw $
Soviet Union
after Egypt accept
seize power in
Weapons from
Iraq
communists
Egypt takes
control of Suez
Lebanon fears
Canal
their country
France and G.B.
will be taken
land troops and
over next
retaliate
Soviet Union
threaten
retaliation if G.B.
and France
continue fighting
Please color in on the map all the places where there had been a communist threat/conflict from 1945 to 1958
Based upon your coloring, please make two (2) generalizations about Cold War threats and conflicts in the world from 1945-1958.
1.
2.
TWO U.S. DISAPPOINTMENTS DURING EISNEHOWER’S PRESIDENCY (Pages 556 and 559)
SPUTNIK
Categories
U-2 INCIDENT
What happened?
U.S. spy plan (U-2) piloted by Gary
Powers “shot down” over the Soviet
Union (pilot captured)
First satellite sent into space
(Soviet Union) 10-04-1957
1960
1.
2.
1.
U.S. Response
3. Worried/Scared/How could this
happen?
2. Embarrassed
Why a negative?
BONUS
You will earn one point bonus for each country that you identify the location (by name on the map) where the United States tried to prevent
communism and color in that country as either (green-successful in stopping communism) or (orange- unsuccessful in stopping communism).