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The Cold War Begins

The Cold War Begins. 25.2 Healing the Wounds of War. Assignment: Teaching Teams. Form six groups of four to five students Each group will be assigned a number of sections from Chapter 25.2 (Pg. 823 - 828) which they will be responsible for becoming “experts” on and presenting to the class.

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The Cold War Begins

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  1. The Cold War Begins 25.2 Healing the Wounds of War

  2. Assignment: Teaching Teams • Form six groups of four to five students • Each group will be assigned a number of sections from Chapter 25.2 (Pg. 823 - 828) which they will be responsible for becoming “experts” on and presenting to the class. • Your classmates are depending on you to teach them about life after WWII . . . your grade will be dependant upon the degree to which you successfully prepare them.

  3. Life in America after WWII Changes in the Workplace The G.I. Bill • During WWII, the majority of young men went overseas – who took over for them? • When the war was over, men returned from overseas and had difficulty finding jobs – what roles did women resume to create jobs for men? • What was the G.I. Bill? • How does it work? • What types of assistance did it provide then? Now?

  4. Life in America after WWII Changes in Production and Population Minority Rights • During the war, what were factories focused on producing? • After the war we saw a return to what types of production? • What was the ‘Baby Boom’? • What problem has the sudden spike in population during WWII created? • What did executive order 9981 accomplish? • In what year was it passed? • Which did we de-segregate first: • Public schools ? • The military? • Which minority group is still denied military eligibility today?

  5. Politics in Postwar America The 1946 Election The 1948 Election & The Fair Deal • What is ‘inflation’? • Why did we experience a period of inflation during and directly following WWII? • What are ‘off-year elections’? • What were the results of the off-year elections of 1946? • Who were the Democratic and Republican candidates in the 1948 election? • What is a ‘Dixiecrat’? • Who was projected as the winner? • Who actually won? • What was the Fair Deal? What types of ‘big government’ programs did it promote?

  6. Trying to Build a Better World Human Rights Trade and Economic Development • What was the United Nations? • What was it designed to prevent? • What are ‘human rights’? • Who headed the Commission on Human Rights? • What was its purpose? • What was the World Bank? • What was it designed to accomplish? • How did it attempt to do this?

  7. Pop Quiz • What was the G.I. Bill? How did it help veterans? • What was the World Bank? Why was it established? • Who led the Commission on Human Rights? What was it designed to prevent? • In what year did we de-segregate the military? What group is still denied eligibility today? • What was a Dixiecrat? (Hint: I’m looking for two keywords) • What was the name of the man who ran against Truman in the infamous election of 1948? Who won? • What programs did the Fair Deal finance?

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