Name: Date: Period:

Circle the 2 Correct Synonyms for Each Word Complete the sentences using the terms below. Prosperity

Wealth Fame Success Respect

Standard of Living

Comfort Expectations Lifestyle

Consumerism

Spending Trading Position Shopping

The growth of the suburbs could be used as evidence of an improvement in the .

The baby boom was a result of and a contributor to as the large baby boomer population contributed to the economy.

After a nearly 15 years of economic recession and war rationing, post war prosperity led to higher than average rates of .

Levittown-

EffectsSuburban Growth

Explain-Causes Illustrate the RegionColor the “sunbelt” locatons yellow

Rise of the SunbeltDefineCauses

Chapter 26: Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1952

Label the PersonRoosevelt Truman Roosevelt Truman

President Vice President President Vice PresidentRepublican Democrat Republican Democrat

Instructions: Read the section titles “Postwar Politics” and describe what you think were some of the top political issues of the late 1940’s (the ones listed are required, you may choose the rest)

The Election of 1948

ResultsWinner:

◻ Democrat

◻ Republican

Select the Policies He Supported

◻ Aggressive Foreign Policy ◻ Health Insurance

◻ Civil Rights ◻ Increased Minimum Wage

◻ The New Deal ◻ Unions

to 1945Postwar Cooperation & the UN

U.S. Soviet RelationsThe Bolshevik Revolution & Allies in WWII The First Red Scare

Explain how this illustrates continuity (similarities/sameness) over time:

Why is it important? (Circle one & explain)It led toIt represented It changed

What Happened?

Why is it important? (Circle one & explain)It led toIt represented It changed

What Happened?

Why is it important? (Circle one & explain)It led toIt represented It changed

What Happened?Passage of the 22nd

Amendment

Why is it important? (Circle one & explain)It led toIt represented It changed

What Happened?Civil Rights & the US Military

What Happened?

Together with , , and , the United States and the Soviet Union helped to found the

With the purpose of...

Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia all... (because...)

Color tthe communistt counttries RED & democrattic BLUE. Outtline tthe boundary bettween tthem (“Iron Curttain”) BLACK.At the end of the war, the country of

Germany

. The U.S. and Soviet Union disagreed on...

Where & how did the US/ Soviet relationship begin to fracture?

1.

2.

3.

4.

The Iron Curttain -

Histtorical Perspecttives: Who Started the Cold War? (page 572)

Read the section & match the answers of each question to the perspective it best fits.

The Traditional Perspective (T) The Revisionist Perspective (R)John Gladdis’s Perspective (G)

They believe the Cold War started because... Truman’s role was...

Aggressive Soviet behavior and takeovers in Inciting conflict through power plays Europe

The U.S. provoked the Soviet Union by To protect democracy by blocking the Soviet instituting an arms race and vying for more expansion of powertrade power The successful prevention of nuclear

The failure to resolve matters using diplomacy destruction

Overall, the Cold War was the fault of: Which do you most agree with? Why?

The Soviet Union

Unilateral thinking

President Truman

U.S. Soviet Relations to 1945

When:

Truman Doctrine Marshall PlanWhen: Developed by:

The Doctrine was intended to help the countries of...

&

In order to...

U.S. help came in the form of...

It was intended to help all of the countries in...

By providing

In order to...

Effects

Berlin AirliftDate:

The Soviet Union

which caused U.S president Harry Truman to

. This continued for

until the Soviet Union

. Ultimately, the Berlin Airlift resulted in...

Evaluating U.S Policy

How did these events contribute to the

Cold War?

NATO and National Security

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The Soviet Union formed ....

National Security Agencies

Atomic Weapons

Reconst- ruction of Japan

Japanese reconstruction was overseen by

What

Happened?

Effects The U.S. and Japan become very closely tied, and eventually allies

What happened? How did the US try to prevent China’s fall to

China’s Communism?

Descentinto

Communism

Dates:

Countries & Groups Involved

Causes of Conflict

Truman vs. MacArthur Armistice & Political Consequences

Label Japan, China, N. Korea, S. Korea, & the 38th Parallel on the map

Effect

s of the C

old War on

the

Homef

ront

The Second Red ScareThe Red Scare was a (noun) located in (location)

during (time frame) . It occurred because

.

Security and Civil RightsLoyalty Review Board Smith Act International Security Act

In what ways is the U.S. response to the communists similar to the U.S. response to international terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda & ISIS?

**House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC): The Hollywood 10 (choose: refused, agreed) to testify, and as a result...

Cultural Impact:

Espionage (Spy) CasesAlger Hiss Case: Rosenberg Case:

Joseph McCarthy

**Very Important**

McCarthy’sTactics & Hearings