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The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Doctrine was made in response to the likelihood of a war, intimidated as a result to the Soviet Union's try to use the Suez War as a disguise to move into Egypt, Africa. He warned that only aids in the economic and military funds, would dissuade the “power-hungry Communists” from hindering in the Middle East. -
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Doctrine was made in response to the likelihood of a war, intimidated as a result to the Soviet Union's try to use the Suez War as a disguise to move into Egypt, Africa. He warned that only aids in the economic and military funds, would dissuade the “power-hungry Communists” from hindering in the Middle East. -
The launch of Sputnik and its impact on American society
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first. -
The U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month. -
The Bay of Pigs invasion
In April 1961 over 1,400 Cuban exiles backed by the United States CIA invaded Cuba in hopes of over-throwing the Cuban government and their leader Fidel Castro. NATO didn't have a role in the invasion. A group of captured Cuban exiles. A map of Cuba showing the Bay of Pigs or Bahia de Cochinos in Spanish. President Kennedy the United States president at the time and Fidel Castro the leader of Cuba were both involved in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. -
The creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous two weeks in history, and the closest the world came to a nuclear war. It was the crisis-point of the Cold War. Cuba remained a Communist and highly armed country.
