AIM: What Events Occurred During the Cold War from 1956-1960s?
- England had control over area in middle east post war.
- Zionist movement (establishment of Jewish state) began to take form (Theodore Herzl 1897)
- 1917 Belfour Decloration favored Jewish state in Palestine huge immigration from 1917-1939
- Arabs and Jews in area begin conflict over land (sacred)
- W.W. II and Holocaust pushed Jewish state
- 1947 United Nations Resolution- split the territory between Jew and Arab displacing many Palestinians.
- 1948 British officially pulled out of area and state of Israel formed David Ben-Gurion 1st Prime minister
Same time Arab Nations invade Israel
- 1949 Israel beat back invaders and Expand territory. City of Jerusalem
- Arab countries would not recognize the state.
Hungary – 1956 demonstrations for freedoms
- Street fighting erupted. New government starts
- Imre Nagy independence for Hungary. Neutral Hungary and out of Warsaw Pact
- Soviet troops put down Nagy, executed Janos Kadar premier
- Austria gained neutrality- Eastern Europe not allowed
Paris Conference 1960 Khrushchev Eisenhower "Peaceful Coexistence"
- Soviets hit technological superiority "Sputnik"
- Limiting testing nuclear weapons and recognition of Eastern Germany
- Soviets shot down American U-2 plane, reconnaissance American knew of mission no apology
- Soviets 1. No protest till shot down plane
2. Hope west would split over Germany
3. Communist would split between Soviets and China
- This demonstration Soviets hard line position
- Berlin key point for East to escape to West
- Built a concrete wall along boarder of East and West
- Check points made to enter and exit zones
- 1963 Kennedy "Ich bin Berliner" Ian a Berliner
- 1989 down "Check Point Charlie"
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