APUSH Major Primary Sources Period 8 (1945-1980) Includes paintings, engravings, photographs, political cartoons, speeches, documents with hyperlinks for additional information and video links. Also includes secondary source maps, charts, and historical depictions. Compiled by John Burkowski Jr. Academy for Advanced Academics

The Long Telegram George Kennan 1946

The Cold War: A Study in U.S. Foreign Policy Walter Lippmann 1947

Truman Doctrine Harry S. Truman 1947

Map of the Marshall Plan

Map of NATO and Warsaw Pact

Electoral Map: 1948

Byron Rollins November 4, 1948

“It’s Okay – We’re Hunting Communists” Herbert Block 1947

The Red Iceberg 1960

Electoral Map: 1952

Electoral Map: 1956

Map of National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

Farewell Address ”Military-Industrial Complex” Dwight D Farewell Address ”Military-Industrial Complex” Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961 Video

Levittown in 1957

The Good Wife’s Guide Housekeeping Monthly May 1956

Interim Report on Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency 1955

Electoral Map: 1960

Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy 1961 Video

Majority Decision – Brown v. Board Chief Justice Earl Warren 1954

Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan aka The Scream Image Ira Wilmer Counts, Jr. September 4, 1957

Sit In in Jackson, Mississippi Fred Blackwell 1963

William Gadsden Attacked by Police Dogs in Birmingham Bill Hudson May 3, 1963

Excerpt from Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963

Excerpt from I Have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King, Jr Excerpt from I Have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963 Video Excerpt

Excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet Malcolm X 1964

Excerpt from The Basis of Black Power Stokely Carmichael 1966

Great Society Speech Lyndon Johnson 1964 Video Excerpt

Excerpt from The Conscience of a Conservative Barry Goldwater 1960

Daisy Ad 1964

Electoral Map: 1964

Excerpt from Gulf of Tonkin Resolution U.S. Congress 1964

Excerpt from Why We Are in Vietnam Lyndon Johnson 1965

Excerpt from Great Decisions Walter Lippmann 1966

Congressional Record General Curtis LeMay 1967

Saigon Execution Photograph by Eddie Adams 1968

Napalm Girl Photograph by Nick Ut 1972

Port Huron Statement Student for a Democratic Society (SDS) 1962

Electoral Map: 1968

Address to the Nation (Silent Majority) Richard Nixon 1969 Video

Kent State John Paul Filo 1970

Electoral Map: 1972

”Look – Nice Tapes – Okay, Boy. – Okay ”Look – Nice Tapes – Okay, Boy? – Okay? –” Herbert Block October 24, 1973

Excerpt from Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962

Excerpt from For the Equal Rights Amendment Shirley Chisolm 1969

Excerpt from “Hearing: The Equal Rights Amendment” Gloria Steinem 1970

Interview with the Washington Star Phyllis Schlafly 1976

Excerpt from We Shall Overcome Cesar Chavez 1965

Electoral Map: 1976

Crisis of Confidence aka Malaise Speech Jimmy Carter 1979 Video Excerpt