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South Dakota State University HIST 358 - US. History since 1941 In this section: HIST 349 (U.S. section), HIST 368, HIST 371, HIST 377, HIST 378, HIST 379, HIST 460, HIST 469, HIST 476. Concepts addressed: The Second World War and the Postwar Period, 1939-1963 The U. S. and World War II before U. S. entry into the war, 1939-1941 The Neutrality Act of 1939 Selective Service Act, 1940 The presidential election of 1940 The Destroyer-Bases Deal, 1940 The Lend-Lease Act, 1941 The isolationist movement U. S. occupation of Greenland, Iceland, and American naval protection for British shipping, 1941 The Atlantic Charter Conference, 1941 U. S. Japanese relations, 1939-1941 American opposition to Japanese expansion in Asia US embargo of vital exports to Japan The Japanese decision to go to war against the US The US at war, 1941-1945 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 German and Italian declarations of war on the U. S., 1941 The war in the Atlantic The North African campaign, 1942-1943 The campaign in Italy, 1943-1945 The Normandy invasion, June 1944 The last year of the war, 1944-1945 The liberation of Paris, 1944 Bombing of Germany The Battle of the Bulge, 1944 German surrender, 1945 The US and the war in the Pacific, 1941-1945 Japanese expansion, 1941-1942 Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, 1942 Pushing back the Japanese, 1942-1945 The re-conquest of the Philippines, 1944-1945 Bombing the Japanese mainland, 1944-1945 Use of the atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan, August 1945 Allied conferences during World War II Casablanca, 1943 Tehran, 1943 Yalta, 1945 Potsdam, 1945 The Home Front during World War II, 1941-1945 The economy Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. Growth in real output Drop in unemployment Inflation Financing the war: high taxes and heavy borrowing Mobilization of the nation's human, industrial, and transportation resources for the war effort The Manhattan Project Impact of the war on everyday life (e.g. rationing) Women during the war Treatment of Japanese Americans African Americans and other minorities during the war Segregation in the armed forces The Fair Employment Practices Commission Urban riots Conscientious objectors The presidential election of 1944 The death of FDR and the beginning of the presidency of Harry Truman, April 1945 Population Trends, 1945-1963 Significant growth mainly due to the baby boom from 1946 to 1964 Moderate immigration following a period of low immigration during the Depression and World War II Suburban growth Population shift to the South and West The Economy, 1945-1963 Postwar economic adjustment Economic growth Rise in real incomes and relatively low unemployment Significant minority of Americans living in poverty Inflation Increase in percentage of white-collar jobs Developments in transportation US interstate system Increasing use of airplanes Labor Unions Growth up to 1956 Agriculture Increase in agricultural productivity Steady decline in the number of farmers and increase in size of farms Government programs and subsidies Urban America Growth of suburbs Continued migration of African-Americans to northern cities Changing neighborhoods, poverty, crime Urban renewal Social and cultural developments Increasing educational opportunities The impact of the G.I. Bill of Rights on higher education Compulsory military service for young men Increasing use of household appliances, telephones, and automobiles Malls Television Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. Rock and Roll Traditional morality Growth in church membership The polio scare and polio vaccine African Americans Growing political power of African Americans in northern cities De facto residential segregation in northern cities Desegregation of the military and the ban on discrimination in federal employment Racial integration in professional baseball Brown v. the Board of Education, 1954 Gradual desegregation of education in the South Civil rights demonstrations and boycotts against segregation and discrimination Role of the NAACP, Martin Luther King and others Weak federal civil rights legislation, 1957, 1960 Other minorities American Indians Mexicans Puerto Ricans Women Increase in percentage of women working Prevalence of the traditional view of women as homemakers and mothers Limited higher education and career opportunities Domestic Political History, 1945-1963 The administration of Harry Truman, 1945-1953 Republican triumph in Congressional elections of 1946 The Republican Congress blocks Truman's attempts to expand social and economic programs, 1947-1949 Congress overrides Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, 1947 The presidential election of 1948 Truman's Fair Deal The Red Scare and McCarthyism The presidential election of 1952 The administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 No attempt to undo the New Deal The election of 1956 The space program The election of 1960 The administration of John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 The New Frontier Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement The assassination of President Kennedy American Foreign Policy, 1945-1963 A divided Germany Eastern Europe become communist The Containment Policy The Truman Doctrine, 1947 The Marshall Plan, 1947 NATO established, 1949 The USSR gets nuclear bomb Communists take all of Mainland China, 1949 The Korean War, 1950-1953 Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. U.S.-Soviet relations after the death of Stalin The Hungarian Revolution, 1956 The U-2 incident, 1960 The Berlin Wall, 1961 The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 The Test Ban Treaty with the USSR, 1963 Early U. S. involvement in Vietnam The U. S. Middle East policies Iran The establishment of Israel The Suez Canal crisis, 1956 The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957 U. S. troops sent to Lebanon, 1958 The U. S. Latin American policies Guatemala Cuba Castro's takeover The Bay of Pigs Invasion The Alliance for Progress Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.
