Transcript Cold War Arms Race:

Space Race: 1957
 Russia Launches
“Sputnik” the first
manmade satellite
in space.
Space Race:
Space Race:
 Sputnik makes
Americans
nervous.
 Is Russia Smarter
than us? Can they
launch a missile
from up there?
Space Race 1958
 To compete the
USA creates NASA.
 National
Aeronautics and
Space
Administration
Cold War Arms Race:
Which side could make the most
weapons?
Cold War Arms Race:
Cold War Arms Race:
 “You cannot
simultaneously
prevent and
prepare for war." -Albert Einstein
Cold War Arms Race:
 "I know not with
what weapons
World War III will
be fought, but
World War IV will
be fought with
sticks and stones."
-- Albert Einstein
History of “Nukes”
 From 1945-1949
USA was the only
nation to have
Nuclear Bombs.
History of “Nukes”
 1949- USSR tests
first A-bomb.
1952- USA tests first Hydrogen
bomb
 Hydrogen bombs
were hundreds of
times more
destructive than
the A-bombs
dropped on Japan.
1952- USA tests first Hydrogen
bomb on a small island in the
pacific
History of “Nukes”
 In the 1950’s
Britain, France,
and the USSR all
have nuclear
weapons.
Nuclear Holocaust World leaders realize the clash
between the superpowers could
destroy mankind.
CUBA
 Cuba is only 90
miles away from
Florida.
 It is a prime spot
for a nation to
threaten the USA
CUBA 1959 Fidel Castro
leads a communist
revolution in Cuba
 He is on the side of
the USSR
CUBA
 Castro was a very
good speaker.
 He is still in power
today.
Bay of Pigs
 USA funds a
military operation
to overthrow
Castro.
 It is unsuccessful
Bay of Pigs
 USSR builds missile
sites in Cuba.
 Fidel Castro and
Nikita Khrushchev
 “Homies”
Cuban Missile Crisis
 President Kennedy
orders a blockade
to stop Soviet
ships entering
Cuba.
 The world is
minutes away from
Nuclear War
Cuban Missile Crisis
 Nikita Khrushchev
the leader of USSR
backs down.
 Removes missiles
from Cuba
 USA removes
Missiles from
Turkey, near the
USSR border
Cuba Alliance for
Progress:
 To strengthen Latin
America from
Communism Kennedy
gives 20 billion to
many nations.
COLD WAR SCOREBOARD
 NATO:
 USA
 Western Europe
(Marshall Plan)
 West Germany
 Greece/Turkey
(Truman Doctrine)
 South Korea
 South Vietnam
 Latin America
(Alliance for
Progress)
 WarsawPact
 USSR
 Eastern Europe
(nations that border
USSR)
 East Germany
 China
 North Korea
 North Vietnam
 Cuba (after 1959)
Domino Theory If one area falls to
communism, areas
near it will fall, like
dominoes.
 This is taking
Containment to the
next level.
Domino Theory- In Asia
Vietnam-1954
 Communist Ho Chi
Minh leads a
revolution.
 Colonial power
France is kicked
out of Vietnam
Vietnam-1954
 Very Similar to Korea.
 North Vietnam –Communist (USSR)
 South Vietnam-non Communist(USA)
Vietnam 1960
 15,000 American
troops are put into
South Vietnam
Vietnam 1960
Vietnam 1964-Gulf of Tonkin
Bombing
 Gulf of Tonkin
 American Ships are
bombed by North
Vietnam.
Vietnam 1965-1973
Vietnam 1964-Gulf of Tonkin
bombing
 President Johnson
increases troop
levels
Vietnam 1964
 American troops
were not trained
properly to fight in
the Jungle.
Vietnam 1965-1973
Vietnam 1965-1973
 The protest
movement gains
momentum
 Hippies Rejoice.
Vietnam 1965-1973
Vietnam 1965-1973-flower-power
Vietnam- 1973
 A cease fire agreement is signed
 Communists overtake south Vietnam
and Cambodia within 2 years
 50,000 Americans die in Vietnam