The Soul of a Superpower: Postwar United States (1945- early 1970s)

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200.

Advertisements

Study your notes and key terms from Cold War Day 1. There will be a small quiz. – Cold War – Iron Curtain – Containment – Marshall Plan – Truman Doctrine.

U.S. History Final. CivilRightsIntegration Non- Violence Freedom

After WWII US foreign policy was influenced by its willingness to be involved in international peacekeeping efforts and its determination to stop the spread.

February 26 th This day in history: – 1952: PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb Learning Target – I can identify important aspects.

Civil Rights $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 People $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Changing Ways of Life $100 $200 $300 $500 $400 Foreign Conflicts or Policy $100.

DEMOCRACY VS. COMMUNISM UNITED STATES VS. SOVIET UNION

Cold War Conflicts Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cold War Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School.

The Stormy 1960s Vietnam & the Great Society. Lyndon B. Johnson  LBJ’s hero was FDR  Former Senate Majority Leader  Wanted to enact groundbreaking.

Cold War Conflicts Korea - Vietnam. Korea First war that grew from Cold War ideologies – 1950 – Communist North Korea crossed the 38 th parallel and attacked.

Final Review Game. Round 1: WWII 1. What U.S. ally was never conquered by the Axis Powers? 2. Name the three Axis powers and at least two of their leaders.

Chapter Twenty-Eight Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments,

The Cold War and Postwar Era World History Chapter 20 C. Simmons.

COLD WAR TIMELINE OF EVENTS

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e Chapter Thirty-One: The Ordeal of Liberalism.

Cold War / Post War REVIEW GAME CATEGORIES Cold War Era 50s America Civil Rights and Vietnam.

WHII: SOL 13 a, b The Cold War. Beginning of the Cold War (1945–1948) The Yalta Conference and the Soviet control of Eastern Europe Rivalry between the.

2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Alphabet Soup Seeing RED Remember.

Politics of the 1960s. President Dwight D. Eisenhower In March of 1960 Eisenhower told the CIA to begin training Cuban exiles In an attempt to over throw.

Extract the Facts, Jack! SSUSH20. SSUSH20 – The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States. a. Describe.

The Cold War International clash of ideologies. What was the Cold War? A conflict between the world’s two superpowers – the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

1950- Senator Joseph McCarthy gave a speech to the Senate accusing 205 federal workers of being members of the Communist Party Many other politicians,

Cold War. The name given to relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union after World War II, characterized by tensions, suspicions, and intense competition.

POWERPOINT 29 The Turbulent Years, Early Tests JFK’s Presidency Social Security increased Peace Corps Space research John Glenn Cuba’s Bay.

CHAPTER 29 The Turbulent Years, Web. I. Early Tests JFK increases Social Security, establishes Peace Corps, and sets out on “space race” First.

THE COLD WAR The Cold War Cold War- A war of tension and the ideas of Capitalism (USA) vs. Communism (USSR) Cold War- A war of tension.

WWII – Cold War World War IIThe Cold WarCold War Events.

Kennedy Johnson and Vietnam Johnson and Great Society CulturePotpourri

Unit 4. This president wanted to desegregate the armed forces.

THE COLD WAR ( ). START OF THE COLD WAR The United States, Britain, and France (The Allies had freed their part of Germany to form West Germany.

The Cold War The period of political tension and mistrust between Western and Eastern nations following WWII.

oRH33pTXwKQwww.youtube.com/watch?v= oRH33pTXwKQ.

Unit 8 Test Review U.S. History.

Republican Richard Nixon offered experience Served 8 years as VP Had foreign policy experience during the critical stages of the Cold War Promised to keep.

THIS IS Cold War Korean War UN CultureCivil RightsTruman.

Welcome! The Topic For Today Is…. 1960’s Civil RightsVietnam/KoreaPeopleCold WarMisc Bonus Question: 2000 pts.

The Cold War Era The Soviet Union The United States VS

Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Review.

The Cold War. A new international conflict emerged after World War II called the Cold War – The Cold War was mostly an ideological conflict between the.

Eisenhower – Domestic Policy Civil Rights –Brown v. Board of Education –Montgomery Bus Boycott –Little Rock, Arkansas –Sit-ins & SNCC Cold War at Home.

Presidents Cold War Civil Rights Vietnam After Vietnam.

The 1960s Vocabulary List. Communism Definition: A way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport.

The 1960s. Civil Rights Movement Jackie Robinson – the 1 st African American to play in the Major Leagues along with the Montgomery Bus Boycott started.

