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1 History 1302 U.S. History 1877 to Present –Slide Set 6 Central Texas College Fort Knox, Kentucky Bruce A. McKain

2 As the War Ends When Johnny Comes Marching Home Effect of the GI Bill. – Education – Home Loans – Business Loans – Total cost about 2-1/2 times the total cost of WWII. The Business of America – America is the only major belligerent in WWII whose industrial base is unscathed. America Moves Forward

3 Cold War The Rise of the Iron Curtain Speech at Commencement Exercise at Fulton, MO – 1946. His speech used the term “Iron Curtain” and it become the watchword for the division between Eastern and Western Europe. Winston Churchill

4 Cold War Containment State Department Employee who first forwarded the idea of preventing Communism from spreading and eventually allowing it to die a natural death. George Kennan

5 Cold War Truman Doctrine February 1947 Truman announces the American policy of actively supporting democratically elected governments to prevent take over by Communist. Sent U.S. Advisors to Greece to support the government. Harry the Haberdasher

6 Cold War Marshall Plan Secretary of State George Marshall’s plan to help rebuild war torn Western Europe. Resulting in economic boom in Western Europe, the likes of which had never been seen. Soviet supported Coup in Czechoslovakia February 1948. Marshall Plan Support to Europe

7 Cold War Soviet Blockade of Berlin Soviets attempt to starve out the allies to get them to leave the occupied zones of Berlin. Berlin Airlift supplies the people of free West Berlin until the Soviets lift the blockade. Blockade last June 1948 to May 1949. See the Movie “The Big Lift” Berlin Airlift

8 Lt Gail Hovarson – Little Vittles Occupied Germany

9 Berlin Airlift The Soviet Newspaper headline reads “Airlift Useless” used to wrap Bread made with American Flour in Berlin. Berlin Airlift Memorial

10 Cold War North Atlantic Treaty Organization Formed April 1949. Organized as an attempt to protect member states from aggression. Soviet response is to form the Warsaw Pact, which had the same “goal”. Stalin’s Soviets

11 Cold War Soviet Nuclear Threat Soviets explode their first Atomic Bomb September 1949. This sets off the Arms Race. The Bomb

12 Cold War Attempts at Pacification Fail UN formed April- June 1945 as an attempt to prevent future war. 1945-48 –U.S. spends $2,000,000,000.00 to support Nationalist Chinese Government and maintain stability. Communist China formed 1949. Mao Zedong

13 Cold War Korean War 25 June 1950 North Korean army invades South Korea. Task Force Smith. UN pushed North back above 38 th Parallel. 26 November 1950 Chinese enter war in support of North Korea. April 1951 MacArthur relieved. June 1953 Armistice. Korean War Overview

14 Cold War Red Scares Senator McCarthy hearings on Communism results in a “witch hunt” to root out hidden communist in America. Richard Nixon served on the committee. McCarthy ends up being Censured by the Senate. Dies shortly after of heart attack. Senator Joseph McCarty

15 McCarthy Hearings The Alger Hiss Hearing The Results

16 The Cold War The Rosenbergs Caught while allegedly attempting to pass nuclear secrets to Soviet agents. Caught 1951. Executed June 1953. Ethel’s brother recently gave a deathbed confession testifying to the Rosenberg’s innocence. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

17 The Cold War The Continued Arms Race U.S. Hydrogen Bomb November 1952. Soviet Hydrogen Bomb August 1953 “They are catching up” Hydrogen Bomb Explosion

18 Camelot/ Cold War Heats up Ask not what your country.... I am a Jelly Donut

19 Vietnam French Indo-China End of WWII British control French Indo-China, but return it to France shortly after war. 1954 French request assistance in dealing with Viet Cong problem. Eisenhower refuses aid. July 1954 country split into North and South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh

20 Vietnam U.S. Involvement President Kennedy sends 2,000 advisors in 1961, this grows to 16,000 by November 1963. After Kennedy is assassinated in November 1963 President Johnson continued with the Kennedy plan of Support. Military Regions

21 Vietnam U.S. Involvement Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964 lead for call to allow troops to defend themselves. USS Maddox

22 Vietnam U.S. Involvement 1965 President Johnson initiates “Rolling Thunder” strategic bombing of North Vietnam to destroy the war materials being used against American troops in the South. Rolling Thunder

23 Vietnam U.S. Involvement 184,000 troops in 1965 grows to 538,000 in 1968. During TET Ceasefire 31 January 1968 a coordinated attack all over South Vietnam, results in a cry from the American people for a quick end to the war in Vietnam. This also results in LBJ’s withdrawal from the 68 Presidential Election. (31 Mar 68) TET 68

24 Vietnam U.S. Involvement Vietnamization – Nixon’s plan to turn the over to the South Vietnamese Government. Cambodia –April 1970 increases troop strength by 150,000. Nixon Briefing the Press

25 Vietnam Kent State Protest The Results

26 Vietnam U.S. Involvement Paris Peace Talks Summer 1972 U.S. Combat Troop withdrawal 29 March 1973. South Vietnam falls to the North April 1975. Vietnam Falls

27 Vietnam Pictorial Execution Grunts on Patrol

28 Vietnam Pictorial Results of War Burning Draft Cards

29 Vietnam Pictorial Crew under Fire Captives

30 Vietnam Pictorial Burning Village APC in Cambodia

31 Vietnam Pictorial My Lai Massacre Lt. William Calley

32 Vietnam Pictorial Firebase from a Gunner’s perspective. Supply Drop

33 Vietnam Pictorial TET 68 KIA Marines during TET

34 Vietnam Pictorial Protest in Washington Protest in Chicago

35 Vietnam Pictorial Superior Firepower The End of the War

36 Civil Rights Events Freedom Riders James Meredith at Un of Mississippi. 28 August 1963 March on Washington 1964 Civil Rights Act. 1965 Voting Rights Act. Selma to Montgomery March 21-25 March 1965. March on Washington

37 Civil Rights LBJ Signing 1964 CRA Little Rock Nine

38 Civil Rights Birmingham Response

39 Civil Rights King Assassination The Reaction

40 Civil Rights Hispanic Activism 3,000,000 in 1960 grows to 20,000,000 by 1980, expected to become largest minority by end of this decade. Cesar Chavez – UFW gains recognition in 1970. – Grape and Lettuce Boycotts. Native American Activism American Indian Movement – Dennis Banks – Russell Means – Wounded Knee

41 Post Vietnam America – Richard Nixon

42 Post Vietnam America The Nixon Resignation Post Resignation Nixon

43 Post Vietnam America – Gerald Ford

44 Post Vietnam America – Jimmy Carter

45 Post Vietnam America Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis

46 Post Vietnam America Ronald Reagan

47 Post Vietnam America Reagan at the Wall Signing SALT

48 Post Vietnam America – George H.W. Bush

49 Post Vietnam America The Gulf War Sadly Insane

50 Post Vietnam America – Bill Clinton

51 Post War America Scary Women Special Prosecutors

52 Post Vietnam America – George Bush

53 Post Vietnam America Iraq War Sadly Insane Again

54 Era of Change President Obama Election Results

55 Obama’s Legacy?

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