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ANZUS Treaty
The ANZUS Treaty was a security treaty signed between Australia, New Zealand and the United States. After multiple military confrontations in the Pacific Ocean, they agreed to sign this to ensure the proper safety in the Pacific. By signing this treaty, the countries agreed to communicating and to stepping up to help defend if another country were to go under attack. -
"I Shall go to Korea"
In the 1952 election, Eisenhower was running for president. During his campaign, he gave a speech: "I Shall go to Korea." Obviously, in his speech, he promised the American people that he would go to Korea. As a result of going to Korea, he would try to end the war. -
Armistice Ends the Korean War
After three years of war, the US, China, North Korea and South Korea agree to an armistice. This brought the Korean war to an end. To fully end the war, countries not involved in the war formed a committee to decied the fate of the prisoners of the country. The prisoners were allowed to choose their own fate. Also, a new border was made between North and South Korea and the DMZ was established. -
Massive Retaliation
In a speech, Eisenhower's Secretary of State promised the American people that we would protect our allies through massive retaliation. The main goal was to contain the communism. The Secretary of State never came out and said what they would do to help the allies, but he described it as nuclear arsenal. This lead to the US relying on atomic weapons. -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
As an addition to the Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower's Secretary of State was adamant in the creation of SEATO. This military alliance occurred between Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom and the US. As part of their agreement, they promised to help defend and fight for any country who was falling to communism. In turn, they hoped this would help contain communism; however, the response was vague and ineffective, which lead to it being abolished in 1977. -
The Suez Crisis
The Israelis, British and French all attacked the area surrounding the Suez Canal; however, the Soviets responded to their attack and were eager to spread Arab nationalism, and they began to build the Aswan Dam on the Nile River. Trying to get the Israelis, British and French away, the Soviets threatened to drop nuclear missiles. President Eisenhower warned the Soviets of the consequences of a nuclear war, and he convinced the other three nations to withdraw from the area. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
After the increased Soviet expansion along the Middle East, President Eisenhower decided to implement a new American policy known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. Hoping to balance out the increasing danger from the Middle East, he asked Congress for their approval to allow US soldiers to help the nations that were threatened by communism. His plan was first implemented in 1958 when he sent troops to Lebanon. As a result of their help, we were able to secure friendly relations with other nations. -
Sputnik I
The Soviet Union had launched Sputnik I. This was the first artificial satellite launch, which came as a shock to the US. Because of their surprised technology, the tensions of the Cold War began to increase. The United States and the Soviet Union began to search out for new ways to achieve technology. President Eisenhower turned to Congress in order to devote more money to the space program, so the US could beat out the Soviet Union. Once the US sent Vanguard into space, the space race began. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
After Fidel Castro came to power, the US began to feel threatened by Cuba. As a result, Eisenhower ordered the CIA to attempt to overthrow Castro. Once Kennedy became President, he followed through with Eisenhower's plan and ordered the CIA to attack in Cuba; however, they were quickly denied with attacks from Castro's army. Over 100 of the US attackers were killed and 1,100 more were captured. Along with that, Castro turned to the Soviet Union for aid, which led to him receiving missiles. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962, after conflict occurred between the US and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union installed missiles along the coast of Cuba. President Kennedy told Americans that he would set up a blockade along the boarders of Cuba. He promised to neutralize a war if need be; however, upon being told this, Americans began to fear a nuclear war. Instead of firing the missiles, Khrushchev promised to remove the missiles from Cuba and Kennedy promised to not invade Cuba, and to remove missles from Cuba -
Partial Test Ban Treaty
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world leaders became concerned with the chance of a nuclear war and a nuclear arms race happening. To prevent these events from happening, the US, Soviet Union and Great Britain passed the Partial Test Ban Treaty. This treaty prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in space, underwater or in the atmosphere. As a result, the world was put at more peace about the possibilities of nuclear outbreak occurring. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
While at sea, the US destroyer boat, Maddox, was fired at by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. Because it did not sink, it, along with a second US destroyer boat, was said to be fired at again only two days later. Luckily, there were no US casualties. As a result of the outbreak, however, President Johnson argued that the North Vietnamese were opening aggression at sea and felt that a plan needed to be implemented to protect the US. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
As a result of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident against the North Vietnamese, President Johnson proposed his plan for a resolution to Congress. Quickly, Congress jumped on board with his plan. As a result, Congress allowed Johnson to take any measures need to protect the US against any attacks and to prevent further outbreaks. Johnson quickly began to set bombs on North Vietnam and sent US troops. As a result, over 58,000 US troop members were killed. -
Tet Offensive
Multiple series attacks on multiple countries, known as Tet Offensive, took place because of the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong forces. Hoping to push the US support away from the Saigon regime, Tet Offensive occurred. Although powerful, the US was able to keep out the communism; however, Americans were startled by the Tet Offensive and began to turn against the war. This was the beginning of American's withdrawal from the war. -
Détente
Coming from the French language, Détente means "the easing of hostility." In May of 1972, President Nixon visited Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow to discuss the possible relations. At the meeting, the two agreed to seven different agreements; however, it mostly ensured agreements on the control of armed forces and the security of Europe. -
SALT I
The Soviet Union began to collect up Ballistic Missiles hoping to get at the US. However, the US argued that they needed to control the Anti-Ballistic Missile race. By signing SALT I, they agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals. It also limited the missile defenses to 200 each. -
Alliance for Progress
When Kennedy was elected, the US relationship with Latin America was rocky. Latin America was mad that the US was not repaying the economic aid from WWII, and US officials feared communism in their country. Kennedy designed the Alliance for Progress in hopes to improve their relations. Congress agreed to pass the plan and was granted $500 million in hopes to improve their relations, but did not work for long because Latin America did not use the money to help the majority of their people.
