Ch Emerging Postwar Power Relationships NATO & Marshall Plans united Western Europe and the U.S. 1 st World- Anticommunist 2 nd World- Communist Nations 3 rd World- underdeveloped countries- Asia & L. America

U.S. Provided 1) Loans 2) Outright Grants 3) Technical Assistance Poorer nations resented the U.S. economic dominance

Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Won 1952 Presidential election b/c he was a “War Hero” Korean War truce Domino Theory- belief that when one country fell to communism the others will fall

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

Brinksmanship- willingness to threaten the use of nuclear weapons and risk the possibility of war Hydrogen Bomb- much more powerful than the A-Bomb Ike attempted to share ideas for nuclear power but USSR rejected it

U-2 Incident U-2 Spy plane shot down in the USSR USSR accused the U.S. of spying Khrushchev canceled peace summit

Aswan Dam and Suez Canal Egypt with Soviet support took over the canal GB & France- attacked Egypt U.S. pressure forced the British and French to retreat

Anticommunist Uprisings Hungary and Poland tried to resist Soviet control USSR quickly crushed the uprising Warsaw Pact- communist version of NATO

Eisenhower Doctrine Ike said the U.S. would send help to any country in the M.E. that wanted to resist communism U.S. gradually became the policemen of the world

Sputnik USSR launches 1 st satellite into space (Sputnik) U.S. begins to heavily invest in science and math Space Race begins

Sputnik