Apush Reading Guide
Chapter 37:
36 “The Cold War Begins”
Essential Questions
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What concerned Americans about the economy directly after the war?
What was the significance of the GI Bill?
What accounted for the incredible prosperity of post-war America?
What changes were happening during this time socially?
What temperament or habits of mind did Truman bring to the presidency?
How did the Yalta Conference reveal the complexities of an alliance with Stalin?
In what ways did the U.S. take political and economic leadership during the Cold War?
How did the Cold War precipitate a climate of conformity in the United States?
Who was right, Truman or MacArthur?
Important Dates
February, 1945
May 14, 1948
May, 1949
1950-1953
1952
Terms
Taft-Hartley Act
Employment Act
GI Bill of Rights
Permanent war economy
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Levittown
“White Flight”
“Baby Boom”
Harry S Truman
Yalta
Intern. Monetary Fund
World Bank
United Nations
Nuremberg Trials
Berlin Airlift
Containment
George F. Kenan
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
National Security Act
NATO
Dean Acheson
Smith Act
HUAC
Richard Nixon
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
McCarran Internal Security Bill
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Dixiecrats
Strom Thurmond
“Fair Deal”
NSC-68
Korea
38th Parallel