Early Cold War and the 1950S

Unit 8 Early Cold War and the 1950s Chapters 18 and 19

Word List United Nations Satellite Nations Containment Iron Curtain Cold War Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift NATO 38th Parallel Korean War HUAC Hollywood Ten Blacklist Alger Hiss The Rosenberg’s McCarthyism H-bomb GI Bill of Rights

Learning Goals: Proficient students will be able to:  Summarize the steps taken to contain Soviet Influence  Explain how communists came to power in China and how the U.S. reacted  Explain why there was tension between the United States and the Soviet Union in the years after WWII  Discuss the causes and outcomes of the Korean War  Describe the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate alleged Communist influence in the U.S.  Describe how the Cold War affected life in the United States  Describe the suburban lifestyle of the 1950s  Identify social and economic problems Americans faced after WWII  Explain how television programs in the 1950s reflected middle class values  Explain how the beat movement and rock ‘n’ roll clashed with middle class values. Unit 8 Main Ideas:  The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from WWII as two “superpowers” with vastly different political and economic systems  After WWII, China became a communist nation and Korea was split into a communist north and a democratic south.  During the late 1940s and early 1950s, fear of communism led to reckless charges against innocent citizens.  During the 1950s, The United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war  The Truman and Eisenhower administration led the nation to make social, economic, and political adjustments following WWII.  During the 1950s, the economy boomed, and many Americans enjoyed material comfort  Mainstream Americans, as well as the nation’s sub cultures, embraced new forms of entertainment during the 1950s.  Amidst the prosperity of the 1950s, millions of Americans lived in poverty.