1. Cold War and economic growth
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Mrs. McClary

2. Promoting democracy after world war ii
Tensions between the US and Soviet Union rose after WWII.
US feared Soviet influence and communism would spread throughout Europe.
Western Europe was mainly democratic and Eastern Europe was mainly communist.
This separation was known as the “iron curtain”
“Policy of containment” or “Truman Doctrine” stated the US would help vulnerable countries to prevent them from falling under Soviet rule.

4. Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan allowed western Europe to rebuild itself after the war. The Allies would pay for the construction.
The Allies wanted to reunify Germany but the Soviets would not allow their portion of Germany to join.
Germany was then divided into Western and Eastern portions. (democratic and communist)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was formed to provide military assistance if any member was attacked.
Communist nations did the same with their Warsaw Pact.

5. The policy of containment was introduced as America's foreign policy with the
The Tet Offensive
The Truman Doctrine
The Berlin Airlift
The Marshall Plan
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7. Spreading communism
Cold War: struggle for world power between the US and the Soviet Union
Domino Theory: if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would likely fall too
Korean War was fought to stop the spread of communism into Korea from neighboring China in It ended 3 years later without much change.

9. McCarthyism
Americans feared a communist take-over during the Cold War.
The spread of communism in Eastern Europe, China, and Korea made many Americans panic.
Senator Joseph McCarthy led a witch-hunt in the US which accused many Americans of being communist sympathizers.
He accused many celebrities, politicians, and military leaders.

10. mccarthyism

11. What was the focus of mccarthyism?
A presidential bid
Campaign finance reform
A political movement promoting liberalism
Rooting out communism in the US
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12. Space race
October 4, 1957 the Soviets launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik I.
Americans feared the Soviets could spy on them from space and that the US was behind in technology.
In 1961, the Soviet launch the first man into space, Yuri Gagarin.
The US sent John Glenn to orbit the Earth in 1962.
The race was on to see who could land on the moon first.

13. Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1959, Cuba became the first communist nation in the western hemisphere.
In 1961, the US supported an invasion of Cuba by exiled Cubans which failed miserably, known as the Bay of Pigs.
In 1962, Cuba installed missiles that could reach the US beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The US conducted a naval blockade of Cuba and it looked like war with the Soviets was possible.
Finally, negotiations successfully got the Soviets to remove the missiles and the US to remove its navy.

15. Cuban missile crisis political cartoon

16. Vietnam war
After WWII, Vietnam was divided into North and South. Communist China and the Soviet Union supported the North while the United States supported the South.
The US saw this as an opportunity to stop the spread of communism in Asia.
It was really a civil war between the two sides in Vietnam, with the south aided by the US.
Tet Offensive: attack on major cities, military bases, airfields, and the US embassy by North Vietnam

17. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The domino theory held that if one country in a region fell to communism, others would soon follow. This was a factor in…
The Vietnam War
The Warsaw Pact
The Berlin Blockade
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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18. Vietnam war

19. Vietnam war continued…
Tet Offensive shocked Americans and showed many that victory would never be achieved.
It was the turning point of the war.
The war ended in 1975 when South Vietnam surrendered to the communist North.
58,000 US soldiers died along with about 2 million civilians, 1 million North Vietnamese soldiers, and 200,000 South Vietnamese soldiers.
Many Americans protested the war.

20. Vietnam war protests

21. The decline in public support for the Vietnam war included all of the following except
Scenes of carnage shown on tv
The space race
The death of American soldiers
Protests calling for an end to the war
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22. American on the move
Population soared in the years following WWII. Know as the “baby boom”.
Levittown: subdivision of 17,447 identical homes that were mass produced and assembled on site.
Suburbs grow after WWII. Suburbs are close to cities but sheltered from urban problems.
GI Bill allows soldiers to go to college for free
US was building interstates, TV's became popular in homes, and people were living the American dream.

23. Why was the 1947 suburban development Levittown of importance?
Levitt was a well-known developer
Other suburban developments failed
It signified a trend in American society
It was the only suburban development for years
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24. Levittown, long island Ny

25. Television American’s have TV’s in most homes for the first time.
The first presidential election debate was shown in 1960 between Kennedy and Nixon.
People listening to the radio said Nixon won. TV watchers said Kennedy won.
Watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
US had entered the age of information.

26. In 1950, 4 million homes had a tv. By 1960, 45 million homes had a tv
In 1950, 4 million homes had a tv. By 1960, 45 million homes had a tv. What does this indicate?
An increase in prosperity
A distaste for modern technology
A rise in the use of the automobile
A downward trend in the entertainment industry
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27. TV changes america

28. Vietnam media clips http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v= QazmVHAO0os
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29. What had a major impact on the outcome of the 1960 kennedy-nixon debates?
Political platforms
radio
computers
television
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