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Chapter 18, Section 4

Two Nations Live on the Edge

1. Start with Annie Dillard’s story on page 622. Why was Pittsburgh a target for the USSR?

2. Air raid drills were not common until when? (Give the President’s name and the years.)

3. Skip to page 623, “The Policy of Brinkmanship.” Eisenhower’s Secretary of State was John Foster Dulles. What was Dulles’ opinion of how to prevent the spread of communism?

4. Define brinkmanship. Use the back of the book for this definition.

5. What was the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created to do? (2 things)

6. When Iran tried to take back its oil fields from British owners, the US feared that Iran would turn to the Soviets for help. What did the US do to try to stop Mossadegh?

7. What was the impact on the Shah and on the oil fields?

8. When Guatemala’s government gave 200,000 acres of land (formerly owned by the US) to peasants, Eisenhower believed this was a turn towards communism. What did the US do to protect the financial interests of American land owners in Guatemala?

9. Who ended up the leader of Guatemala? Why?

10. What was the “open skies” proposal? (Unfortunately, the USSR rejected it.)

11. When Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, what was the response by Israel, France, and England?

12. What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?

13. What kind of government did the people of Hungary call for? Why?

14. What actions did Imre Nagy take when he formed the new government? (3 things)

15. What was the Soviet response? What happened to Nagy?

16. The US did nothing to help Hungary, even though we promised such help in the Truman Doctrine. What was the Truman Doctrine?

17. When Stalin died, Nikita Khrushchev took power. He thought communism would take over the world, but what are two of his beliefs that are very different from those of Stalin?

18. After the rejection of the “open skies” proposal, what did the CIA begin to do?

19. What did the U-2 plane take pictures of?

20. Eisenhower wanted to stop the flights to keep up his credibility in an upcoming peace conference on the arms race. But what did Dulles persuade him to do?

21. What happened to the flight and its pilot?

22. Eisenhower refused to admit the US was spying. Then Khrushchev demanded an apology, so how did Eisenhower respond?

23. What two things did Khrushchev do in response out of anger?

24. What was the result of the U-2 Incident?