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

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

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

The Suez Crisis: 1956-The Suez Crisis: 1956-19571957

The Arms Race

• Policy of Deterrance

• Policy of Brinkmanship

Sputnik I (1957)Sputnik I (1957)

The Russians have beaten America The Russians have beaten America in space—they have the in space—they have the

technological edge!technological edge!

U-2 Spy Incident (1960)U-2 Spy Incident (1960)

Col. Francis Gary Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was Powers’ plane was

shot down over shot down over Soviet airspace.Soviet airspace.