Pump-Up

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Pump-Up

• What do you believe will be the effects of WWII
  on America?
• What do you believe will become our new enemy?

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Postwar America
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Todays Vocabulary

• Baby Boomers
• The large population born between 1945 and 1961
  are known as this generation.
• McCarthyism
• The 2nd Red Scare witch hunt for communist
  within America.

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Return to Peacetime

• The GI Bill helped veterans make a smooth entry
  into civilian life.
• Provided money for college and to buy homes.
• B/c of a booming economy, Americans also began
  having large families.
• Baby boomers- a child was born every 7 seconds.

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Fair Deal

• Harry Truman won the Election of 1948.
• Fair Deal
• Raised minimum wage.
• Increased social security benefits.
• National Housing Act for low income housing.
• Ended segregation in the armed forces.
• Congress would not pass national health insurance.

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Second Red Scare

• China became communist and learned that the
  Soviet Union possessed an atomic bomb.
• Loyalty review program screened all federal
  employees.
• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
• Investigated radical groups.
• Investigated the Hollywood Ten and found 10
  guilty.
• Those who refused to answer questions were placed
  on a blacklist.
• A list from which all Hollywood employers refused
  to hire.

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Spy Cases

• Alger Hiss was charged with plotting to overthrow
  the govt.
• Sentenced to prison.
• Klaus Fuchs was charged with giving atomic
  secrets to the Soviets.
• Sentenced to prison.
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with
  giving atomic secrets to the Soviets.
• Convicted and executed.

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Stop!

• Based on what we have already talked about in
  class and on your hand out, write a paragraph to
  explain why America was afraid of Communism after
  WWII. Predict what the fear of Communism may lead
  America to do.

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McCarthyism

• Senator Joseph McCarthy said there were 205 known
  Communists working for the govt.
• Made up charges without any evidence.
• Investigated the govt, university professors,
  labor unions, private businesses, and even fellow
  Republicans.
• Thousands of people were fired.
• McCarthys downfall
• Televised public hearings of the U.S. Army.

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STOP!

• Based on what we have already talked about in
  class and on your hand out, write a paragraph to
  explain what results McCarthyism had on America.
  Predict how Americans will view Communism after
  the McCarthy witch hunts.

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Election of 1952

• Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)
  becomes president.
• Promised to end the Korean War.
• 22nd Amendment
• President can serve a maximum of 10 years.
• Conservative president except for extending
  social security benefits and raising the minimum
  wage.

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Growth of Suburbia

• Federal Highway Act
• Adds 40,000 miles of interstate.
• Americans buy 2nd family car.
• Sunbelt
• People settled in warmer southern and western
  portions of the U.S.
• Levittown
• Suburbs.
• Affordable.

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American Abundance

• Average American income triples.
• Many white-collar jobs.
• Franchises develop.
• After WWII, millions bought televisions.
• Impacted politics and advertising.
• Color T.V. in 1960s.
• UNIVACUniversal Automatic Computer
• 1st computer weighed 30,000 pounds.

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Medical Advancements

• Vaccines created for
• Polio
• Tuberculosis
• Heart patients benefited from
• CPR
• Pacemakers
• Cancer patients benefited from
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation

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Honors Homework

• Write a one page paper and decide whether or not
  was Senator McCarthy a power-hungry politician
  who deliberately misled and manipulated people,
  or was he a product of the time, working like
  other officials to defend the American people
  against the threat of communism. Support you
  beliefs with at least two facts that we learned
  in class from the 1950s and 1960s.

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Reflection

• Explain how America returns to normal after
  WWII and the effects of the 2nd Red Scare.