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Explore significant radio clips from Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Identify speakers, dates, contexts, and analyze their impact on the bigger picture of history. Delve into post-WWII themes like the Cold War, power struggles, and Europe's recovery efforts. Gain visual insights into American and world history's interconnected post-war challenges.
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Primary Sources: Radio Clips 1) Listen to each audio clip carefully 2) Identify the speaker, the date (year), the situation 3) How does what the speaker’s saying fit into the bigger picture? Clip 1. Neville Chamberlain (September 3, 1938) Clip 2. Neville Chamberlain (September 3, 1939) Clip 3. Winston Churchill (May 19, 1940) Clip 4. Franklin Roosevelt (December 8, 1941) Clip 5. Harry Truman (August 6, 1945)
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Cold War (1945-1960) 1) What is meant by the term “Cold War”? 2) What were the main issues dividing the major powers immediately after WWII? 3) In what ways did Europe recover from the war and deal with post-war problems (political, economic, social, intellectual, etc.)? Visualized American History (1952)
Visualized American History (1952) 1) Pick ONE of the post-war problems above & explain it. 2) Explain how the problem you chose is connected to one of the others.