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McCarthyism Begins
-Named for Joseph McCarthy who launched a countrywide investigation of Americans he suspected to be Communist
-Claimed he had a list of 205 people in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party
-Not all accused were Communist; accused several innocent citizens
-Took advantage of the country's fear of Communism -
Korean War
-Both U.S and Korea possesed nuclear weapons
-Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower closely involved
-Mao Zedong (China) & Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union) opposing powers
-War against communism
-America fought on South Korea's behalf -
Rosenberg Spy Case
-Arrested a month prior to the sentencing date
-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage
-Accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union -
John Foster Dulles is Secretary of State
-Secretary of State under Eisenhower
-Promoted massive retaliation
-Against European involvement -
U.S. Overthrows Iranian Government
-Ended Aug. 19, 1953
-Successful overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
-In favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
-Orchestrated by the United Kingdom and the United States -
Guatemala Elects Jacobo Arbenz
-Jacobo Arbenez promoted communism
-NCIA and US military overthrew him because they would not tolerate communism in the Western Hemisphere
-President Eisenhower increased funds for weapons and operations
-First ever US military action in Latin America -
Hungarians Overthrow Communist Government
-Lasted until Nov. 10, 1956
-Nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic which had Soviet policies
-First major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove out Nazi Germany -
Sputnik Launched
-Launched by Soviet Union
-World's first ever space satellite
-Marked beginning of U.S and U.S.S.R space race (competition much like arms race; both parties try to out-invent the other) -
Khrushchev Comes to Power in the Soviet Union
-Instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida
-Initiated a process of “de-Stalinization” that made Soviet society less repressive
-Crushed a revolt in Hungary and approved the construction of the Berlin Wall -
Fidel Castro Comes to Power in Cuba
-Castro against America
-Gained support from Soviet Union
-Played the US and the Soviet Union against one another
-Led to Missle Crisis between Cuba and U.S.
