Chapters 27-28- Post War and Prosperity

America had reluctantly put aside its hatred of communism to fight with Stalin against Hitler.  When the last bullet and bomb exploded in Europe the hatred and fear of communism resurged rapidly.  The United States will define its foreign policy for the next 45 years based on communism.  The Cold War will turn hot twice; Korea and Vietnam, and only the threat of nuclear weapons will stop a larger confrontation.America's affluence and the returning GI's led to a dramatic change in the American lifestyle.  The new middle class moved to the suburbs and just tried to fit in.  Not everyone participated in this affluence, African Americans were still fighting for equality, and some of the most important breakthroughs in the Civil Rights movement occurred during this decade.

 

The specific focus of this unit will be on: 

A. Origins of the Cold War

B. The Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan

C. Truman and containment

D. The Red Scare and McCarthyism

E. Impact of the Cold War on American society 

F. Emergence of the modern civil rights movement

G. The affluent society and “the other America”

H. Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle-class America

I. Social critics, nonconformists, and cultural rebels

J. Impact of changes in science, technology, and medicine 

 

Reading Assignments:

Unfinished Nation Chapters 27            Pgs. 642, 646-649, 657-664

Unfinished Nation Chapters 28            Pgs. 669-677, 681-688

 

Textbook Chapters:

Ch. 27 Brinkley 14 .pdf

Ch. 28 Brinkley 14.pdf

 

Class Notes:

C27 Cold War Class Notes.pdf

C28 1950s Class Notes.pdf 

 

 

Homework Assignments: 

Printable copy of homework:

C27-28 Homework.pdf

 

Part 1 - Ideas/themes to know and include in your notes: 

Chapter 27

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Berlin Blockade & Airlift

North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]

Korean War 

HUAC

Alger Hiss

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

McCarran Internal Security Act

McCarthyism

Chapter 28

Jonas Salk

DDT

UNIVAC

H-Bomb

Sputnik

Apollo Program

William Levitt

Impact of TV

The Other America

Brown v. Board of Education

Little Rock

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Eisenhower administration

 

Part 2 – Short Answer Question: Answer all parts of the question in 3/4ths page response.

1. How did the events from 1941 to 1949 increase suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union? Provide specific events to support your response 

 

Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz.  https://www.merriam-webster.com  

banality 

complicity

conformity 

containment

debunk

effete

extemporaneous 

genial

insurmountable

nonchalant

precipitous

propinquity

shambles

subversion

superimpose

 

Definitions: Fill in the correct word that matches the definition listed. 

1.___________________(adj.) having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations

3.___________________(adj.) composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment

4.___________________(n.) a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion

5.___________________(n.) comply with some type of standard or authority or social custom

6.___________________(n.) nearness in place or time or relationship; kinship

7.___________________(v.) to place or lay over or above something

8.___________________(n.) the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits

9.___________________(adj.) marked by weakness, softness, or decadence

10.__________________(adj.) unable to be overcome or solved

11.__________________(n.) association with or participation in a wrongful act

12.__________________(n.) something that lacks originality, freshness, or novelty

13.__________________(adj.) having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

14.__________________(adj.) acting or done with excessive or careless speed

15.__________________(n.) a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working secretly from within

 

Synonyms: Fill in the correct vocabulary word that is closest to the synonym provided. 

1.___________________Insipidness or inanity

3.___________________Accordance or assimilate

4.___________________Confinement or limitation

5.___________________Discredit or refute

6.___________________Feeble or degenerate

7.___________________Impromptu or ad-lib

8.___________________Affable or friendly

9.___________________Impregnable or invulnerable

10.__________________Uninterested or indifferent

11.__________________Cursory or helter-skelter

12.__________________Adjacency or proximity

13.__________________Chaos or jumble or mishmash or welter

14.__________________Congruent or overlay

15.__________________Insurgency or uprising