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Post WWII - What Now?

Post WWII - What Now?. What events contribute to the start of the Cold War? Is there prosperity in the US?. Important notes regarding end of WWII…. Yalta Conference (Feb ‘45) pic map Potsdam Conference (Jul ‘45) pic map United Nations Meetings (‘44 and ‘46) pic

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Post WWII - What Now?

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  1. Post WWII - What Now? What events contribute to the start of the Cold War? Is there prosperity in the US?

  2. Important notes regarding end of WWII… • Yalta Conference (Feb ‘45) picmap • Potsdam Conference (Jul ‘45) picmap • United Nations Meetings (‘44 and ‘46) pic • War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg and Japan (‘45) link • Creation of State of Israel (‘48) linklink

  3. What contributed to the tensions between the US and Russia? (aka…the “Cold War”) • Cold War – defined? • Atomic Bomb • “Iron Curtain” speech by Winston Churchill at Fulton, MO. visit? • Containment Policy – purpose? • Truman Doctrine – what was this? map • Marshall Plan – purpose? link

  4. Tensions…continued. • Berlin Crisis and Blockade.. • Berlin Airlift – purpose? linkjfk map • NATO – what was it? Purpose? Map • Cold War – Idealogical or Military battle? Or both? map

  5. What events contributed to new tensions (Cold War) between the Soviet Union? • Germany’s Future? US vision vs. Soviet Union vision? • Truman Doctrine (‘47) • Marshall Plan (‘47) • “Containment” Policy • Berlin Airlift (‘48) • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (‘49) • Communism vs. Capitalism - Ideological Battle or Military Battle?

  6. What was the impact of the Truman Era and what examples illustrate this? • GI Bill of ‘44 link • Labor Unrest - 4.5M on 5,000 strikes • United Mine Workers (‘46) • Taft-Hartley Act (‘47) link • Dixiecrats - Southern Democrats (‘48) link • Truman’s Fair Deal (‘48) link

  7. How did the Korean War develop? • Communist Growth - Long March in China (‘34) - Mao Zedong link led 100,000 Communists for 6,000 miles - later drove Nationalists (Chiang Kaishek) to Taiwan in ‘’49 (meaning?) • North Korean Attack over 38th Parallel (June 25, 1950) map

  8. War in Korea? (Reading Text) • What event “turned the tide” against the North Koreans? link • In what ways was China getting involved in this war? • What happened to Gen. MacArthur? • Who won election in ‘52 because of his Anti-Communist military background? • What was the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) for? pic

  9. Cold War Fears..Justified? • Spying - in high gear. Accused: Alger Hiss, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg link • “Blacklisting” in Hollywood - Lauren Bacall, Paul Robeson, Frank Capra, Ronald Reagan link • The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Text) • Invasion of the Body Snatchers- movie

  10. Chap 16 – The Eisenhower Era – The Cold War continues.. • Election of 1952 – criticized “handling of Korean War” • Brinkmanship • Massive Retaliation • CIA formed in 1947 link • Warsaw Pact – organized by Nikita Krushchev (followed Stalin) • Eisenhower Doctrine in Mideast after Suez Canal Crisis

  11. Cold War Fears & National Security • House Un-American Activities Committee (‘38) linkvidMcCarthy vid • Internal Security Act (‘50) • Senator Joseph McCarthy (quote - represents “McCarthyism”) • Army-McCarthy hearings - exposed as “bully”

  12. Examples of “Atomic Anxiety”? • Hydrogen Bomb (1950) • ICBM’s (with rocket propulsion) • Sputnik (1957) launch vidlink • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (1958) link • Atomic Bomb Drills by Federal Civil Defense Administration – “Duck and Cover” - vid • Eisenhower’s Speech – Military Industrial Complex - Vid clip from "Why We Fight"

  13. Great cultural and technological changes of this period? • “Golden Age” of Television – I Love Lucy, American Bandstand, etc. • Rock n Roll (Elvis, Chuck Berry, etc..) • Rhythm and Blues • Polio Vaccine (Dr. Jonas Salk)

  14. What factors changed lifestyles and housing patterns in the US? • Sun Belt States • Interstate Highway Act (1956) • Levittowns link • Baby Boom • Suburban Expansion (Creve Coeur) • Urban Renewal programs (1950’s) – remember Mill Creek Valley?

  15. Compare and Contrast – Cold War and “War on Terror”.. • Venn Diagram - compare and contrast the US Cold War with Communism (’45 to late 50’s) with our current “War on Terror”. (Include at least 4 examples in each circle – at least 8 total examples). (complete Venn Diagrams can be worth up to 10 pts) • Then, use these examples to write an argumentative essay on this question – “Was the Cold War more alike or different from our current “War on Terror”? (essays of ¾ to 1 full page can be worth 15pts)

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