the age of anxiety

THE AGE OF

ANXIETYObjectives…

•Explain why the Cold War was an “age of anxiety.”

•Describe how American society reacts to the “age of anxiety.”

1) What fears were associated

with the Cold War?

Secretary of

State Dean Acheson

1949-1953

Advocates: “a permanent alert”

against Communism

National Fertility Rate 1940 - 2,559,000 births per year 1946 - 3,311,000 births per year 1955 - 4,097,000 births per year 1957 - 4,300,000 births per year

What is this period in history called?

The Baby –Boom

Era

The Two-Income Family2) What uneasiness did the development of the two-

income family create?

Religion & Education

3) How did organized religion & education institutions respond to the Cold War

uneasiness and fears of communism?

The Reverend

Billy Graham

Bomb Shelters…

Duck and Cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXHW8RAoGs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW4s7TETtJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

Government propaganda film on civil defense…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQswEHV5hE

The Congressional Bunker

in Greenbrier, WV

The Greenbrier Intro (2 ½ min)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZLBqLKsMU