1. 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

2. The Long Telegram George Kennan 1946

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

4. Truman Doctrine Harry S. Truman 1947

5. Map of the Marshall Plan

6. Map of NATO and Warsaw Pact

7. Electoral Map: 1948

8. Byron Rollins November 4, 1948

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

10. The Red Iceberg 1960

11. Electoral Map: 1952

12. Electoral Map: 1956

13. Map of National System of Interstate and Defense Highways

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

16. Levittown in 1957

17. The Good Wife’s Guide Housekeeping Monthly May 1956

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

19. Electoral Map: 1960

20. Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy 1961 Video

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

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

23. Sit In in Jackson, Mississippi Fred Blackwell 1963

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

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

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

27. Excerpt from The Ballot or the Bullet Malcolm X 1964

28. Excerpt from The Basis of Black Power Stokely Carmichael 1966

29. Great Society Speech Lyndon Johnson 1964 Video Excerpt

30. Excerpt from The Conscience of a Conservative Barry Goldwater 1960

31. Daisy Ad 1964

32. Electoral Map: 1964

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

34. Excerpt from Why We Are in Vietnam Lyndon Johnson 1965

35. Excerpt from Great Decisions Walter Lippmann 1966

36. Congressional Record General Curtis LeMay 1967

37. Saigon Execution Photograph by Eddie Adams 1968

38. Napalm Girl Photograph by Nick Ut 1972

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

40. Electoral Map: 1968

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

42. Kent State John Paul Filo 1970

43. Electoral Map: 1972

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

45. Excerpt from Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1962

46. Excerpt from For the Equal Rights Amendment Shirley Chisolm 1969

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

48. Interview with the Washington Star Phyllis Schlafly 1976

49. Excerpt from We Shall Overcome Cesar Chavez 1965

50. Electoral Map: 1976

51. Crisis of Confidence aka Malaise Speech Jimmy Carter 1979 Video Excerpt