In preparation for a couple of videos, write down the following questions w/ spaces in between: - “THE COLD WAR - PART 2- Containment” – (3) Stalin’s response to the Deutsche Mark … – (4) Berlin Airlift … – (5) Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact …

Berlin Airlift – Emergency food and aid to people of West Berlin – U.S. daily supplies 4,000 tons of food, medicine, coal, and other supplies Cold War Begins (1945 – 1990)

“Containment” - Prevent the spread of communism to other areas of the world by all means, including use of military aid (Truman Doctrine), covert CIA operations, and use of propping up dictators in Latin America (Example) Problems with Cuba … U.S. private investments in Cuba U.S. Supports General Batista, & ’52 Cuban Revolution, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 – Oct

“Eastern Block” or “Domino Theory” in Asia - Soviet “Satellite Nations”

Truman Doctrine – Economic aid for military support, at first Greece and Turkey, to stop the spread of Communism Cold War Begins (1945 – 1990) Marshall Plan – $13 Billion in economic aid; money has to be spent on U.S. goods – Economic aid to rebuild Europe

Cold War Begins Post-WWII Alliances – NATO – North Atlantic Treaty organization – U.S., Canada, European countries – Warsaw Pact – alliance of Soviet satellite states

Write down the following prompts in notebooks, leaving one line between preparing for a video clip about “America’s Time: Best Years” (3:13 – 13:00) (1) G.I. Bill of Rights … (2) Driving force behind the American economy … (3) Levittown … (4) For $8,000 you could … (5) Most dramatic demographic change … (6) For women, an era of … (7) Desegregating the military … (8) Jackie Robinson …

1950’s America ** Economically, for the American Middle Class, this was the most prosperous time in American History!!

America: The Story of Us, “Superpower” (0:54 – 18:38) Iconic images / symbols of 1950’s life in America: – Federal Highway System … – 1950’s American cars … – Suburbs & Levittown … – “Baby Boom” …

Federal Highway Act of 1956 – Largest public works program in world history – 10-year effort, constructing more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

1950’s – The Era of the Classic American Cars

Levittown and Suburban America – Mass produced homes, providing Americans homes outside cities *** For $8,000 you could … Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

G.I. Bill (1944) – Low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start businesses, college tuition & living expenses to attend university, or vocational education Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

*** Driving force behind the American economy … Affluent Society & the Suburban America – Average income for Americans tripled!!! – Reasons for this? “Baby Boomers” … – , 65 million children born Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

Changes in the American workplace – More “white collar jobs” *** For women, an era of … Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

Write down the following prompts in notebooks, leaving one line between preparing for a video clip about “America’s Time: Best Years” (3:13 – 13:00) (1) G.I. Bill of Rights … (2) Driving force behind the American economy … (3) Levittown … (4) For $8,000 you could … (5) Most dramatic demographic change … (6) For women, an era of … (7) Desegregating the military … (8) Jackie Robinson …

Changes in American Society, Post-WWII Scientific Developments – Transistor … – Radiation Treatments … – Polio vaccines … Changes in popular entertainment – More Americans have a television

Famous Baseball Players of the 1950’s