1. The Cold War Heats Up

2. Domino Theory
Idea that a communist victory in one nation will lead to communism spreading to countries nearby
Used by USA to justify its support of non-communist governments in Southeast Asia

3. Korean War [ ]
Kim Il-Sung
Syngman Rhee

4. The Korean War Causes of Korean War Japanese rule Korea from 1910-1945
38th Parallel
Japanese surrender north of line to Soviets
Japanese surrender south of line to U.S.
By 1949, Americans & Soviets pull out of both areas
North Korea becomes industrial
South Korea is agricultural

5. North Korea
Communist
China and the Soviet Union helped them
South Korea
Democratic
US and United Nations helped them

6. The Korean War 1950: North Korea invades S. Korea
President Truman orders air support for S. Korea
United Nations sends 520,000 troops to help S. Korea
90 % of troops were Americans led by WWII hero, Douglas MacArthur

7. The Shifting Map of Korea [1950-1953]

8. End of Korean War June 23, 1951- War ends in stalemate
38th parallel remains, dividing Korea
U.S. Results of War
36,516 KIA
92,134 Wounded
8,176 MIA
7,245 POW
$67 billion
No declaration of war by Congress
Referred to as “The Forgotten War”

9. Khruschev Embraces Castro, 1961
The Soviet Union and Cuba become ALLIES.

10. Fidel Castro Led a communist revolution in Cuba in the late 1950s
Many Cubans fled to Florida

11. Bay of Pigs Debacle (1961)
U.S. backed an invasion of Cuba to try to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro

12. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

13. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
The Soviet Union stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba
President Kennedy ordered the Soviets to remove their missiles
The world was on the edge of nuclear war
The Soviet Union “blinked” and removed their missiles

15. Thirteen Days

16. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!

17. Reading/Analysis
Complete the BACK side of the handout on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Complete the FRONT side of the handout on the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

18. Superpower Video: Part II
Heads up, phones away, headphones out.