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The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952. Chapter 26. The Post-War Political Setting, 1945-1946. Demobilizing the armed forces Readjusting to c ivilian life Women in the workforce The effects of the GI Bill. The Economic Boom Begins. The Post War Slump Industrial Rivals

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The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952

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  1. The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952 Chapter 26

  2. The Post-War Political Setting, 1945-1946 • Demobilizing the armed forces • Readjusting to civilian life • Women in the workforce • The effects of the GI Bill

  3. The Economic Boom Begins • The Post War Slump • Industrial Rivals • The International Monetary Fund • The World Bank • New Industries • Consumer Spending

  4. Truman’s Domestic Policies • The Office of Price Administration • The United Mine Workers • The Red Scare and American Culture

  5. Anticommunism and Containment (1946-1952) • Poland • Stalin’s Buffer Zone • The Soviet Red Army • Soviet Satellite Nations • Economic Relations with Eastern Europe

  6. Containment (1946) • time to “get tough with the Russians” • George Kennan • The “Long Telegram” (February 1946) • containing communism

  7. The Iron Curtain Descends (1946) • March 1946 • Winston Churchill • The “Iron Curtain” Speech

  8. Containing Communism • Greece and Turkey • France and Italy • The Truman Doctrine (March 1947) • The National Security Act (1947) • The Marshall Plan (1947)

  9. Confrontation in Germany • Hungary and Czechoslovakia • West Germany and West Berlin • The Berlin Blockade (June 1948) • The Berlin Airlift

  10. Confrontation in Germany • The German Federal Republic (West Germany) • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) • German Democratic Republic (East Germany) • Soviet Development of the atomic bomb • The Warsaw Pact (not until 1955)

  11. The Cold War in Asia • Mao Zedong • Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) • the fall of China to communism (1949)

  12. The Korean War • Japanese Rule of Korea • The Division of Korea (The 38th Parallel) • The Republic of Korea (South Korea) • The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

  13. The Korean War • June 24, 1950 • Truman’s Reaction • The Soviet Reaction • “police action” • Douglas MacArthur

  14. The Korean War • Pusan • Inchon • “rollback” • The Yalu River • Mao’s Reaction

  15. The Korean War • Spring 1951 • MacArthur’s Dismissal • U.S. public opinion on Korea • Limited warfare • Results of the Korean War

  16. Truman and Civil Rights • Jackie Robinson • Truman attempts Civil Rights legislation • The “Solid South” • Dixiecrats • Strom Thurmond • Henry Wallace

  17. The Election of 1948 • Thomas Dewey • Truman’s Campaign • Election Results

  18. The Fair Deal • Truman’s Fair Deal • Civil Rights Legislation • National Health Care • Minimum Wage • Social Security Benefits • Low Income Housing Projects

  19. Anticommunism • Truman’s Federal Employee Loyalty Program (1947) • The Anticommunist Crusade • J. Edgar Hoover • Red Propaganda • Music, comic strips, entertainment

  20. HUAC • The House Un-American Activities Committee • HUAC versus Hollywood • The Hollywood Ten • Blacklisting

  21. Anticommunism • Whittaker Chambers • Alger Hiss • Richard Nixon • “The Pumpkin Papers” • Results of the Trial

  22. Anticommunism • Klaus Fuchs • Harry Gold • David Greenglass • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • The Venona Intercepts (1990s)

  23. McCarthyism • Joseph McCarthy • “soft on communism” • “card carry communists” • False Accusations • McCarthyism

  24. The 1952 Election • The Korean War • Adlai Stevenson • Dwight Eisenhower • Richard Nixon • Election Results

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