1. Warm Up: Review for Chapter 15 Quiz

2. Chapter 16 Section 1

3. How long can a president serve in office?

4. 22 nd Amendment 1951 Set a 10 year limit on the number of years a president could serve A response to the presidency of FDR

5. Eisenhower World War II hero Elected president in 1952 as a Republican

6. Cold War Brinkmanship- going to the brink of war without actually getting there Making threats that were strong enough to bring results, without having to follow through

7. Cold War Massive Retaliation- the U.S. would use overwhelming force, including nuclear weapons, to settle a conflict

8. Cold War CIA – Central Intelligence Agency Created in 1947 to spy on foreign governments During Eisenhower presidency, helped overthrow the governments of Iran and Guatemala

9. Cold War Stalin died in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev emerged as new leader Warsaw Pact (1955) military alliance of Soviet dominated countries of Eastern Europe Soviets used military force to end uprisings in Poland, Hungary

10. Cold War 1960, Soviets shot down U-2 spy plane Captured pilot, Francis Gary Powers Put in trial in USSR, found guilty of spying Held for two years Exchanged for release of Soviet spy Damaged U.S- Soviet relations

11. Cold War Hot Spots

12. Cold War - Asia In 1954, France lost struggle to maintain its colony in Vietnam Vietnam divided in half North Communist South Democratic

13. Cold War - Asia Domino Theory - belief that if Vietnam became Communist, the rest of the nations in the region would follow SEATO- Southeast Asian Treaty Organization Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the U.S. Agreed to work together to resist communism

14. Cold War – Middle East Israel declared independence in 1948 Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq immediately attacked Israel won the war, conquered the land that had been set aside for an Arab Palestine

15. Cold War – Middle East Egypt, under Abdel Nasser, sought support of Soviet Union U.S. withdrew financial support of Aswan High Dam project In response, Egypt seized the Suez Canal Blocked Europe’s access to oil supplies, Israel's access to Red Sea

16. Cold War – Middle East Israel launched surprise attack on Egypt Britain and France sent forces to take control of Canal Soviets threatened to enter conflict Eisenhower insisted invaders leave Egypt Egypt maintained control of canal

17. Cold War – Middle East Eisenhower Doctrine 1957 U.S. help, on request, any nation in the Middle East resist communist aggression

18. Warm Up: What are Americans afraid of?

19. Chapter 16 Section 2

20. Arms Race Hydrogen Bomb (H- Bomb) - hundreds of times more powerful than nuclear weapons used in Japan First detonated by Americans in 1952 Soviet detonated in 1953

21. Arms Race Jan. 1957 U.S. test missile with 2,000 mile range Aug. 1957 Soviets test missile with 4,000 mile range ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

22. Arms Race 1954, U.S. develops nuclear powered subs Later, nuclear powered subs are fitted with ICBM’s

23. Space Race Oct. 1957. Soviets launch first artificial satellite, Sputnik Nov. 1957 Sputnik II, carries dog into space National Defense Education Act (1958) millions of dollars for math and science education in public schools Jan. 1958 U.S. launches first satellite July 1960, NASA formed to lead U.S. space program

24. Threat of Nuclear War Faced with possibility of destruction of entire cities Nuclear fallout - streams of radioactive particles caused by nuclear explosions

25. Threat of Nuclear War Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) – prepare public for nuclear emergencies

26. Watch “Duck and Cover”

27. Threat of Nuclear War Air raid sirens Handbook “How to Survive and Atomic Bomb” Taught children techniques for surviving nuclear blast Heightened the fear of the public

29. Threat of Nuclear War Interstate Highway System (1956) Means of ground transportation Evacuate cities into the countryside

30. Threat of Nuclear War Many individuals began building fall out shelters Underground bunker, stocked with food and supplies

31. Threat of Nuclear War U.S. began a rapid expansion of the military during peacetime “military-industrial complex” – permanent arms industry Eisenhower viewed this as necessary, but a potential threat to freedom

32. Do you think that the U.S. government should spend huge sums of money preparing for conflicts that it may never fight?