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Ch. 17-1 Emerging Postwar Power Relationships

Ch. 17-1 Emerging Postwar Power Relationships. NATO & Marshall Plans united Western Europe and the U.S. 1 st World- Anticommunist 2 nd World- Communist Nations 3 rd World- underdeveloped countries- Asia & L. America. U.S. Provided. 1) Loans 2) Outright Grants 3) Technical Assistance

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Ch. 17-1 Emerging Postwar Power Relationships

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  1. Ch. 17-1 Emerging Postwar Power Relationships • NATO & Marshall Plans united Western Europe and the U.S. • 1st World- Anticommunist • 2nd World- Communist Nations • 3rd World- underdeveloped countries- Asia & L. America

  2. U.S. Provided • 1) Loans • 2) Outright Grants • 3) Technical Assistance • Poorer nations resented the U.S. economic dominance

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) • Won 1952 Presidential election b/c he was a “War Hero” • 1953- Korean War truce • Domino Theory- belief that when one country fell to communism the others will fall

  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

  5. Brinksmanship- willingness to threaten the use of nuclear weapons and risk the possibility of war • Hydrogen Bomb- much more powerful than the A-Bomb • Ike attempted to share ideas for nuclear power but USSR rejected it

  6. U-2 Incident • U-2 Spy plane shot down in the USSR • USSR accused the U.S. of spying • Khrushchev canceled peace summit

  7. Aswan Dam and Suez Canal • Egypt with Soviet support took over the canal • GB & France- attacked Egypt • U.S. pressure forced the British and French to retreat

  8. Anticommunist Uprisings • Hungary and Poland tried to resist Soviet control • USSR quickly crushed the uprising • Warsaw Pact- communist version of NATO

  9. Eisenhower Doctrine • Ike said the U.S. would send help to any country in the M.E. that wanted to resist communism • U.S. gradually became the policemen of the world

  10. Sputnik • 1957- USSR launches 1st satellite into space (Sputnik) • U.S. begins to heavily invest in science and math • Space Race begins

  11. Sputnik

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