ike foreign policy 2
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Visual support for Foreign Policy of the 1950s: Guatemala, Soviet Union, Egypt, and Cuba.TRANSCRIPT
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Game 5: Guatemala
JACOBO ARBENZ
• DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED• INSTITUTES LAND REFORM
CARLOS CASTILLO
• EX-ARMY OFFICER• CIA-SUPPORTED
Caracas, Venezuela welcomes Vice-President Richard Nixon
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Game 6: Egypt
Geographic importance: The _____________ is an important waterway because it links the
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The _________________________ had control of the waterway, since—in the 19th century—they built
and defended this critical waterway.
SUEZ CANAL
FRENCH AND THE BRITISH
Things that are important in understanding the 1955 Suez Crisis:• The British and the French were dependent on oil which passed through the Suez. Of the 1.5 million barrels of oil that passed through the canal each day, 1.2 million of those barrels went to western Europe. • The Egyptians were embarrassed by their defeat by the Israelis in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49.• In the Tripartite Declaration of 1950, the British and the French agreed that they would re-occupy the Suez Canal if the Egyptians and the Israelis went to war again.• _____________________________ became the new leader of Egypt in 1956.• ________________________________—both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted Egypt as an ally in the Cold War.
Egypt
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
EGYPT WAS A FREE AGENT
The crisis:• To win the support of Egypt,
•BUT the Egyptians were accepting money from the and committing acts that would have been aiding the Soviet side in the Cold War.• So the US • In response, . This hurts Britain, France, and Israel:
-- Britain and France will not receive their oil.-- Ships headed to Israel were not permitted through the Suez.
Egypt
THE US LENT THE EGYPTIANS $56 MILLION FOR THE ASWAN HIGH DAM ON THE NILE.
SOVIETS
NASSER SEIZED THE SUEZ CANAL
CANCELLED THE LOAN
The reaction:• (October, 1956) ______________attacks; Britain and France take control of the Suez (see Tripartite Declaration above). • _____________________, siding with the Egyptians, threatened war if the three countries—Israel, Britain, and France—withdraw.
What does the US do?• Ike uses _______________. He calls on the ____ to issue an immediate cease-fire.
ISRAEL
THE SOVIET UNION
DIPLOMACY UN
Egypt
Results for US and Soviets • Major war between the superpowers was averted.• The _________________ gains favor among Arab nations for siding with the Egyptians.• Eisenhower issues the ____________________________.EISENHOWER DOCTRINE
THE SOVIET UNION
Egypt
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Game 7: Soviet Union
A change in leadership in the Soviet Union: Stalin dies and is replaced by
________________________________________________________________NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
POLAND
HUNGARY
POLAND
HUNGARY
In Hungary…
People are pointing to the satellite. They are saying that the US has been beaten.
JANUARY 12, 1957
The US response to Sputnik
• NASA is formed• National Defense Education Act: increased funding
for math, science, and foreign languages
The Kitchen Debates: discussions held between Khrushchev and Nixon, concerning which
economic system—capitalism or communism—was better.
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Cuba
Guatemala
Egypt
Iran
Soviet Union
Indochina (Vietnam)
China/Taiwan
Korea
Game 8: Cuba