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Cold War Begins
Impact of nuclear weapons
 How has the nuclear weapon changed the
world?
 Should nuclear weapons be banned?
 Should nuclear weapons by allowed in
warfare?
 Should the United States be telling other
countries they can’t have nuclear weapons
today?
Warm-up
 How do two people stop being friendly?
 How do you think two countries stop being
friendly?
 Map of the Iron Curtain 1949
NATO
 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
 Started April 4 1949
 The first few years
NATO was nothing
more than a political
organization.
 The Korean war
galvanized members
Truman Doctrine
 Truman announced it
March 12, 1947.
 It called for military aid to
Greece and Turkey, both
were threatened by
Communist resurrection.
 As Cause of the Cold war
the U.S Helped any
Country falling under
Soviet Control.
Marshal Plan / Berlin Airlift
 Marshall plan program to
rebuild economic
foundation for western
Europe.
 The Marshall Plan was
very successful
 Rapid renewal of
European Industries
 Truman extended program
to les developed Countries
 The united Allies consisted
of Great Britain , U.S
France, and Soviet Union.
 U.S and Soviet Union
wanted to take over
territories around the
world.
Iron Curtain/ Containment policy
 Iron Curtain tried to
fight the boundary
dividing Europe in half.
 Both sides made their
own government.
 U.S wanted to use this
strategy to limit and
prevent Soviet Union’s
expansion.
 It was successful in the
long run and took
away Soviet Power.
Hydrogen Bomb
 Massive weapon that
got most of its energy
from hydrogen
isotopes.
 Functions by fusion of
lighter elements with
heavier elements
Brinkmanship
 Practice of pushing dangerous situations to
the point of disaster to achieve the best
outcome.
 Can be achieved through diplomatic
maneuvers
 Used during the cold war and by Hitler
during his rise of power
Korean War
 During 1950 and 1953.
 Struggle between
Republic of Korea and
the Democratic
People’s Republic of
Korea, and People’s
Republic of China
Sputnik
 Was first orbiting
artificial satellite.
 Launched by Soviet
Union
GI Bill
 officially titled
Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of
1944.
 provided college or
vocational education
for returning WWII
veterans
Truman Support of Civil Rights
 important civil rights
issues were brought
up when he was
president.
 in 1947 a drive was
started
 in 1948 tried to end
discrimination in
federal employment in
1950
Baby Boom
 People born in post
WWII were known as
“Baby Boomers”
 War veterans came
home to their wives.
 Baby Boomers
Considered
themselves a “Special
Generation”.
Warm-up
 How would you describe your generation of
people?
 What characteristics make up society in the
2000s?
Interstate Highway System
 Officially named
the Dwight D.
Eisenhower
National System
of commonly
known as the
Interstate.
 Developed by
Eisenhower, in
2006
American Pop Culture
Warmup
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu5jw60
 Fall out shelters and duck and cover
 Identify and describe the purpose of the civil
service add
 Identify and describe any problems you
have with the add
 Apply: What would you have created to
warn students of nuclear attack in the
Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC
 was an investigative committee of the
United States House of Representatives for
being communists
 The committee held nine days of hearings
 Over three-hundred artists were boycotted
by their studios
Development of the television
 In the 50’s kids
watched more t.v than
they went to school
 Some t.v shows are
The Honeymooners ,
Lassie Father Knows
Best, The adventure of
Ozzie and Harriet , and
I Love Lucy.
Beat Movement
 A term used for American
writers of the 50’s
 The beat movement was
the experiment with drugs
and sexuality
 Led to the hippie
movement
 Also was called beatniks
Development of Rock and Roll
 Was mainly rock n roll
 Was a combination of
southern blues and gospel
music
 Consisted of artists like
Elvis Presley, Bill Haley,
and Jerry Lewis
 http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=rAWSgG0VRLI
Advances of medicine in the 1950’s
 Penicillin was founded
 The first human aorta
transplant happened in the
50’s
 Also the first polio vaccine
worked
 Preformed the first open
heart surgery
Compare 1950s to today
 Do you believe poverty is an issue in our
society today?
 How do we solve poverty?
Popular sports in the 1950’s
 Baseball, Football, golf,
and college football were
the popular sports of the
50’s
 Players like Jackie
Robinson, Hank Aaron,
and golfer Ben Hogan
Racial Gap in America in the 1950’s
Poverty in 1962
 There was 3,852,000
unemployed people in
the early sixties
 The average salary
was near $4,000 a
year
White flight
 Happened after World War
2
 White Americans began
fleeing large cities to new
suburbs
 Blacks and other
minorities needed a place
to live and couldn’t leave
the state
Urban Renewal Project
 Was for providing
funds to pick up
communities to make
them nice
 They cleaned up the
city and parks
 Also renovated
building
Brown vs. Board of Education
 Oliver L. Brown
 Made changes all around
America
 discrimination of racial
segregation and that they
violated the 14th amendment to
the U.S.
 It also desegregated schools
 Military also desegregated