1. Civil Rights and the Cold War: 1946-1991

2. The Cold War
Begins:
A War of Ideology
Churchill, Truman, a
nd Stalin at the
Potsdam
Conference, July 1945

3. Satellite Nations Iron Curtain
Churchill coined the term “Iron
Curtain” and is depicted below
Political cartoon depicting Stalin and
his satellite nations

4. US Foreign
Policy Response
Containment Theory
Truman Doctrine
Above: The Chicago Tribune
went to press to early and
predicted wrongly that
Dewey would defeat
Truman in 1948
Left: Truman Doctrine
political cartoon. Can you
find all the symbolism?

5. Q1. What was the containment theory and why was it
necessary?
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6. Mao Zedong was the leader
of communist China from
1943 to 1976
NATO, Warsaw Pact, 1949

7. The border between North and South was at the
38th parallel before the war, and remained there
afterwards

8. Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to
give up her bus seat to a white man

9. Q2. Give an example of how
desegregation led to violence.
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10. The Cold War
Heats Up
Kennedy Becomes
President in the
Election of 1960
The election of 1960 saw the
first ever televised debates.
According to the American
public that watched the
television, JFK was the clear
winner; for those who
listened on the radio, Nixon
Kennedy Giving His Inaugural Speech was the clear winner.

11. The Cold War
Heats Up:
Berlin Wall
Left: Berlin Wall in
front of the
Brandenburg Gate in
Berlin, Germany

12. Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis
The failed invasion was an embarrassment to
JFK’s administration and led Castro to believe the
US would attempt another take over of the island

14. Peaceful Protests Not the Only Way
Malcolm X had a different ideology than Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. His ideology was to
take power by force and reclaiming pride and
masculinity.

15. Civil Rights
Movement
Continues
JFK Assassination
LBJ signs Civil Rights
Act of 1964

16. Civil Rights
Movement
Continues
Cesar Chavez and the
United Farm
Workers

17. Q3. How were the ideologies of MLK
and Malcolm X different?
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18. The Cold War
Space Race
Sputnik
NASA

19. Vietnam
War and
protests
Nixon wins the Presidency

20. The Space Program Vietnam Ends
Left: Singer
and
songwriter
John Lennon
Below:
Gravesites of
Vietnam Vets
Neil Armstrong was the first man
on the Moon, July 16, 1969. “That’s
one small step for man, one giant
leap for mankind.”

21. Q4. Give 3 reasons why 1968 was
a very tumultuous year.
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22. Policy of Détente Scandal in the Presidency
Ford is the only
president to never
be elected to the
Vice-Presidency
nor Presidency
Nixon was the first President to visit
the Soviet Union since the iron
curtain fell; pictured here with
Brezhnev

23. Cold War Ends
Conservative Agenda
Reagan Revolution
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall!”

25. Q5. What was the “Reagan Revolution”?
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26.  Slide 2  Slide 8
 hdg.de  californiahistorian.com
 Slide 3  changethewind.org
 ibhistorytopics.com  rosaparksfacts.com
 johndclare.net  http://www.prlog.org
 Slide 4  Slide 10
 sjsapush.com  dailycasserole.com
 onlineorganizing.com  Slide 11
 Slide 6  faqs.org
 gstoddard.blogspot.com  Slide 12
 strittprojects.wikispaces.com  thoughtsoninternetmarketing.com
 magazeta.com  ibrary.thinkquest.org
 Slide 7  ibloga.blogspot.com
 onemillionlyrics.com  johndclare.net
 en.wikipedia.org  Slide 13
 blackpast.org
 mdah.state.ms.us
 brainz.org

27.  Slide 14  Slide 19 contd. . .
 blackpast.org  filebox.vt.edu
 hiphopwired.com  american-studies-uea.blogspot.com
 zul.lakesideschool.org  americanradioworks.publicradio.org
 Slide 15  Slide 20
 crimemagazine.com  tierraunica.com
 houstonist.com  batdathotel.com
 cnn.com  Slide 22
 Slide 16  dipity.com
 imahero.com  coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com
 amongthetortillas.com  xtimeline.com
 Slide 18  Slide 23
 psephology.edu.glogster.com  spiritclips.com
 johnbatchelorshow.com  Slide 24
 Slide 19  evropskemesto.cz
 robertfkennedy.net  hekidswindow.co.uk
 althistory.wikia.com  usernetsite.com
 boomerslife.org

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