1. Ch. 26- Post War America

2. Eisenhower Era
The 22nd amendment was ratified which limited presidential term limits, but didn’t apply to the current President Truman
Truman served as president for 8 yrs. and decided to not run for re-election
The election would be between Adlai Stevenson and Eisenhower (Ike)

3. Nixon and the checkers speech
Eisenhower chose Nixon as his Vice-Presidential running mate
Nixon was accused of accepting $18,000 in political gifts
Nixon did accept the gift, but made a speech to the public in which they forgave him
It is known as the checkers speech

4. The Cold War Continues
Eisenhower was able to end the Korean War in July 1953
His Secretary of State John Foster Dulles encouraged the idea of brinkmanship over containment.
He wanted to threaten war, without actually going
He also liked massive retaliation in which we needed more nuclear weapons

5. CIA
The CIA is created in 1947 to collect information and spy on foreign governments

6. Joseph Stalin Dies Stalin dies in March 1953
He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev
He was still a communist dictator and the Soviet Union a rival of the United States
Soviet Union creates the Warsaw Pact which was a military alliance controlled by the Soviet Union and similar to our NATO

8. U.S. –Soviet Relations
Eisenhower suggested an ‘open skies proposal’ to the Soviet Union so that we could monitor each other’s military activity and not suspect the worst, it was rejected by the Soviets.
Eisenhower ran again against Stevenson and won reelection.

9. Spy
Eisenhower sent U-2 aircraft in to spy on the Soviets, but the plane was shot down and our pilot, Gary Powers, was captured.
He was kept from when he was released in exchange for a captured Soviet spy.

10. Separation of Vietnam
France couldn’t keep control of its colony of Vietnam.
Vietnam ended up dividing
North became communist
This was supposed to be temporary until elections were held
SEATO was created to stop communism in Asia

12. Israel and Palestine 1948- Israel declared their independence
This is a Jewish country surrounded by Arab nations
Excellent 6 minute video on Israeli Palestinian conflict

13. Suez Conflict
A war breaks out between Israel and the nations of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon
Israel won
Egypt’s new leader gets support from Russia
We withdraw money from a major Egyptian Dam project
Russia takes control of the Suez Canal
In response, Israel launches an attack against Egypt
Eisenhower demanded all invaders leave Egypt

14. Eisenhower Doctrine
States that the U.S. can help, on request, any nation in the Middle East trying to resist communist aggression