The Beginning of the Cold War

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

The “Big Three”

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

President Truman

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

Division of Germany Federal Republic Democratic Republic NATO Warsaw Pact

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

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

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

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

General Douglas MacArthur

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

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

Senator Joe McCarthy

The Rosenbergs

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

“We Like Ike”

Dwight Eisenhower