The World the War Created 1945-1952 Chapter 24 The World the War Created 1945-1952 © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Science, Medicine, Technology, and the Bomb New technologies-electric typewriters etc. New vaccines-Polio, antibiotics Television-mass produced Automobiles-new models and obsoletism Atomic bomb-newer version © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Context: Discuss the impact on society. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Returning Veterans, the Baby Boom, and Suburban Homes GI Bill - 5 million used it to buy homes 2/3rds become home owners 8 million used to attend college Pent-up consumer demand Baby Boom Americans move to the ‘burbs © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Levitown © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

POV: How would this change the economy? © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Americans on the Move MAP 24-1, Americans on the Move © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Great Migration — African-Americans Move North A new generation of African-Americans moved from the South to the North. By 1960, half of the nation’s African-Americans lived in northern cities. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Latino Migrations from Puerto Rico and Mexico After World War II, more Spanish-speaking citizens began moving from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland, especially New York City. Bracero Program © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The United Nations and the New Economic Order The International Monetary Fund The World Bank The United Nations The core of the new organization would be a Security Council made up of five permanent members and other delegates serving on a rotating basis. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

UDHR: Free and Equal, Elementary Education, No Torture etc. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Cold War Begins The Soviet Union establishes communist governments in Eastern Europe. U.S. desired free governments Disagreements on Germany, economic aid, & atomic weapons split the U.S. and Soviet Union © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Hardening of Positions: Containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Airlift U.S. President Harry S. Truman would back a policy of “containment” in regard to Soviet expansion. Truman Doctrine: “I believe it must be the policy of the U.S. to support free peoples.” The Marshal Plan-17 billion to Europe Berlin Airlift 1948-1949 © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Berlin Airlift Supplies Little Vittles © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

A Divided Germany MAP 24-2, A Divided Germany © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Marshall Plan Funding Propaganda © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

1949 — The Soviet Atom Bomb and the Fall of China 1949 – The Soviets have an atomic bomb 1949 - Communist victory in China Containment’s first failure NATO Warsaw Pact © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

A Divided Europe MAP 24-3, A Divided Europe © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Cold War at Home — Joseph McCarthy and a New Red Scare House Un-American Activities Committee Hollywood became HUAC’s first target The Hollywood Ten Sen. Joseph McCarthy – “McCarthyism” Smith and McCarran Acts © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

HUAC & McCarthyism © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

HUAC © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

HUAC © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

McCarthyism © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

McCarthyism © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

War in Korea North Korea invades South 1950. U.S. sees this as an act of aggression of world Communism. Eventual stalemate at 38th parallel Settlement began while fighting continued. Both sides allowed heavy losses to continue. Division remained the same © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

“Forgotten war” © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The 1948 Election/1952 Elections 1948:Inflation, high prices, and labor unrest all threatened Truman’s re-election Truman wins “Fair Deal” - Truman’s attempt to continue New Deal 1952:Republicans - Dwight D. Eisenhower (War Hero) Democrats - Adlai Stevenson VP Nixon - “Checkers speech” Eisenhower victorious © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Nixon’s Speech © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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