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The Eisenhower Doctrine
Pledged American support to any governments that were fighting communists. Sticking to his promise, he sent over 5,000 marines to the Middle East to help stop anti Western takeover.
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The launch of Sputnik and its impact in American Society
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. This sent shock to the United States as they had hoped to be the first. Sputnik served to intensify the race and increase tensions in the Cold War.
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The U-2 Incident
USSR shot down American U-2 Spy plane and captured the Pilot. Eisenhower was forced to admit to the Soviets that the CIA had been flying spy planes over them for quite some time.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. sponsored an invasion of Cuba led by anti Castro Cuban immigrants that turned into a mess. The members of the invasion force were defeated in just 3 days.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3410 -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The wall showed division. It separated families, friends, and groups of people. There were 4 zones of occupation.
http://www.historytoday.com/frederick-taylor/berlin-wall-secret-history -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets were installing missiles in Cuba and Kennedy decided to enact a naval blockade. The two sides came to an agreement: Soviets would remove the missiles and United States pledged not to invade Cuba and secretly removed missiles from Turkey.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3411
