1. The Beginning of the Cold War

2. TAKE FIVE… What does a “cold War” refer to ?

3. Soviet-American Tensions Capitalism vs Communism The Yalta Conference The United Nations Occupation of Poland Lublin Poles vs. London Poles Occupation of Germany Atomic bomb

4. The “Big Three”

5. Containment China’s fall to communism Chiang vs. Mao Zedong Revival of Japan Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Sec. of State George C. Marshall Economic Cooperation Administration

6. President Truman

7. Containment (con’t) Preparedness Selective Service System Atomic Energy Commission National Security Act Department of Defense National Security Council CIA

8. Division of Germany Federal Republic Democratic Republic Berlin Blockade NATO Warsaw Pact

9. Take Five…  What does the Berlin Blockade refer to?

10. APUSH Take Five…What is it? (1)To maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to resolve international conflict and promote human rights; and to formulate policies on matters affecting all of us. (2)“Europe’s requirements are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help or face economic, social and political deterioration of a very grave character.” (3)Regional defense alliance (could be 2 answers) (4)“It must be the policy of the US support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” (5)“If these 2 states should fall, Communism would likely spread south to Iran and as far east as India.— Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson

11. U.S. Economy Servicemen’s Readjustment Act Labor unrest Strikes Displaced workers Truman’s “Fair Deal” Social Security benefits Fair Employment Practices Act Conservatism Taft-Hartley Act

12. The Election of 1948 Democrats divided Dixiecrat Party Strom Thurmond Americans for Democratic Action Thomas Dewey-Republican Good for nothing Congress

13. Truman’s Fair Deal Revised Minimum wage Social Security National Housing Act Civil rights legislation Fair Employment Practices Committee Discrimination and Segregation

14. The Korean War 38th Parallel Communist north Pro-western south A Civil War U.S. “defense perimeter” UN Assistance General Douglas MacArthur Chinese involvement The Martin Letter Truman fires MacArthur Korean war results DMZ

15. General Douglas MacArthur

16. The U.S. During the Korean War Economy Office of Defense Mobilization Anxiety grows regarding communism The Forgotten War

17. Subversion in America House Un-American Activities Commission The evils of Hollywood The Hollywood Ten “blacklist” Federal Loyalty Program Hoover Files McCarran Internal Security Act The Rosenberg Case McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy

18. Senator Joe McCarthy

19. The Rosenbergs

20. Election of 1952 Adlai Stevenson Dwight Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Republican Victory

21. “We Like Ike”

22. Dwight Eisenhower

23. USA Test Prep  SAZASORUYU (WWII test 5 questions)  XOSUFEHABE (Cold War 1950's test questions, 5 questions) Questions #1, 4, 7, 8 & 9 do not count.

24. The Good “Ole 50’s

25. 50’s Hair-The “Ducktail” or The “Flip”

26. 50’s Fashion

27. Don’t forget the men

28. 50’s Fads 3D Glasses at the Movies Coonskin Caps Hula Hoops Pink-everything-even cars! Poodles (pink of course!) Telephone booth cramming! (U.S. record 22 at St. Mary’s college in CA)

29. Don’t try this at home

30. George Burns and Gracie Allen (1950)

31. How sweet it is… The Honeymooners first aired in 1952.

32. The 50’s was also a time for westerns! Davy Crockett “killed him a baer when he was only 3”

33. Gunsmoke-One of the longest running westerns aired in 1955

34. Hop-along-Cassidy (1947) Roy Rogers (1951) Zorro (1957)

35. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)

36. American Bandstand attracts young viewers-and a young Dick Clark (1956)

37. How old IS Dick Clark anyway? Dick Clark was born Nov. 30, 1929 He is 82!

38. The 1950’s TV audience loved games shows… The $64,000 question To tell the truth The Price is right—not Bob Barker but in 1956- Bill Cullen 21 What is my line? This is your life Queen for a day

39. “Queen for a day”

40. What a scandal! At the game show peak there were 22 game shows on prime time tv! Until… What? Game shows rigged? That’s right folks in 1958 a Congressional hearing determined that “winners” had been supplied with the answers in advance! Networks and sponsors decided to pull the plug on game shows for a while!

41. The Blue Mountain Boys Who is that in the middle?

42. Early 1950’s musical artists:  Patti Page  The Andrews Sisters  Nat King Cole  Guy Lombardo  Rosemary Clooney  Frank Sinatra  Doris Day  Marlene Dietrich

43. 1955-The birth of rock and roll  Dean Martin* Fabian  Little Richard* Frankie Avalon * The Platters* Conway Twitty  Bill Haley and the Comets* Ritchie Valens  Pat Boone* Buddy Holley  Johnny Cash* Connie Francis  Jerry Lee Lewis  Chuck Berry  Ricky Nelson

44. “Going to a garden party…” Ricky Nelson

45. Elvis Presley-”The King” Thank you, thank you very much

46. Elvis appears on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 The network wouldn’t show Elvis from the waist down because of his “sexual movements”—coined “the Elvis Pelvis”

47. The Good Old 1950’s- An Age of Prosperity

48. “Rock-n-Roll is here to stay”

49. J. Edgar Hoover

52. The Economy of the 1950’s Reasons for economic growth Government spending American West Military spending Expansion of suburbs The baby boom

53. A New Labor Force The power of unionization AFL-CIO George Meany Teamsters Union David Beck Jimmy Hoffa White collar vs blue collar

54. Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975?)

55. Poverty in America in the 50’s The Other America Michael Harrington Elderly and minorities Rural poverty Declining farm prices Technology Pesticides DDT Paul Muller Problems w/ DDT

56. Poverty Continued Inner-city poverty Ghettoes Relocation of industry and jobs Rise in juvenile crime

57. Women and the family The Feminine Mystique Renewed interest in religion Billy Graham Rock and roll culture Elvis The “Beatniks”

58. Michael Harrington

59. Science and Technology of the 1950’s Medical Advances Immunizations Small pox Polio Polio Vaccination Act of 1955 Results Infant mortality rates Ave. life expectancy

60. Early Smallpox Vaccinations

61. Technological Innovations Television Color TV RCA’s David Sarnoff Labs. TV Networks Transistors Integrated circuits Computer Technology UNIVAC Remington Rand Co. 1952 Election results IBM

62. Dwight Eisenhower (1952- 1960)

63. The Eisenhower Administration Balancing the budget Social security Interstate Highway and Defense System Act The demise of McCarthyism Army-McCarthy hearings The Cold War Stalemate “brinksmanship” U-2 Crisis

64. A revised containment policy  Iran  Israel  Guatemala  Cuba  Vietnam

65. The Cold War Stalemate “brinksmanship” MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction

66. Effects of the Nuclear Arms Race Military technology Space race Sputnik NASA National Defense Education Act Bomb shelters

67. Sputnik

68. Apollo

69. Images from Space “The Blue Marble”

70. Gemini

71. Advancements into Space…