USSR develops Atomic Bomb Harry Truman 59 Source: http://www.wikipedia.org/upload/d/da/Harry-truman-thumbnail.jpg Berlin Airlift Source: http://history.acusd.edu/cdr2/USPics/58537.jpg USSR develops Atomic Bomb Source: http://millercenter.virginia.edu/programs/apd/images/mushroom_cloud.jpg The Marshall Plan brought new supplies like this tractor to Europe for recovery efforts Joseph Stalin, the leader of the USSR Poster about the efforts of the Berlin Airlift President Harry Truman George Kennan helped form the containment policies of the government Winston Churchill applied the term Iron Curtain to Soviet areas President Truman signs the NATO agreement George C. Marshall

MacArthur Controversy Korean War 60 Sourchttp://visualhistory.freewebpages.org/ColdWar-50s.htmle: MacArthur Controversy Source: http://www.presidentialufo.8m.com/Cheney/MacArthur.jpg Rise of McCarthyism Source: http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/images/00012275.jpg Soldiers comfort one another after a comrade dies Communist fears swept the nation after the war Troops at the Inchon Invasion in 1950 An Integrated military on Truman’s orders Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of treason Ad for the Levittown development Mao Zedong the leader of Communist China Truman’s “upset” victory in the election of 1948

Sputnik and Its Effects I Like Ike 61 Source: http://www.npg.si.edu/img2/hall/big/bigeisen.gif Sputnik and Its Effects Source: http://www.jrotc.org/images/sputnik.gif U-2 Incident War Hero Dwight Eisenhower became President in 1952 Children practice Nuclear Bomb drills at schools Gary Francis Powers seen with a model of the U-2 Spy Plane Many people began to question American education and priorities after Sputnik Eisenhower and Sec. Of State John Foster Dulles, the author of the brinksmanship policies Launch of Sputnik in 1957 made the USSR the first in space 1st Tests of the H-bomb Backyard bomb shelter

Television Changes America Interstate System 62 Source: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10/images/nhsjpg.jpg Television Changes America Source: http://www.angelfire.com/retro/nostalgiacafe/images/duckcover.jpg Rock-n-Roll Source: http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1950/timeline/elvis-b.jpg Rock stars such as Buddy Holly and Little Richard make rock music popular TV family from “Father Knows Best” Dr. Spock’s book on child-rearing Film Star James Dean The “I Love Lucy” show was the most popular T.V. show of the 50’s and remains popular today Dr. Jonas Salk saved millions from the disease of polio Popular children’s show was “Hoody Doody” Marilyn Monroe

Election of 1960 63 Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall Source: http://www.whitehousehistory.org/02_learning/subs_4/activities_4/photo_402c_a.jpg Cuban Missile Crisis Source: http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/history/graphics/history_missile.gif Berlin Wall Source: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/images/Berlin_Crisis/bernauerstrasse.jpg The USSR decided to physically separate West Berlin from East Germany with the Berlin Wall Leaders Nikita Khrushchev and John F Kennedy took the world to the brink of nuclear war Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in a very close election in 1960 Life Magazine Article on the Bay of Pigs Invasion U.S. Spy Planes capture direct evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba Fidel Castro led a Communist revolution in Cuba in 1959 Home bomb shelters were put to use by many during the Cuban Crisis A family watches the 1sr major televised debate in the 1960 election