Roots of the Cold War: 1.___________________ competition b/t US and USSR for control and influence in world a.US = Capitalist/Democracy i.______________________:

THE COLD WAR Results of WWII  The United Nations Was Established  Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy Were No Longer Major World Powers.

The Cold War AP World History. Superpowers Emerge From WWII United States – wanted to strengthen democracy & build prosperous economies Soviet Union –

What happened at the Bay of Pigs? JFK sent in troops to stage a coup to overthrow Fidel Castro of Cuba JFK was defeated and humiliated.

UNIT 11 REVIEW. WHAT DOES THE TERM COLD WAR REFER TO?

Jeopardy $100 USSRUSAASIACuba WH Soup $200 $300 $400 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100.

The Cold War Abroad. Origins WWII fighting tactics U.S. “dragging their feet” Korea Atomic bomb Division of Germany, Berlin and Korea Postwar goals: USSR.

Review for Test on Cold War and 1950s HW: Study and complete castle learning.

Post War America and the Cold War

Bell Ringer Copy the table on page 604 that discusses US Aims Versus Soviet Aims in Europe.

Unit 11 Vocabulary.

Communism and the Cold War EOC

SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between

The Cold War STAAR EOC.

Post-WWII American Presidents

The Cold War Study guide.

1870s Present Gilded Age 1870s-1900 Progressive Era 1890s-1920s

Jeopardy Vocabulary Leaders Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200

Cold War Review.

Review for Test on Cold War and 1950s

New Frontier and Great Society

America and the Soviet Union After World War 2

Presentation transcript:

The Soul of a Superpower: Postwar United States (1945- early 1970s)

Baby Boom Generation

Suburbanization – linked to conformity

Realities of International Politics Soviet Union had emerged from WWII as the other superpower Soviets occupied Eastern Europe as a buffer zone against possibility of future German invasion Communists were winning in China and took over in 1949 It would be expensive to meet the communist threat

Divided Germany

Berlin Blockade/Airlift ( )

Europe’s “Iron Curtain”

Korean War ( )

Second Red Scare

Space Race

Emergence of Modern Civil Rights Movement

Key Events in 1950s Civil Rights Brown vs. Board of Education decision on segregation of schools (1954) Arrest of Rosa Parks and resulting Montgomery Bus Boycott ( ) Desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957)

Election of 1960

Bay of Pigs Invasion (Apr ‘61)

Background on U.S. Involvement in Vietnam War U.S. government had backed an independent Vietnam in 1945 even though led by communist-trained Ho Chi Minh But French used priorities of the Cold War to secure U.S. assistance in retaking control of their former colony in Southeast Asia U.S. bankrolled much of the failed French war effort and then tried to prop up South Vietnam as an anti-communist state.

Advisory Effort in Vietnam

Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct ‘62)

Cuban Missile Crisis Details U.S. and Soviet officials eventually agreed that missiles would be removed in exchange for U.S. promise not to invade Cuba Secret provision of deal had Kennedy promise to remove U.S. nuclear missiles from Soviet neighbor of Turkey (though missiles were defunct – not known by Soviets) U.S. forces went to DEFCON-2, which was highest level of readiness short of nuclear war

Birmingham Demonstrations

Phases of Modern Civil Rights Movement Mid-1950s – Focus on using legal system to break down barriers Late-1950s to Mid-1960s – Focus on using forms of peaceful protest to desegregate, i.e., integrate communities Mid-1960s to Early 1970s – Rise of black nationalism encouraged greater militancy and disagreement within African American community

Black Nationalism vs. Integrationism

LBJ’s Great Society

Features of Great Society Two major pieces of civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 – ended widespread disenfranchisement of blacks in former Confederate states War on Poverty to include Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps

Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution (Aug ‘64)

LBJ & The Vietnam War

Tet Offensive

Shocks to Political System in 1968 Tet Offensive suggests war in Vietnam far from over President Johnson drops out of re-election campaign Assassination of MLK, Jr. Assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy while running for president Democratic convention in Chicago degenerates into street battles with protestors

Election of 1968

Rise of Women’s Liberation

Watergate Burglary & Fall of Richard Nixon

Useful Primary Sources Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech (1946) Truman Doctrine (1947) Senator Joseph McCarthy launching anti- communist crusade in Wheeling, WV (1950) President Dwight Eisenhower Farewell Address on “Military-Industrial Complex” (1961) John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address (1961) Port Huron statement by SDS (1962)

Useful Primary Sources (continued) MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech (1963) Senator J. William Fulbright’s “Arrogance of Power” speech (1966) Stokely Carmichael’s “Black Power” speech (1967) Redstockings Manifesto (1969)