1. McCarthysim Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) –First Term Senator Extreme Anti-Communist Chairman of Investigations Sub- Committee Gov’t officials feared McCarthy After the Army-McCarthy hearings all power was lost

2. The Cold War in the ‘50’s 1953 “Ike” elected President John Foster Dulles- Sec of State –Harsh Anti-Communist Ike kept Dulles in Check

3. The Middle East 1947 The UN established a “Jewish State” 1948 Israel Declares Independence and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War starts 1952 US/Iran Relations 1956 Suez Canal Actions

4. The Suez Crisis: 1956-1957

5. The Arms Race Policy of Deterrance Policy of Brinkmanship

6. Sputnik I (1957) The Russians have beaten America in space—they have the technological edge!

7. U-2 Spy Incident (1960) Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.