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Unit 13: Post War America:
The Beginning of the Cold War and the 1950’s
Chapters 22 and 23
Pages 760- 816
Homework:
1- Vocabulary due on _______
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Castle Learning due and Test on __________
Essential Questions:
1- How did U.S. foreign policy change after WWII?
2- How did the Cold War impact America’s social, economic, and
political institutions?
3- How do technological changes alter the lives of individuals?
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President Truman and the End of the WWII
President Truman
The Fair Deal
The End of the War
Creation of the United Nations
The G.I. Bill
Desegregation of the Military
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Truman and the Causes of the Cold War
The opposing countries were the _____________ and ______________________
The two opposing political ideologies were
______________________ and ________________________
Why was it called a Cold War?
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Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Soviets control…
Stalin’s Philosophy
Why did Stalin need satellite countries?
The Iron Curtain Descends
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How will the US respond?
The US Foreign Policy during the Cold War is ________________________
The goal of this policy is…
Truman Doctrine
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between
alternative ways of life. The choice is often not a free one. One way of life is
based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions,
representative government, free elections, and guarantees of individual liberty,
freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression.
The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the
majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed
elections, and the suppression of personal freedom. I believe that it must be the
policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted
subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
President Truman, speech to Congress (12th March, 1947)
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Wall is built in ___________
Collective SecurityN.A.T.O-
Warsaw Pact-
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The Korean War
China
Korea
North Korea =
South Korea =
In 1950 the _____________ invades the _____________ and starts the War
The goal was to
Truman and the United Nations
General Douglas MacArthur and President Truman
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MacArthur orders troops to cross the ____________________________
_______________ assists North Korea, and pushes the U.S. and U.N.
forces back across the 38th parallel.
MacArthur ________________________________
Truman disagrees
MacArthur _________________________
Truman ____________________________
The war is at a standstill.
Long Term Effects of the Korean War
The Korean War is considered…
Korea Today
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President Eisenhower
Before being President
Presidential Accomplishments
12- Interstate Highway Act
Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy
transportation of people and goods. The ceaseless flow of information throughout
the Republic is matched by individual and commercial movement over a vast system
of inter-connected highways criss-crossing the Country and joining at our national
borders with friendly neighbors to the north and south… In case of an atomic
attack on our key cities, the road net must permit quick evacuation of target
areas, mobilization of defense forces and maintenance of every essential economic
function. But the present system in critical areas would be the breeder [cause] of
a deadly congestion within hours of an attack
- Eisenhower, Message to Congress, February 22, 1955
Based on the document, what were two reasons Eisenhower supported the
Interstate Highway Act?
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5Eisenhower’s Cold War Policy
Brinkmanship-
Eisenhower Doctrine-
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The Red Scare and McCarthyism
Red Scare
Truman institutes a Loyalty Program
McCarthyism
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Based on the cartoon, what is HUAC running people over with the car
meant to represent?
Blacklisted
Hollywood Ten
Alger Hiss
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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The Space Race and the Impact of Sputnik
USA
Soviet Union
1945
1949
1952
1953
1955
1954
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICMB) –
The Launch of Sputnik
The Impact of Sputnik
The Atomic Threat
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Was America really losing the space race?
The U2 Spy Plane Incident
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1950’s Culture
Some say the 50’s was a decade of Conservative Values, Complacency,
Conformity and Contentment. Explain what is meant by this.
G.I. Bill
The U.S. Government granted returning soldiers the GI Bill of Rights. What
was the GI Bill of Rights? How did this bill of rights shape the coming
decades?
Baby Boom
What was the Baby Boom? What caused it and how did it change America?
Economic Growth and Consumerism
The 1950s witnessed the most prosperous economy in American history. How did
this prosperity transform the country?
Expectations of Men and Women during the 50’s
Discuss gender roles in the 1950s.
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Growth of Suburbs
Describe life in the suburbs
Consumerism
What impact did consumer goods have on the country? What did it mean to keep
up with the “Jones”?
Impact of TV
What was the impact of television on the family and the economy in
the 1950s?
Teen Culture and Rock-n- Roll
Why were the older generation so concerned about the effects of rock-n-roll?
Discuss the impact of the Baby Boom. How did this boom fuel rock-n-roll and
the youth culture of the 1950s?
The Culture of the Car
Describe how the car and the highway system changed America.
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Post War America
Chapter 22 and 23
1.
Yalta
2.
Cold War
3.
Potsdam
4.
NATO
5.
Limited War
6.
Red Scare
7.
Subversion
8.
Loyalty Review Program
9.
McCarthyism
(page 760)
(page 762)
(page 764)
(page 769)
(page 773)
(page 774)
(page 774)
(page 774)
(page 778)
10. Censure
(page 778)
11. Fallout
(page 781)
12. Massive Retaliation
(page 783)
13. Brinkmanship
(page 783)
14. Central Intelligence Agency
15. Sputnik
(page 787)
16. Military Industrial Complex
17. GI Bill
(page 794)
18. Fair Deal
(page 797)
19. Federal Highway Act
20. Levittown
(page 800)
21. Baby Boom
(page 801)
22. White Collar Jobs
23. Conform
(page 785)
(page 802)
(page 802)
24. Missile Gap
(page 799)
(page 824)
(page 787)