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The Postwar United States

The Postwar United States. Rapid demobilization Fears of economic depression The G.I. Bill Consumer demand Commanding world trade position Consumer goods (cars, home construction, televisions, appliances). Truman and Domestic Policy. Desegregation of the Army (1947)

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The Postwar United States

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  1. The Postwar United States • Rapid demobilization • Fears of economic depression • The G.I. Bill • Consumer demand • Commanding world trade position • Consumer goods (cars, home construction, televisions, appliances)

  2. Truman and Domestic Policy • Desegregation of the Army (1947) • Proposes civil rights laws against lynching, poll taxes • Increased federal support for education • Proposes national health insurance

  3. Truman and the Early Cold War • The Marshall Plan • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of 1949 • Containment policy (Truman Doctrine) • The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and destabilization campaigns

  4. Characteristics of the Cold war • Aid to satellite nations • Military alliances • Proxy wars • Nuclear stalemate • Propaganda • The domino theory

  5. Increasing Cold War Tensions in America • Stalinist dictatorships in Eastern Europe (The Iron Curtain) • Soviet nuclear bomb development (1949) • Espionage cases (Alger Hiss, Klaus Fuchs) • Communists win civil war in China (1949) • Red Army invades Hungary (1956) • Sputnik launched (1957)

  6. The Cold War and Domestic Politics • Increased educational funding (science and civics) • NASA founded • The House Un-American Activities Committee (McCarthyism) • The “soft on communism” label and domestic politics

  7. The Korean War, 1950-1953 • North Korea invades South Korea • United Nations intervention • Douglas Macarthur and the Inchon landings • Chinese intervention • The “Bomb China” debate • Macarthur dismissed (1951) • Stalemate at the 38th parallel

  8. 1950s America • Modern Republicanism (Eisenhower) • Suburban growth and the Baby Boom (1946-1968) • Conservative gender roles • Automobile culture (58 million cars by 1950) • Interstate highway construction • The decline of the inner cities

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