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1941-1950. The United States of America. Meghan Vaill and Maria Zumpano . Thesis Statement.

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1941-1950

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  1. 1941-1950 The United States of America Meghan Vaill and Maria Zumpano

  2. Thesis Statement Although significant change brought about noteworthy progress both socially and economically during the period of 1941 to 1950, the majority of advancement was of a political nature, as a number of the most powerful political figures reigned, the Second World War completed, and the foreign policy shifted from isolationism to containment, terminating with the United States emerging as a world superpower of the Cold War.

  3. Political Change 1941-1950

  4. Altering of Neutrality Leaning away from the Neutrality policy that Roosevelt held in the United States for some decades, he began to help the Allies of the Second World War with provisions such as the Lend-Lease Act, the Bases for Destroyers deal with Great Britain, and the Atlantic Charter in August of 1941, where FDR met with Churchill to converse about the termination of the United States’ isolation and future war strategies.

  5. Shift in Foreign Policy: Containment and the Truman Doctrine In fear of communist expansion by the USSR, Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in which he asked Congress to provide $400 million for the economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey in the hopes of containing communism; this soon became known as the United States foreign policy of Containment. "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” -Harry Truman

  6. Dixiecrat party The States’ Rights Democratic Party, known as the Dixiecrat Party opposed racial integration and valued Jim Crow Laws; it was a short lived political party that broke away from the Democratic Party in 1948 led by Strom Thurmond.

  7. NATO The epochal pact signed on April 4, 1949, the original 12 countries promised to aid one another with “armed forced”, marked an astonishing endeavor from American political convention, an increase in the likelihood for European unification, and a significant step in the militarization of the Cold War. “…to keep the Russian’s out, the Germans down, and the American’s in.” -The American Pageant

  8. Social Change 1941-1950

  9. Propaganda A large portion of art during World War II was used as propaganda to encourage Americans to enlist in the armed services to fight against Axis Powers, and to work in factories and war industries; it had a immense power of persuasion affecting not only men, but women as well.

  10. Japanese Americans The hysteria after the attack on Pearl Harbor led Americans to force over 110,000 Japanese-Americans to live in concentration camps due to the fear Americans had they would act as saboteurs for Japan; the ruling of the court case Korematsu v. United States ruled this constitutional.

  11. The Baby Boom After the uncertainties of World War II of the many deaths and hardships, many service men traveled back home to settle down and start a family, creating an enormous generation of children during the time period roughly between 1946-1964.

  12. Truman’s Proposal for Civil Rights Legislation Under President Truman, various advancements for African Americans were made, including the appointment of a presidential committee on Civil Rights in 1946, Jackie Robinson playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, desegregation of the armed forces in 1948, and the segregation of seating in railroad dining cars ruled a violation of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1950.

  13. McCarthyismThe Second Red Scare Beginning in 1950, McCarthyism was characterized by a fear of communism hidden within America and the threatening to overthrow capitalism; in panic, many false accusations were made, similar to the Salem Witch Trials.

  14. Economic Change 1941-1950

  15. The Home Front During the war, the home front greatly supported the war effort through women and minorities working in factories and help from people at home by recycling goods and rationing techniques.

  16. The Manhattan Project The Manhattan project was ongoing from 1942-1946 and was the secret name for the US, Canada, and UK’s development of an atomic bomb, which would later be dropped on Japan to end World War II.

  17. G.I. Bill Technically known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, the GI Bill provided generous sums of money for veterans to attend college after World War II, partly out of fear that the employment markets would not be able to handle the 15 million Americans returning from the service.

  18. Employment Act of 1946 The Employment Act of 1965 was a drastic act whose main goal was to lay the responsibility of economic stability on the Federal government by creating goals for hiring women and other minorities without racial or religious discrimination. “…to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power.” –The American Pageant

  19. Marshall Plan The Marshall plan was passed in 1948 in order to help rebuild the economies of various Western European countries and to limit the spread of communist influence throughout the world.

  20. Conclusion Substantial change was brought through noteworthy progress of social and economic ways during the period of 1941 to 1950, but the major advancement was of a political nature; the Second World War began and ended as the Cold War started its course, leading the United States shifting their foreign policy from isolationism to containment while emerging as a world superpower.

  21. Works Cited • http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/Is_this_tomorrow.jpg • http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/turningpoints/mccarthy/McCarthycartoon.jpg • http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/june062008/gibill.jpg • http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://kids.usembassy.or.kr/ENG/images/05_history_11_35_03.jpg • http://reportingcivilrights.loa.org/timeline/?decade=1940 • http://latinolikeme.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/t1_jackierobinson.jpg • http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/camp_harrmony_0.jpg • http://corpserun.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/6506-we-can-do-it-rosie-the-riveter-clipart.jpg • http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/archives/aging%20baby%20boomers.jpg • http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Dixiecrat.htm • http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-110.htm • The American Pageant

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