The document discusses the Cold War policies of US Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. It summarizes key events like the start of the Korean War, Eisenhower's doctrine to defend the Middle East, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba, the Berlin Wall being constructed, and the Cuban Missile Crisis bringing the world closest to nuclear war. These events show the escalating tensions between the US and USSR in the decades after World War 2.

1. Cold Warriors: Truman, Ike, Kennedy

2. “ Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Were ever we go we must unite with the people and take root, and blossom among them.” Mao

3. “ What the communists, the N. Koreans were doing was nothing new… Hitler and Mussolini and the Japanese were doing the exact same thing in the 1930’s and nobody stood up to them. And that is what lead to the Second World War. The strong got away with attacking the weak, and I wasn’t going to allow this attack on the Republic of Korea go forward.” Harry Truman

4. How would Korea be an example of a Cold War turned hot?

5. June 25, 1950 N. Korean troops crossed the 38 th parallel & invaded S. Korea Domino Theory freaks out the US June 27, the US and the UN vow to help S. Korea fight N. Korea

6. UN troops from 19 nations lead by US General Douglas Macarthur Macarthur & the UN almost pushed off Korea by August 1950

8. How did the Korean war end?

9. How did the Korean war end? Eisenhower elected President Ike threatens to use nukes Armistice signed July 1953 N. & S. divided at the 38 th Demilitarized zone separates the two

10. What was the Eisenhower Doctrine? Discovery of oil before WWII makes the Middle East valuable US & USSR compete for influence Ike warns that the US will defend the Mid-east from Soviet attack

11. How did that whole Cuban, Bay of Pigs thing start with Ike?

12. How did that whole Cuban, Bay of Pigs thing start with Ike? 1959 Castro takes over Cuba Castro nationalizes US businesses Ike stops Cuban sugar imports 1960 Cuba turns Communist

13. Ike gets CIA to train Cuban refugees for invasion Kennedy elected 1960, and continues invasion plan April 1961, refugees invade all are captured or killed Castro joins the Warsaw Pact

14. What was with Berlin 1961? Soviets unhappy with US soldiers in W. Berlin Soviets unhappy with E. Berliners fleeing to W. Berlin Soviets build Berlin wall Militarize E. German border

15. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.” Nikita Khrushchev

16. “ I said once we will bury you, and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you. Nikita Krushchev

17. What was that Cuban Missile Crisis thing all about? 1962, CIA detects Soviet missile bases in Cuba Kennedy “quarantines” Cuba Oct. 22, 1962 Demands removal of missile bases from Cuba

20. Oct. 25, Soviets send cargo ships to Cuba with missiles US stops ships, both sides wait Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles if the US promises not to invade his little buddy Fidel

21. What good things came out of the Cuban Missile Crisis? Both sides chilled a little US/Soviet Hotline installed Nuclear test ban treaty in 1963 US sells surplus wheat to the USSR