After WW II the U. S. entered it's greatest period of affluence.

The United States emerged from WWII as the most powerful and prosperous country in the world.

      1. G. I.'s (infantry soldiers) came home started families,
    2.  Factories turned to producing domestic
         products.  From wartime to peacetime products (give examples)
    3.  birthrate soared,  AKA baby boom  a child born aka baby boomers
    4.  Parents worked hard as the U.S. became
               the most productive nation in the world.
    5.  People attended church
    6.  Strong families, little crime

Read p 591   How did WW II end the Great Depression?

        After the war, many Americans were ready to purchase new homes, cars, clothing, and other goods that were denied them during the Depression.  These consumers stimulated the economy and produced an economic boom.

    What is inflation?  the erosion of the value of money.  In other words it takes more money to buy products

    
   
   22nd Amendment  limited the Presidential tenure to 10 years.

    Why ?  Republicans were tired of 16 years of Roosevelt and Truman and sought a way to win back the Presidency.

    Election of 1948  Truman defeated Dewey.
    /

    Fair Deal was Truman's continuation of Roosevelt's New Deal.  What were the last 5 president's campaign slogans?

Espionage (spying on other nations and governments)

    Alger Hiss  was a Soviet spy who passed American secrets to the Communists.

Julius&Ethel Rosenberg   were convicted of leaking vital atomic bomb secrets to the Russian.   Judge Kaufman said it was the greatest crime committed against the free world.

Watch Rosenbergs 3min video: Questions: Name the British physicists that gave the Soviets atomic secrets.  Klaus Fuchs What were the Rosenbergs charged with? Giving the Russians the sketches of the inner workings of the atomic bomb After the guilty verdict why do some Americans accuse the US government of anti semitism? Rosenbergs were Jews What message was the US government sending? don't betray your country

So now the Russians have the Atomic Bomb. 
            The cold war is in full swing.

    Red Scare-  Communist have infiltrated the
                         state department

Watch Justice Black & Red Scare 3.5 min video: Questions: How did Justice Black see the constitution?  as the "holy word of the framers" What did the Smith Act make illegal? to advocate the violent overthrow of the government Why did Justice Black dissent in the Communist leaders trial? he wanted to uphold the most important 1st Amendment freedom of speech  The same thing happens after 9-11, President Bush was given liberty, via the Patriot Act, to tap phones/emails of suspected terrorists.  Nobody complained, then 5 years later after the fervor subsided Bush is accused of tampering in peoples's private lives.

    Joseph McCarthy was a Senator from Wisconsin
   who went on an anti -Communist "witch"  hunt.  Audio clips

"At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

    Read p 594  How did television influence the McCarthy
    hearings?  His sarcastic manner and careless handling of facts did not give him a good public image.

        How did television influence  the election of 1960? p 617

   Kennedy's good looks, polish, and charisma won the television audience.

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Lesson Objectives Students will learn OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1. list 2. explain the difference between 3. describe the 4. chart on a map the 5. define the terms 6. Explain the significance of Knowledge: Recall of data. Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words. Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace. Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences.  Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.