11.03

When Dwight Eisenhower became president, the United States had entered an arms race with the Soviet Union. This became a big step for President Eisenhower because the Soviet Union was under the possession of nuclear weapons. President Eisenhower insisted on making amends and deals with the Soviet Union but since he kept making deals in favor of the United States the Soviet Union began to reject these deals. The relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union weakened because President Eisenhower kept trying to make deals with the Soviet Union in favor of the United States. The United States fell in a sort of frenzy because the Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite into the space system. This put the United States behind the Soviet Union in the space race. The Soviet Union was under the control of Joseph Stalin, a communist. Once Stalin died, this gave the United States hope that they would be able to finally make an agreement on a deal that is presented. President Eisenhower made a speech proposed to the Soviet Union and proclaimed that if the Soviet Union would stop expanding their territory the United States would help them and cooperate.The Soviet Union declined. During that meeting, President Eisenhower proposed an “Open Skies” agreement where both parties would agree to show each other their military background and even give the other permission to investigate the skies for any flight actions. Since the United States would benefit this agreement more then the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union rejected the proposal and that in which turn worsened their relationship. In 1959, the United States and the Soviet Union both met to put an end to the arms race but the Soviet Union finds a United States spy plane, U2, flying over their country which completely destroyed their relationship. President Eisenhower desegregated the army