Aim Did the Eisenhower administration unnecessarily intensify the

Aim: Did the Eisenhower administration unnecessarily intensify the Cold War? Containment in… Vietnam Middle East South America Space? !? !

Aim: Did the Eisenhower administration unnecessarily intensify the Cold War? Key Terms: Soviet Satellite Vietnam Federal Highway Act Levittown Cuba Suez Crisis Domino Theory Eisenhower Doctrine Brinkmanship Essential Questions: 1. How did the continuing Cold War affect the Eisenhower administration? 2. What did Eisenhower warn in his farewell address? 3. To what extent did Eisenhower continue the containment policy of Harry Truman?

TIMELINE • 1950 - Korean War begins • 1952 - The United States explodes its first hydrogen bomb— 9 months later, the Soviet Union tests its own • 1953 - Korean War ends – Stalin dies- Khrushchev assumes power in the Soviet Union • 1954 - France surrenders Vietnam with the fall of Dien Bien Phu • 1955 - Warsaw Pact is organized • 1956 - Suez Crisis occurs in the Middle East • 1957 - Soviet Union launches Sputnik—leads to US fear that they are behind in the technology race—US begins NASA • Eisenhower Doctrine- Promises aid to Middle Eastern countries resisting communism (similar to the Truman Doctrine)

1954: France Surrenders Vietnam • Vietminh (organization that led the struggle for Vietnamese independence) defeat French army at Dien Bien Phu. • The US backed the French, while Chinese & Russians backed communist Vietnamese. • Eisenhower’s Domino Theory: if one country falls to communism they all will! • Treaty in Geneva temporarily divides Vietnam into North and South at the 17 th parallel.

Brinkmanship • The willingness to go to the brink (edge) of war to force the other side to back down. • Ex: Suez Crisis!

Foreign Policy – maintain peace • Korean War Armistice • Decrease Military spending and size

Foreign Policy - Intensified the Cold War • Vietnam – south Vietnam support pledge (a) bank of Vietnam (b) $ support • Soviet Satellite • Cuba seized by communist Castro • Removes publically chosen Iranian leader (communist) and put in dictator Shah • Brinkmanship – threaten with bombs

Domestic Policy • Levittown (suburbs) • Federal Highway Act • Apptd. Warren Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Eisenhower distanced himself from Brown Decisions)

To what extent did Eisenhower continue the containment policy of Harry Truman? In other words, we were creating the biggest, strongest, most expensive military in the world, and Eisenhower thought it was important to do this to actually prevent war – because who would want to fight against this kind of military? But at the same time, he knew that doing this was dangerous because it could make us military obsessed, and if another war did come about, it would be a horrifying war and our priorities would not be skewed. Were we moving away from our policy of containment?