CA Social Science Standard :
11.8 : Students analyze the economic boom & social transformation of post- World War ll America
11.9 : Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War ll.
Examples :
~ The Marshall Plan seeks to aid Europe to rebuild, & stop communism .The Second Red Scare occurs in The United States.
~ Truman wins his re-election.
~Communist North Korea invades South Korea, which after World War ll ends up dividing Korea.
~Stalin's broken promises about holding free elections in Eastern European nations.
~President Roosevelt signing the GI Bill to help out veterans.
~ Truman wins his re-election.
~Communist North Korea invades South Korea, which after World War ll ends up dividing Korea.
~Stalin's broken promises about holding free elections in Eastern European nations.
~President Roosevelt signing the GI Bill to help out veterans.
Summary :
The Cold War was one of many historical wars that will be unforgettable. After WW ll the American economy worried that there would be no need for factories to produce any war materials & most of the men & women in the armed force would be returning to civilian life. With this president Roosevelt signed the GI Bill, this bill helped many veterans by providing money for them to have an education, helped them get a job, & mos importantly it gave them loans to buy homes, farms , or businesses.After the world ended people had money to spend on anything so many people started having kids which in this time it was called baby boom. Many allies agreed that Korea should be free after the war but they ended up dividing the peninsula in half at the 38th parallel.During the war Kennedy became the president & wanted to to improve the nation with his New Frontier plans, to change the country.After Kennedy was assassinated , Johnson became president & tried to still do what Kennedy wanted to be do before so he pushed congress into passing Medicare.
Original Thought :
The Cold War was a very important event that ha changed the history of today because now thanks to Kennedy & Johnson we now have Medical that helps the elderly & other people who need it. With Kennedy's ideas the new frontier was able to occur & change the nation. I think its incredible how due to the war people still thought it was okay to have so many babies & then end up just leaving them. Its great how veterans had the GI Bill to help them out when they were off the war. When the fighting finally ended in Korea i found out that over 36.000 Americans soldiers had died, & almost 60,000 UN troops from other countries had also died & as many as 3 million Korean civilians were killed or either injured.
This propaganda reminds me of the Cold War because when i was a freshman i read this book "Animal Farm" & it talked about how the pig would always have greater power than the other animals & he would always be changing the rules & lie about it just like Stalin did with everyone else.
Links :
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/start-cold-war.htm
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/coldwar1.htm
_http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war