Friday, March 7Objective:• We will analyze and trace

the origins, evolution, and end of the Cold War.

• We will evaluate the rationale for and the effect of United States communist containment policies in Korea and Vietnam on domestic politics

Agenda:• Warm Up• New Groups• Coming Home• 1950s Culture• What did you learn

Warm UpPink Desk- Collect MaterialsYellow Desk- RecorderOrange Desk- Clean UpGreen Desk- Gather Handouts

Washington Capitals Carolina HurricanesNJ Devils NY RangersNY Islanders Buffalo SabersTampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple LeavesChicago Blackhawks Detroit Red WingsVancouver Canucks Montreal CanadiansPhiladelphia Flyers Winnipeg JetsColumbus Blue Jackets Nashville PredatorsLA Kings Dallas StarsSt. Louis Blues Anaheim Mighty DucksColorado Avalanche Pittsburgh PenguinsOttawa Senators Florida PanthersMinnesota Wild Calgary FlamesPhoenix Coyotes San Jose SharksBoston Bruins Edmonton Oilers

Warm UpPink Desk- Collect MaterialsYellow Desk- RecorderOrange Desk- Clean UpGreen Desk- Gather Handouts

1. What was the Allied response to the Berlin Blockade?

2. What foreign policy objective did the Allies use in the Berlin Airlift?

3. What four countries was the US successful in “containing” Communism?

4. What happened to all the women who had jobs during WWII?

Coming Home• Although the Cold War

tensions were high in Berlin, Germany and Europe, back home in the US, many Americans we happy to home/alive after WWII.

• We start to see a change in American culture, social culture and the overall outlook on life from 1945-1950.

Conformity

• Trying to fit in or be similar to the people who surround you.• Copying someone

you see on TV is conformists.

Materialism• Being more

interested in having or buying “stuff” or materials than in other things like being with friends, enjoying nature, thinking, drawing, reading, making music…

Coming Home• With many Americans

unable to buy much of anything during the Great Depression and World War II, Americans went on a major shopping spree once the war was over.

• This was called Pent-up Demand.

• Americans started to buy cars, clothes, necessities and other luxuries.

Coming Home• For soldiers that served in

WWII, options concerning their future became available and attractive to many young men.

• The GI Bill:– Passed in 1944– Gave soldiers options for

affordable loans for college or a home.

– Created an educated workforce.

– Helped the economy grow.

Coming Home• Interstate Highway Act:– 1956 law paying for 40,000

miles of new highways.– Highways connect coast to

coast.– Allows the creation of Suburbs-

residential neighborhoods outside major cities (ex. Silver Spring, Wheaton, Olney).

– The creation of suburbs leads to the White Migration- white families move out of cities to residential neighborhoods.

– Great boost to automobile industry.

Coming Home• Once all the men cam

back from WWII, they wanted all their jobs back. Women and other minorities were once again left without jobs.

• Women turned from rough and tough factory workers, to pretty, clean, and docile housewives. – Their main focus was to

make the man of the house happy.

What Did You Learn In School?

1. .