1. The Cold War at Home
Postwar America was characterized by a fear of Communist subversion.
House Un-American Activities Committee HUAC
Alien Registration Act (Smith Act) 1940
Federal Loyalty Program 1947
Alger Hiss
McCarran Internal Security Act 1950
Civil Defense Act 1951

2. CW @ Home Ethel and Julius Rosenberg McCarran-Walter Act 1952
Joseph McCarthy
Election of 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower

3. Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
The germination of the CW Mov’t occurred during the 1950’s as the Supreme Court issued its desegregation decision. The Cold War indicated the need to confront racial injustice at home. In addition urban communities began organizing, pressuring and protesting, thus making it highly visible to the rest of the United States.
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka KS 1954
Little Rock 1957
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King
SCLC
Civil Rights Act in 1957
Commission on Civil Rights

4. Struggle for Racial Equality
Overview
Sit-Ins---SNCC Stokely Carmichael
Freedom Rides CORE
James Meredith
Governor George Wallace
March On Washington August 1963
“Freedom Summer” 1964
Malcolm X

5. Racial Equality “Black Power” Carmichael/H. Rap Brown
Black Panthers Huey Newton
“Affirmative Action”
Urban Riots
MLK assassination

6. Eisenhower and Foreign Policy
Military Industrial Complex
John F. Dulles massive retaliation brinkmanship
Geneva Summit Conference “open skies” plan
Domino Theory
Eisenhower Doctrine
U-2 Invident