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1. __________ ____________ was a Cold War, anti-Communist activist from Wisconsin who was looking to make a bold statement by calling out all of the “Communists” in the American government.
2. Why did the Republicans somewhat embrace this man?
3. In the early 1950’s, the US and Soviets engaged in a race for the ___ - Bomb. This bomb was generally believed to be at least 67x more powerful than the Atomic Bomb.
4. The willingness to go to the brink, or edge of war, was referred to as what?
5. Who became president after Truman?
ATOMIC BOMB FIGURES• WW II ATOMIC BOMBS:
– 1000 TONS OF TNT = 1 “KILOTON”– WW II BOMBS = 13,000 TONS = 13 KILOTONS
• 1952 “HYDROGEN” BOMB:– 1 MIL. TONS OF TNT = 1 “MEGATON”– HYDROGEN BOMB = 3 MIL. TONS OF TNT = 3
MEGATONS
• 1955: U.S. HAD 30,000+ MEGATONS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONRY
• ALL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE USED BY ALL NATIONS IN WWII ADDED TOGETHER = 1.2 MEGATONS
Eisenhower
Relied heavily on the newly formed CIA Led covert
operations in the Middle East and Latin America
Warsaw Pact
Stalin dies in 1953 West Germany is allowed to join NATO Soviets respond with Warsaw Pact
Eastern European nations (satellite countries)
Cold War – The Sky and Beyond
ICBM – intercontinental ballistic missiles Both sides claimed to have powerful ICBM
October 4, Sputnik is launched (USSR) First satellite in space ICBM showed it had easily enough force to
deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere on Earth
U-2
Secret missions designed to fly over Soviet air space
Eisenhower wanted the flights discontinued
Last flight – Francis Gary Powers was brought down US denied the facts USSR glorified the
facts