The Cold War Cultural Literacy.

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The Cold War Cultural Literacy

Unit Objectives To learn cultural and iconic symbols and people of the Cold War and 1950s

Truman Defeats Dewey (Election of 1948)

Douglas MacArthur: Led U. S Douglas MacArthur: Led U.S. forces in Korea until getting fired for publically disagreeing with the president

Joseph McCarthy: Led the Second Red Scare by accusing many in the government of being Communists; The Army fought back, making him look bad

Berlin Airlift: Response to the Berlin Blockade (East Germans blockaded access to Berlin)-U.S. flew supplies into Berlin for over a year

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Led U. S Dwight D. Eisenhower: Led U.S. forces in Europe during WWII, President after Truman, Authorized construction of Interstate Highways as an efficient way to move military around the country

Nikita Kruschev and his Shoe at the United Nations

Sputnik: 1st satellite in space, launched by Soviets, caused there to be more emphasis on math and science in American schools

U2 Spy Plane: Shot down over Soviet Union, pilot was captured, U. S U2 Spy Plane: Shot down over Soviet Union, pilot was captured, U.S. embarrassed caught spying on Soviets

Fidel Castro: Took over Cuba in the 1950s and allied himself with Soviets, made Cuba Communist

Nuclear Bomb Shelter

Mercury 7: America’s first class of astronauts

Levittown: First suburb

Elvis Presley

Kennedy-Nixon TV Debate: First televised national debate; Helped JFK win the 1960 election

Kennedy Nixon Continued

Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba

JFK Assassination: Nov JFK Assassination: Nov. 22, 1963; Lee Harvey Oswald was the alleged shooter-Did he act alone?

JFK Funeral

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