Eisenhower & The Cold War

1. The United States reacted to the first atomic bomb exploded by the Soviet Union by trying to create an even more destructive weapon, the H-Bomb, because the US feared the Soviet Union was becoming as technologically advanced as the US.

2. When the Iranian prime minister placed the oil industry under the Iranian government's control, the US feared that Mossadegh might turn to the Soviets for help, so the CIA gave millions of dollars to anti-Mossadegh suporters, which caused pro-American Shah of Iran to return to power.

3. The CIA trained an army which invaded Guatamala because Eisenhower believed that Guatamala's government had Communist sympathies.

4. When Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt and occupied the Suez Canal, the UN stepped in to stop the fighting and persuaded Great Britain, France, and Isreal to withdraw, however it allowed Egypt to keep control of the canal.

5. When the Soviet tanks invaded Hungary and fired on protestors in 1956, the United States did nothing to help Hungary break free of Soviet control.

6. When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, Americans were shocked at being beated and pured money into their own space program, launching their first successful satellite in 1958.

7. When the Soviets brought down an American U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers in 1960, Khrushchev demanded an apology for the flights and a promise to hallt them, and Eisenhower agreed to stop the U-2 flights, and because of this incident, the 1960s opened with tension between the two superpowers.