1950’s-1960’s

1950’sI. Cold War at ______________A. Red ___________________1. Pres. Truman accused of being soft on _______________________2. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) (1947)a. investigate possible _______________influence in _______________________b. The ______________ – list of writers, actors, not allowed to work

3. ____________________ Spy Casea. State Dept. official accused of spying for USSR4. ____________________ Spy Casea. Julius/Ethel Rosenberg convicted of ______________________

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5. _____________________ Hearingsa. US __________________ claimed to have names of known ______________working in gov’t; no evidenceb. turned into a witchhunt (____________________)c. televised hearingsd. lost support when he accused _______ personnel

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IV. Cold War Spreads/ ___________________A. Key Eventsa. _________ Airlift (1948)b. __________ Plan (1949)c. _________ tested atomic bomb (1949)d. ______ tested hydrogen bomb (1952)e. _______ tested H-bomb

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B. New ______________________1. ____________________ a. Replaced containmentb. US would use any force to keep peace (nuclear weapons)c. go to the “_________” of war to stop war2. USSR responded by building more ______________________

1950’s3. US prepared for _____________a. ______________drills in schoolsb. _______________ in backyards4. balance of terrora. Mutually Assured Destruction (__________)b. US/USSR had enough weapons to destroy each other => so neither want to start a war5. ___________________a. USSR response to ____________b. military alliance of Soviet Union and ___________________ European countries

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C. Cold War in the _____1. USSR tested first _____ to deliver nuclear warhead (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)2. _______________ a. USSR used ICBM to put first unmanned ________________ in space/orbit

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b. ____________ scared US - ________________ in space race and technologyÞ $ millions into ________, ____________ education3. U-2 Spy Plane Incidenta. US spy plane shot over _____________b. increased ____________ b/t ____________________

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V. Cold War ___________A. Entertainment1. books/movies had new “bad” guysÞ __________________2. Invasion of the Body Snatchersa. peak of ____________________

1950’sVI. 50’s at ________________A. Post-War America1. __________________a. $ for school, business, job training2. Growth of _____________a. baby boom, GI Bill, Interstate Highway Act helped lead to a ______________________b. ________________ (NY) – ______________ methods applied to home-building

1950’s3. Consumer Economya. lots of ________ to spendb. big demand for ________, appliances, ___________c. Strikes caused some problems – steel, coald. Taft-Hartley Act i. hurt __________________4. Politics of the 50’sa. _________________ Party dominated the South (“__________________”)

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VII. The ______________ DreamA. Business1. fast food – ____________________B. Life in the Suburbs1. ____________ (1946-64)2. new medicines for kidsa. Dr. Jonas Salk – _______ vaccine

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3. role of _________________a. _____________ glorified homemakers, momsb. some rebelled against _______________ roles i. The _____________ Mystique (Betty Friedan)4. more _____________ timea. 40 hr work week; ________________b. spectator sportsc. Girl/Boy Scouts, __________________

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5. ____________ Culturea. suburbs made car a ________________b. _________________________(Eisenhower) i. helped tie country together6. Consumer Culture in Suburbsa. first ____________________in the 50’sb. new products – stereo’s, pools, __________

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VIII. Pop CultureA. _________________________1. “Golden Age” of ____________________a. variety shows, westerns, sports, I Love Lucyb. fads – ________________, silly puddyc. TV showed one America- _______________________________2. movies a. stereo sound, _________________

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B. _______________________1. _______________ Movementa. artists, poets, youth against suburban lifestyle, ________________________b. _____________ – Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac2. _________________________a. new music b. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, ______________________

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IX. Other Side of the ________________________A. Urban Poor1. _________________________________a. whites left cities for _________________b. ___________________ continued to Northern citiesc. cities lost jobs=>lost tax $ - less services2. poor couldn’t afford suburbs or weren’t welcomea. _____________ segregation – by custom, traditionb. _____________ segregation – by law

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1960’sI. The _____________________A. Election of 19601. Kennedy (D) defeated Nixon (R) a. JFK was first _______________ president i. some afraid of Pope/Catholic Church in _________________b. big issue – national defense; _________________________ c. first _________________ debate i. image matters nowc. “Ask not what your ___________ can do for you, ask what you can do for your _________________.”

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B. Kennedy – ___________1. ________________ Invasiona. Communist revolution in _______ – Fidel Castrob. supported by _________c. US (_______) planned a secret __________ of Cuba using Cuban exilesd. JFK ok’ed plan – was a _________________

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2. Cuban ______________________a. _________ put nuclear missiles in ___________b. WWIII?c. US put up ___________ to stop Soviet ships going to Cubad. ___________ backed down(“We were eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.”)

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3. _____________ Crisisa. steady flow of people from _______ Berlin to ___________ Berlinb. embarrassment for ___________c. started building barrier along border=> __________________

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C. The _______________1. JFK’s ______________ policies2. __________________a. volunteer program to work in poor countries

1960’s3. ______________________a. ________ – first to put man into spaceb. JFK announced plan to put man on the ________ by the end of the decadec. more $ for ______________d. ___________________ – first American in spacee. ___________________ – first American to orbit Earthf. ____________________ – first man to walk on the moon

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D. End of Camelot1. 1963- JFK _________________ in Dallas by Lee Harvey OswaldII. Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)A. The _________________________________1. domestic programs to build on _____________________2. War on ______________________________a. Head Start – preschool programsb. ___________________________ – health insurance for ___________________________3.___________________ programs (gov’t benefits) became biggest part of gov’t ____________________________

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III. Legal ReformsA. ____________________ Cases (Chief Justice Earl Warren)1. _____________________a. evidence found illegally can’t be used in court (_________________________)2. ______________________a. right of accused to have ______________ provided3. ______________________a. suspects must be read their __________B. ______________________1. poll tax unconstitutional