Focus Question: How was the Cold War ‘fought’ in the developing countries?
Read Chapter 17, section 4. As you read, complete the following questions as observations on the right page below your focus question “How was the Cold War “fought” in the developing countries?”
1. The U.S. depends on natural resources from developing nations. What was the result of this for the United States and the Soviet Union?
2. The poor in developing nations resent the wealth of the United States. What did this cause the United States to do?
3. In 1947 Congress passed the National Security Act, creating the Central Intelligence Agency. What then did the CIA do or what did it become?
4. The CIA’s budget grows from $4.7 million to $82 million. What did this new budget power allow the CIA to do or to become?
5. In 1951, Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran authorized nationalization of the oil fields. What is nationalization and what did Mossadegh’s action cause the United States to do?
6. In 1956, Gamaal Abdel Nasser demanded that Britain give up control of the Suez Canal.
What did the U.S. do in reaction to this?
What did the Soviet Union do in reaction to this crisis?
7. 1958 Fidel Castro, dictator of Cuba, demands control of American properties in Cuba. How did the United States react to that?
8. 1961, US President Kennedy authorizes Bay of Pigs invasion. What was the result of that invasion?
9. October 14, 1962, a US spy plane photographs Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What crisis resulted from that?
How was it solved?
Chapter 14: The New Deal