1. The Post War Years – Cold War and the move to the 21 st Century Central Texas College Fort Knox Kentucky Bruce A. McKain

2. Cold War 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. February 1947

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

4. Cold War – Contention over Germany

5. 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

6. Lt Gail Hovarson – Little Vittles

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

8. Cold War Soviets explode their first Atomic Bomb September 1949. This sets off the Arms Race. U.S. Hydrogen Bomb November 1952. Soviet Hydrogen Bomb August 1953 “They are catching up”

9. Cold War

10. There is a fundamental shift in the way Americans and the rest of the world viewed international relations. No longer can one country ignore the actions of a nation on the other side of the world.

11. Cold War/ Red Scare 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.

12. Cold War/ Red Scare

13. Spread of the Cold War - Korea 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.

14. 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

15. Shift in Soviet Leadership

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Vietnam Kent State Protest The Results

23. 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

24. Space Race

25. Apollo Missions Man on the Moon

26. Space Race Challenger Columbia

27. 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

28. Civil Rights LBJ Signing 1964 CRA Little Rock Nine

29. 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

30. Post Vietnam America – Jimmy Carter

31. Post Vietnam America Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis

32. Post Vietnam America Reagan at the Wall Signing SALT

33. Balkan Wars Shelling of Parliament 1995 Srebrenica Massacre

34. Positive Changes F.W. De Klerk Nelson Mandela

35. Post Vietnam America The Gulf War Sadly Insane

36. Post Vietnam America – Bill Clinton

37. Post Vietnam America – George Bush

38. Post Vietnam America Iraq War Sadly Insane Again

39. Era of Change President Obama Economic Meltdown

40. Obama’s Legacy?

41. World Economy?

42. The Next Frontier