1. Watch the following Public Service Announcement from 1951.
Warm-Up
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Watch the following Public Service Announcement from 1951.
Why would the government put out Public Service Announcements like this?

2. Foreign Policy What do you think Foreign Policy is?
(Discuss with your table and be prepared to share)

3. Stalin’s Iron Curtain
Over the two years after the end of WWII Stalin had communist governments set up the territories the Red Army occupied in Eastern Europe
Stalin was creating a “Buffer Zone” between the democratic nations in Western Europe and the Soviet Union
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent.” - Winston Churchill

4. The Truman Doctrine(1947)
United States promises to provide financial aid and arms to any free country attempting to resist communism
Doctrine is significant because it shows that the most powerful democracy in the world was prepared to resist the spread of communism throughout the world
President Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine to a joint session of Congress in March of 1947

5. Policy of Containment
United States pledged to provide aid and resources in an attempt to contain the spread of communism in Europe(Marshall Plan)
Stems from the fear of the Domino Theory

6. Arms Race
An arms race is a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
August 29, the Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb
1952- America developed the hydrogen bomb; Soviets catch up a year later

7. Massive Retaliation
Any Soviet nuclear attack would be met with a massive nuclear response by the United States

8. Espionage
Espionage is the act of spying by a government to gain political and military knowledge

9. U-2 Incident U-2 Incident
1954- President Eisenhower is concerned about nuclear capability of the Soviet Union
July flyovers in Soviet airspace begin by U-2 spy planes
U-2 spy missions become important because it shows a lack of Soviet nuclear might
May 1,1960- Soviets shoot down a U-2 spy plane piloted by CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers
Restores original tensions and mistrust amongst the two nations
U-2 Incident

10. The Bay of Pigs Invasion
1959- Fidel Castro leads a successful revolution in Cuba and makes the country Communist
US concerned with Castro because of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev
CIA secretly trains Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
April 17, ,400 Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs
Operation is a huge disaster and strengthens Castro relation with Soviets
Bay of Pigs

11. Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis
October American U-2 spy plane photographs Soviet nuclear missile sites being built in Cuba
President Kennedy orders a naval blockade around Cuba and places the armed forces at DEFCON 2
Soviets agree to dismantle missiles in Cuba as long as US promises not to invade Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world came to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis

12. Mutual Assured Destruction(MAD)
Building enough nuclear weapons to assure that if the Soviet destroyed the US with nuclear weapons then we would be able to equally destroy them
This is the policy adopted by the US after the Cuban Missile Crisis
Summarize M.A.D. in your own words at the bottom of your notes!

13. Document Assignment Working with a partner…
Use the primary sources provided to answer the questions that follow
Turn in your worksheet once completed

14. Exit Ticket #1
For thirteen days in October 1962, the world stood on edge as tensions almost turned into nuclear war. This event is known in history as…
Mutually Assured Destruction
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift

15. Exit Ticket #2
The “Buffer Zone” that Stalin created between the Soviet Union and the rest of Europe was referred to as…
the Iron Fist
the Iron Curtain
the Steel Curtain
the All Communist Zone