1. Arms Race 1945 United States becomes the first country to use the atomic bomb – dropping it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WWII 1949 Soviet A-bomb is tested in Siberia 1952 American Hydrogen bomb 1953 Soviet Hydrogen bomb

2. 1953 – New Leaders, New Policy? Dwight Eisenhower – new U.S. President Stalin dies, replaced by Nikita Khrushchev Peaceful Coexistence U.S. and USSR can exist together without conflict

3. 1953 – New Leaders, New Policy? Open Skies – Ike proposed that each country allow aerial photographs so each side could inspect the others military installations Khrushchev rejected this Ike began using the new U-2 spy planes

4. Sputnik (1957)

5. Its the end of the world as we know it!!!

6. Space Race 1957 - Soviets launch first satellite into space - Sputnik I This satellite was launched by a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – this could potentially carry a nuclear warhead to the U.S. U.S. puts money and resources into math and science education and schools Leads to the creation of NASA

7. Space Race 1958 - America follows - Explorer I 1961- Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes first person to orbit the earth 1962 - John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the earth 1969 - America lands on the moon Apollo 11

8. Its the end of the world as we know it!!!

9. How to survive a nuclear attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0K_LZD Xp0I&feature=related&safety_mode=true& persist_safety_mode=1

10. Satellites – No mo communism? How did the Soviets respond to the uprising in Hungary? How did the Soviets try to prevent people from escaping from East Berlin to West Berlin?

11. Fidel Castro

12. Lets take him out La Brigada – anti-Castro Cubans trained by the CIA under Eisenhower Bay of Pigs Invasion – President Kennedy ordered La Brigada to land in Cuba and take out Castro (April 17, 1961) Complete failure – boats ran into coral reefs, Kennedy cancelled air support to keep U.S. involvement a secret, Castros forces captured and killed all of La Brigada

13. Cuban Missile Crisis October 14, 1962 – a U2 spy plane discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba World was on the brink of nuclear war for 13 days

14. Its the end of the world as we know it!!!