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1950s – 1980s

1950s – 1980s. Presidential Administrations Key Events. FOREIGN POLICY - Containment. TRUMAN, 1945-1953 George Kennan, Soviet expert Truman Doctrine Turkey, Greece Marshall Plan (Western Europe) Japan occupied/built up Berlin Airlift NATO Fall of China Korean War MacArthur fired

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1950s – 1980s

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  1. 1950s – 1980s Presidential Administrations Key Events

  2. FOREIGN POLICY - Containment • TRUMAN, 1945-1953 • George Kennan, Soviet expert • Truman Doctrine • Turkey, Greece • Marshall Plan (Western Europe) • Japan occupied/built up • Berlin Airlift • NATO • Fall of China • Korean War • MacArthur fired • Stalemate • Integrates military • HUAC • Alger Hiss • EISENHOWER, 1953-1961 • “New Look” in containment • Dulles (Sec. of State) • Massive Retaliation & Brinkmanship • Ends Korean War • Threat of nukes • Stalin dead – Khrushchev wants end • Vietnam – domino theory • Sputnik – Space Race • CIA Coups • Iran • Guatemala • Cuba – planned Bay of Pigs • Suez Canal • Eisenhower Doctrine – Middle East • McCarthyism, Rosenbergs

  3. JFK • Domestic • Credits victory to tv debate • Mostly ideas • Civil Rights (finally… after B’ham march) • Proposes Civil Rights Act • SPACE – lots of $ • Apollo 11 Moon landing 1969 • Foreign • Peace Corps • Alliance for Progress (Latin America) • Bay of Pigs, Cuba • Berlin Wall • Cuban Missile Crisis • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  4. Lyndon B. Johnson • Domestic • Great Society – war on Poverty • Civil Rights Act ’64 & ’68 (Fair Housing) • Voting Rights Act ’65 • Medicare; Medicaid • Immigration Reform Act • No more quotas • Hispanics / Asians • Activist Judicial reforms – Miranda; Gideon; Mapp • Foreign • VIETNAM • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • TET Offensive • Turning Point • Creditability Gap • LBJ chooses not to run for reelection

  5. Nixon • Domestic • Southern Strategy ‘68 • New Federalism • Greenest P – EPA, Clean Air, Clean Water, Earth Day • Inflation – Stagflation • Major problems with anti-war protesting • WATERGATE Scandal (1972 Election) • U.S. v. Nixon (Executive Privilege) • Resignation • Foreign • Détente • Triangular, Ping Pong Shuttle Diplomacy • Henry Kissinger • Secret Invasion of Cambodia • Vietnam Peace Accords, 1973 • Visits to China, Soviet Union • SALT • Yom Kippur War – aid to Israel • Oil Embargo / Crisis

  6. Ford / Carter • FORD • Pardons Nixon • S. Vietnam falls • Domino Theory: Laos & Cambodia also fall • CARTER • Amnesty to draft dodgers (Vietnam) • 3 mile island meltdown • Middle East Peace Accords • Iranian Hostage Crisis • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan • Boycott Olympics • Panama Canal – returned to Panama

  7. REAGAN

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