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Civil Rights and the Cold War: 1946-1991
A Changing World
The Cold War Begins:
A War of Ideology
Churchill,
Truman, and
Stalin at the
Potsdam
Conference, July
1945
Satellite Nations
The Cold War Begins
Iron Curtain
Political cartoon depicting Stalin and his satellite nations
Churchill coined the term “Iron Curtain” and is depicted
below
Containment Theory
Truman Doctrine
US Foreign Policy Response
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?
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Q1. What was the containment theory and why was it necessary?
NATO, Warsaw Pact, 1949
Communism Spreads
Mao Zedong was the leader of communist China from 1943 to
1976
Communism Spreads: War with North Korea
The border between North and South was at the 38th parallel before the war, and
remained there afterwards
Civil Rights Movement
Jackie Robinson of the
Brooklyn Dodgers
Protesting the Little Rock Nine
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her bus
seat to a white man
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Q2. Give an example of how desegregation led to violence.
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 was the clear winner.
Kennedy Giving His Inaugural Speech
The Cold War Heats Up: Berlin Wall
Left: Berlin Wall
in front of the
Brandenburg
Gate in Berlin,
Germany
Bay of Pigs
Cold War Heats Up: JFK vs. Castro
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
Civil Rights Movement Continues
Freedom Riders
1963 March on Washington
Peaceful Protests Not the Only Way
Civil Rights Movement Continues
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.
Civil Rights Movement Continues
JFK Assassination
LBJ signs Civil
Rights Act of
1964
Civil Rights Movement Continues
Cesar Chavez and
the United Farm
Workers
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Q3. How were the ideologies of MLK and Malcolm X different?
The Cold War Space Race
Sputnik
NASA
A Tumulus Year: 1968
Dr. King and Robert Kennedy
Vietnam War and protests
Nixon wins the Presidency
The Space Program
Years of Hope?
Vietnam Ends
Neil Armstrong was the first man on the Moon, July 16,
1969. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind.”
Left: Singer and songwriter John Lennon
Below: Gravesites of Vietnam Vets
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Q4. Give 3 reasons why 1968 was a very tumultuous year.
Policy of Détente
Changes in American Foreign Policy
Scandal in the Presidency
Nixon was the first President to visit the Soviet Union since the iron curtain fell; pictured
here with Brezhnev
Ford is the only president to never be elected to the Vice-Presidency nor Presidency
Cold War Ends
Conservative
Agenda
Reagan Revolution
“Mr. Gorbachev,
tear down this
wall!”
Cold War Ends: Communism Falls in Europe
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Q5. What was the “Reagan Revolution”?
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