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BELLWORK 1.Summarize Eisenhower’s policy of containment. (“New Look”) 2.Summarize Khrushchev’s idea of “peaceful coexistence.” 3.Why was there a “thaw”
BELLWORK 1.Summarize Eisenhowers policy of containment. (New
Look) 2.Summarize Khrushchevs idea of peaceful coexistence. 3.Why
was there a thaw in tensions between 1953-1955. 4.Why did East-West
tensions increase again after 1955? 5.Why did the Soviet launch of
Sputnik create panic in Americans? 6.How did U.S. Congress &
Eisenhower respond to the Soviet launch of Sputnik? 7.THINKER:
Eisenhower and Khrushchev met several times between 1953-1962.
Although no decisions were reached, how did this show potential for
a thaw in East-West tensions? What events made this thaw unlikely
after 1960?
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The Cold War thaw! New leaders, threat of nuclear warfare &
missile gap
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Stalins Death March 5, 1953 1953-1958: Post-death struggle for
leadership; eventually Khrushchev comes to power Gregory
Malenkov
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Changes in Leadership - 1953 Dwight Eisenhower New Look Nikita
Khrushchev Co-existence Compare/Contrast the policies of Eisenhower
& Khrushchev
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The Cold War in the 1950s: Space Race October 4, 1957 USSR
launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into orbit. The Sputnik
launch confirmed the Soviet Unions superpower status. Became first
artificial satellite into orbit on October 4, 1957. The race to
control space had begun! Khrushchev: We will bury you!
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US Response: NASA In 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) was created.
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U-2 Incident On May 1, 1960 a U.S. spy plane piloted by CIA
Agent Francis Gary Powers was flying over the USSR and was shot
down. Powers mission was to take aerial photos of two major missile
test sites in the Soviet Union. Powers was unable to activate
plane's self-destruct mechanism before he parachuted to the ground,
right into the hands of the KGB.
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8 The U-2 Incident When US learned of Powers' disappearance
over USSR, it issued a statement claiming that a "weather plane"
crashed after its pilot had "difficulties with his equipment." US
officials did not realize: Plane crashed intact Soviets recovered
its photography equipment Captured Powers, whom they interrogated
extensively for months before he made a "voluntary confession" and
public apology for his part in US espionage Eisenhower refused to
apologize for the U-2 Incident saying surveillance was distasteful,
but a vital necessity.
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How a U-2 works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmqmG3 0dHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih57FiOeZ XU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih57FiOeZ XU Skip to landing w/
car
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Achievements in the Space Race Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin
became the first person to orbit the Earth in 1961 Later in 1961,
Alan Sheppard, Jr. became the first American astronaut in space. In
1962, John Glenn, Jr. became the first American astronaut to orbit
the Earth. The first woman to reach space was Soviet astronaut
Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.
New President attempts to win Space Race In 1960, John F.
Kennedy was elected President. First Catholic president Youngest
president ever; at age 43 First televised presidential debate- 70
million viewers thought that Kennedy won. Radio listeners Nixon won
Increased government spending on defense, and math/science
education Created the Peace Corps On May 25,1961, Kennedy gave a
speech challenging America to land a man on the moon by the end of
the decade.
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Man On The Moon!!! In 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong,
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins made it to the moon.