Eisenhower and the Cold War

Issues

• National Security
  • "New Look" military
  • Massive Retaliation
  • Domino Theory

International Events

• ANZUS Treaty
• SEATO
• Guatemala Coup (1954)
• Taiwan Straits Crisis (1954)
• __4th Place__ Dien Bien Phu (Meredith/ Kyle, 7)
• Geneva Conference (1954) (Sarah/Kiley, 7)
• Warsaw Pact (Spencer/Trevor, 5)
• Quemoy and Matsu
• Suez Crisis (1956) (Ellen/Allison, 6)
• Hungarian Revolt (1956) (Mike/Marshall, 6)
• Sputnik I and II (Alex/Igor, 5)
• Eisenhower Doctrine(Kara/Ryann, 7)
• Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) (Morgan/Chris, 5)
• __1st Place__ U-2 Incident (Joel/Nate, 5)
• Paris Summit (1960) (Liz/Christina, 7)
• __3rd Place__ Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (Alex/Jeff, 6)

Domestic Events

• "Checkers Speech"
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954) (Carly/Nicole, 5)
• __5th Place__ Montgomery Bus Boycott (Kenzie/Lauren, 6)
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Katie/Katie/Brent, 6)
• Federal Highway Act (1956)/ Interstate Highway System
• Little Rock Crisis (Ava/Krista/Patrick, 6)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Sam/Blake, 5)
• Sit-ins (Greensboro, NC; Nashville, TN) (Emma/Taylor, 6)
• Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• __2nd Place__ Air Force Academy (Landon/Colin, 6)
• St. Lawrence Seaway
• National Defense Education Act (1958)

People

• Adlai Stevenson (Michael/Tony, 5)
• Richard Nixon (Karen/Cie, 7)
• Dr. Benjamin Spock (Daniel/Brandon, 7)
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
• Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
• Ho Chi Minh
• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Rosa Parks (Steffi/Lauren, 5)
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Amanda/Amanda, 5)
• Gamel Abdel Nasser
• Orval Faubus
• Fidel Castro (Tyler/Matthew, 5)
• John Foster Dulles
• Francis Gary Powers
• Nikita Kruschev (Miles/Brian, 7)

Links

• IBiblio
• CNN- Cold War
• Wikipedia- Cold War
• The Cold War Museum
• Cold War International History Project
• BBC-History-Cold War
• Spartacus Schoolnet Cold War
• Thinkquest- The Cold War
• Eisenhower and the 50s

Sources

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