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U.S. History Chapter 26 Section 4 . Essential Question : What role did television play in the domestic reaction the Cold War? . Joseph McCarthy . Republican Senator from Wisconsin Thought of as an ineffective politician Needed a “winning” issue to be reelected in 1952 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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U.S. History Chapter 26 Section
4 Essential Question:
What role did television play in the domestic reaction the Cold War?
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Joseph McCarthy • Republican
Senator from Wisconsin
• Thought of as an ineffective politician
• Needed a “winning” issue to be reelected in 1952
• McCarthy falsely charged that communists were taking over the U.S. government
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McCarthyism• McCarthy makes
one unsupported claim of communist activity after another
• McCarthyism: The unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providingevidence
• Takes advantage the country’s concerns about communism during the cold war
• Claimed 205 communists worked for state department, never produced one name
2nd Red Scare
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End of McCarthyism
• In 1954 McCarthy accused the U.S. Army of sympathizing with communists
• In a televised hearing McCarthy bullied witnesses and lost public support
• McCarthy was later censured for “improper” conduct
• Eventually lost his Senate seat
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Dwight Eisenhower & John Foster Dulles
• Eisenhower elected President after Truman.
• Anti-Communists Secretary of State under Eisenhower.
• Proposes the policy of brinkmanship.
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Warsaw Pact• Formed by the Soviet Union and their
E. European satellites when W. Germany rearms and joins NATO.
• Warsaw Pact is an alliance just like NATO
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Foreign Policy “Hot Spots”
1. 1953 CIA sponsored coup in Iran P. M. Mohammed Mossadegh nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.. Goal: keep the P.M. from getting
help($) from Soviets. CIA installs the Shah as new leader of Iran.
2. 1956 Suez Crisis. 3. 1958 Civil War in Lebanon4. 1960 OPEC formed
Middle East:
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Eisenhower Doctrine• What event leads to the Eisenhower
Doctrine?Soviet support of Egypt during the Suez Crisis
• To balance out rising Soviet influence the U.S. issues the Eisenhower Doctrine in 1957.
• Eisenhower Doctrine: The U.S. will defend the Middle East from attack by any Communist country.
• President has the authority to use armed forces at his discretion to combat communist aggression.
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The Suez Crisis• Egypt strengthens ties to the Soviets in
order to combat rising western influence. • U.S. & G.B. withdraw help, Egypt seizes
control of the British & French owned Suez Canal.
• Britain, France, & Israel invade Egypt. • Soviets threaten to get involved. • U.S. backs Britain, France, & Israel. • Direct confrontation seemed unavoidable.• The U.N. steps in and imposes a cease
fire.• Canal reopens in 1957 under Egyptian
management.
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Foreign Policy “Hot Spots”
1. 1948 O. A. S. [Organization of American States] was created during Truman’s administration.
2. 1954 CIA covert ops. in Guatemala.
3. 1950s Puerto Rican independence movement.
4. 1959 Castro’s Communist Revolution in Cuba.
Latin America:
CIA appoints new dictator sympathetic to the U.S.
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Sputnik I• Launched by the
Soviets in 1957• First man-made
object to orbit the Earth
• Traveled around the globe once every 96 minutes
• What was the American reaction to Sputnik?
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The U-2 Incident• After rejection of
open skies, the CIA begins to make secret high altitude flights over U.S.S.R. to spot ICBM
• Soviets shoot down plane
• U.S. denies involvement, later admits truth