1. Utah In the Modern Age

2. World War II – Rise of Dictators
Adolf Hitler was elected into the German government and made himself supreme leader
Josef Stalin became General Secretary of the Communist Party in Russia after the death of Lenin

3. World War II in Europe

4. Pearl Harbor
While the Axis were taking over Europe, the Japanese were on a conquest of their own in Asia
Japan invaded Manchuria, China
The US objected to Japan’s actions and started to cut off trade with Japan
On December 7, 1941, Japan retaliated by attacking the Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
The very next day Congress declared war on Japan
Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the US

5. Utah Gets Involved 71,000 men from Utah served in the armed forces
Utah was also used as a training ground for pilots
Most of Utah’s resources went to help the war effort

6. Navajo Code Talkers
Many Navajo volunteered to serve and many joined the Marine Corps
Their Navajo language was perfect for secret code
Many of the radio messages were intercepted by the enemy, but they didn’t recognize Navajo as a real language

7. Life in Topaz
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8. End of the War President Roosevelt died in April 1945
The new President, Truman, was informed of the Manhattan Project
Truman had to make the decision as to whether drop the atomic bomb on Japan or not
He did
Did he make the right decision?
Two bombs were dropped
The first was on Hiroshima. The second on Nagasaki
“If only I had known, I would have become a watch-maker” – Albert Einstein

9. The Cold War
After WWII, the US tried to stop the spread of communism all around the world
The capital of Germany, Berlin, was divided into two parts: the democratic side and the communist side
The allies made many attempts to bring supplies to the communist side in the Berlin Airlift
One man, Gail S. Halvorson from Tremonton, was known as the Berlin Candy Bomber
People all around the country were afraid of communism and nuclear war
The federal government started to pump a lot of money into defense bases, like Hill Air Force Base, to keep the country safe

11. The Television Revolution
TVs were first introduced in the 1920s but did not become widely available until after the war
Families would gather around watching shows like the Lone Ranger and The Ed Sullivan Show
Philo Farnsworth was born in Beaver, UT
He came up with the idea of electric transmission of pictures when he was 15
By the age of 21 he began building the first all-electric television image
A statue of Farnsworth stand at the US Capital building representing Utah

12. War in Korea
The first conflict in Americas campaign against communism was in Korea
Utah’s defense industry worked to help build missiles that were used during the war
7500 Utah men served in the war in Korea
Uranium was found around Moab which caused the city to grow very rapidly
This uranium was used to make atomic energy

13. Urban and Suburban Growth
After WWII Utah, along with most of the country, started to grow its urban and suburban areas

14. Vietnam War
Another attempt by America to stop the spread of communism was in Vietnam
28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam
This became the first televised war
People all over the country, mostly college students, protested against the war
After the war, many refugees from southeast Asia came to Utah

15. Civil Rights Movement
Utah, along with most of the country in the 1960s, began to repeal restrictions on minorities in many aspects of life
Native Americans were given the right to vote
Blacks were allowed to stay at hotels and eat at restaurants
Lagoon was one of the first integrated amusement parks

16. Utah Puts a Man on the Moon
During the Cold War, the soviets were the first country to launch a satellite, Sputnik, into orbit
This event launched the “space race”
President Kennedy declared that the US will put a man on the moon by the end on the 1960s
Rockets that helped launch rockets into space and allowed the shuttles to land safely back on Earth were built in Utah
The first US government leader in space was a senator from Utah
People watch Americans walk on the moon form Philo Farnsworth’s invention of the television
Senator Jake
Garn

17. Age of Computers
Much of the earliest software for computers was developed at U of U and BYU
This includes WordPerfect
The PC revolution created smaller computers that people could fit in their homes
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