Eisenhower & the Cold War

How did the United States react to the following 7 events, and why?

1. The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949.
The U.S reacted to this by starting the Hydrogen Bomb race and also winning the race to make it. The US also put in place programs in order to help people survive a nuclear fallout if there was one. The programs were put in place because they needed a backup if a nuclear war happened.

2. In 1951, the Iranian prime minister placed the oil industry in Iran under the Iranian government’s control.
The U.S Government used the CIA and money lending to the old government counter the new regime. The US did this because we were afraid that if they did not get the money for oil that they would go to the Soviet Union for help.

3. The Guatemalan head of government gave American-owned land in Guatemala to peasants.
The U.S had the CIA train an army had this army invade Guatemala. We did this because we believed that the Guatemalan government had Communist sympathizers in it.

4. In 1956, Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt and occupied the Suez Canal.
The U.N acted on this in order to stop the fighting. The united states was responsible for this conflict though because we did not loan money to Egypt, which made Egypt nationalize the Suez Canal.

5. Soviet tanks invaded Hungary and fired on protesters in 1956.
Trueman Doctrine.

6. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
The U.S responded to this by rushing to develop its own satellite, and they completed this at the end of January 1958.

7. In 1960, the Soviet Union brought down an American U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers.
The U.S said that they would stop the flight. They refused to apologize, and the arms race talks with the Soviet Union was canceled.