Eisenhower - Foreign Policy

Why was Eisenhower popular

Celebrated general and Supreme Allied Commander

Why did Eisenhower appeal to Americans

Political outsider

What three things did Eisenhowers campaign focus on

Korean stalemate, spread of communism, government corruption

What did Eisenhower promise to end if he became president

The Korean War

Why was the Korean War unpopular

Costly and ongoing

How did Eisenhower end the Korean War

Forced china to sign an armistice with threat of nuclear weapons

Why were china willing to sign an armistice ending the Korean War

Fearful that the new Soviet regime would be unsupportive

What was MAD

Mutually Assured Destruction

What was the effect of the death of Stalin in USSR

Power struggle

What does ICBM mean

Inter Continental Ballistic Missile

What was the “Brink”

The point of no recovery

What term was used to describe pushing another country to the brink

Brinkmanship

Who was Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese nationalist leading north Vietnam

What was the ARVN

South Vietnamese army

How did the US send military aid to South Vietnam

Sent advisors to train the ARVN

When was SEATO created

1954

Who was Allen Dulles

CIA director

When was Dien Bien Phu

May 7th 1954

Who was defeated at Dien Bien Phu

France

When was it decided that Vietnam would be divided

Geneva conference 1954

When did they plan to reunify and hold elections in Vietnam

1956

What did Eisenhower do instead of signing the Geneva Accords

Created and sustained the new state of south Vietnam under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem

In what year did Hungarians start anti-Soviet demonstrations

1956

Why was it difficult for America to help Hungary

Surrounded by eastern bloc countries

Why did the US not send aid to Hungary

Fear of escalation

How many Hungarians died

3000

What did the US use to protect Taiwan

Mutual Defense Treaty

When did the PRC start shelling ROC islands

September 1954

What was the ROC

Chinese nationalists

When did the 2nd Taiwan strait crisis start

August 23rd 1958

What did the PRC do during the 2nd Taiwanese strait crisis

Artillery bombardment of islands close to the Chinese mainland

What was “Odd days”

Partial ceasefire reducing bombardments to odd days only

What did Khrushchev demand on 10th November 1958

Western powers pull their forces out of West Berlin

Why was a repeat of the Berlin Airlift impossible in 1958

Growth of the city

How much of the population of East Germany have escaped to the West by 1961

20%

Who ran the Suez Canal

British and French

What did Nasser hope to do with Egypt’s half of the canal

Take control and use the money to fund a dam

Why did America withdraw aid to Nasser

He bought Soviet supplied arms from the Czechs, recognised china, and seemed to be trying to create neutral bloc in the Cold War

How did Britain and France attempt to stop Nasser

Struck a secret deal with Israel where the latter would attack Egypt

Who did Eisenhower support during Suez Crisis

Nasser

Why did Eisenhower support Nasser, forcing the French and British to withdraw

Re-election was close and he did not want to appear to be supporting imperialism, he got oil from Arab countries, avoid alienating Muslims, keep the soviets out of the Middle East

What did Eisenhower and the CIA do in Iran in 1953

Encouraged a coup that restored the authority of the dictatorial, pro-American shah

Why did American want the dictatorial shah in charge of Iran

He gave US companies 40% of Iranian oil

When did the Jews proclaim the establishment of the state of Israel

May 1948

What was the Eisenhower doctrine

Committed the USA to assist any nation requesting assistance against armed aggression from any country controlled by international communism

What were Eisenhower packages

Food packages

Where were Eisenhower packages sent

East Germany

When were Eisenhower packages sent

1953

When did Ike hold a diplomatic summit at Camp David

1959

When was Sputnik launched

1957

When did Eisenhower give his domino effect speech

1954

With whom did the US adopt the brinkmanship policy

China

When did the soviets launch Sputnik

October 1957

When was Gary Powers U2 plane shot down

1960

What did the US claim Gary Powers was doing

Meteorological surveillance