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Modern US History

Explore the rise of modern America from the 1940s to the Cold War era, including the Baby Boom, technological advancements like air conditioning and television, civil rights milestones, the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and the Space Race.

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Modern US History

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  1. Modern US History 1945-Present

  2. 1930s and 40s: Post-War Boom • Air Conditioning units in homes • Population of the South increases • Baby Boom • 1945-1980 • Levittown • The first American subdivision • Radios in most homes • TVs in many homes • Americans want their news

  3. 1930s and 40s: Post-War Boom • Jackie Robinson & MLB • Truman integrates the US military • Had been black regiments and white regiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ1RfJLayMk

  4. The Truman Doctrine • Proposed by President Harry Truman in 1947, The Truman Doctrine provided aid to any country battling. communist aggression. • It was immediately used to support the free governments in Turkey and Greece against communist threats.

  5. The Marshall Plan • The Marshall Plan • American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion (approximately $132 billion in current dollar value as of October 2017) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of WWII. • Restore the European economy to prevent the influence of Soviet Russia.

  6. Containment (Truman)

  7. 1950s: Cold War gets Hothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpYCplyBknI • Cold War heats up • Churchhill states, “America at this moment, stands at the summit of the world.” • Continued fight against communism • Space Race • Sputnik • US encourages Math and Science education • Neil Armstrong walks on the moon • Brown v Board of Education • Continued civil rights conflicts • TVs in most homes • Rock and Roll baby!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk

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