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THE COLD WAR
Chapter 26 – The Cold War
Chapter 29 – The Kennedy & Johnson
Years
Presidents of the United
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George Washington; Federalist (1788) #21 - …
John Adams; Federalist (1796)
Chester A. Arthur; Republican (1881)
Thomas Jefferson (1800)
Grover Cleveland; Democrat (1884)
James Madison (1808)
Benjamin Harrison; Republican (1888)
James Monroe (1816)
Grover Cleveland; Democrat (1892)
John Quincy Adams (1824)
William McKinley; Republican (1896)
Andrew Jackson; Democrat (1828)
Theodore Roosevelt; Republican (1901)
Martin Van Buren; Democrat (1836)
William Howard Taft; Republican (1908)
William Henry Harrison; Whig (1840) Woodrow Wilson; Democrat (1912)
John Tyler; Whig (1841)
Warren G. Harding; Republican (1920)
James K. Polk; Democrat (1844)
Calvin Coolidge; Republican (1923)
Zachary Taylor; Whig (1848)
Herbert Hoover; Republican (1928)
Millard Fillmore; Whig (1850)
Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democrat (1932)
Franklin Pierce; Democrat (1852)
Harry S. Truman; Democrat (1945)
James Buchanan; Democrat (1856)
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican (1952)
Abraham Lincoln; Republican (1860)
John F. Kennedy; Democrat (1960)
Andrew Johnson; Democrat (1865)
Lyndon B. Johnson; Democrat (1963)
Ulysses S. Grant; Republican (1868)
Rutherford B. Hayes; Republican (1876)
James Garfield; Republican (1880)
America: Pathways to the Present
Chapter 26: The Cold War (1945–1960)
Section 1: Origins of the Cold War
Section 2: The Cold War Heats Up
Section 3: The Korean War
Section 4: The Continuing Cold War
 CORE OBJECTIVE: Analyze the origins of the
Cold War and evaluate the presidential foreign policies
during the Cold War.
 Objective 8.4: Describe characteristics of the
McCarthy Era.
Chapter 26 SECTION 4 –
The Continuing Cold War
During the 1950s, the Cold War spread around the
world. At home, McCarthyism caused fear and distrust.
McCARTHYISM
McCarthy’s Rise to Power
 In 1950 Wisconsin Senator Joseph
McCarthy, caused a second “Red
Scare” of Communist conspiracies
within the United States.
 McCarthy produced a list of 205
names of presumed Communistsupporting government
employees.
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Later, when scrutinized, this list was
reduced to 57.
 Although McCarthy’s accusations
were usually baseless and unprovable,
few were willing to risk their
reputations by speaking out against
him.
McCarthy’s Fall
 In early 1954, McCarthyism, the
name given to McCarthy’s
communist crusade, reached the
army.
 Democrats asked that the hearings
between McCarthy and the army be
televised, hoping to swing popular
opinion against McCarthy.
 By mid-June 1954, McCarthy had lost
even his strongest supporters. The
Senate formally condemned him for
his actions.
WHO IS JOE MCCARTHY?
 McCarthyism
 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=n-s6xqd9T8w
The Arms Race
 Throughout the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union
competed in an arms race, a struggle to gain weapons
superiority.
 Deterrence, the policy of maintaining a military arsenal so
strong that no enemy will attack for fear of retaliation,
resulted in the increasing development of powerful nuclear
weapons.
 The American policy of brinkmanship involved bringing the
United States to the brink of war without actually entering
into war.
U.S. FALLS BEHIND
 To carry bombs to their targets, the Soviet Union developed
long-range rockets known as intercontinental ballistic
missiles, or ICBMs.
 In 1957, the Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik, the first
satellite to orbit Earth.
 When a Soviet missile shot down an American U-2 spy plane,
the resulting U-2 incident shattered American confidence and
prompted a desire to surpass Soviet weapons technology.
The Continuing Cold
War—Assessment
What was the significance of the U-2 incident?
(A)It motivated the United States to increase the
technological development of its military.
(B) It provided the first test of Soviet ICBMs.
(C) It led to the development of the hydrogen bomb.
(D)It began the Cold War.
The Continuing Cold
War—Assessment
What was the significance of the U-2 incident?
(A)It motivated the United States to increase the
technological development of its military.
(B) It provided the first test of Soviet ICBMs.
(C) It led to the development of the hydrogen bomb.
(D)It began the Cold War.
Vocabulary Assessment
Which of these choices is the best example of collective security?
(A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(B) Security and Exchange Commission
(C) The Potsdam Conference
(D) The Marshall Plan
Which of these best describes Deterrence?
(A) Invading communist countries to encourage democracy
(B) The plan to contain communism until it fades away
(C) involved bringing the United States to the brink of war without
actually entering into war.
(D) Making your weapons arsenal so strong than enemies are fearful
to attack
Vocabulary Assessment
Which of these choices is the best example of collective security?
(A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(B) Security and Exchange Commission
(C) The Potsdam Conference
(D) The Marshall Plan
Which of these best describes Deterrence?
(A) Invading communist countries to encourage democracy
(B) The plan to contain communism until it fades away
(C) involved bringing the United States to the brink of war without
actually entering into war.
(D) Making your weapons arsenal so strong than enemies are fearful
to attack