Unit 9: 1950s and 60s
Trigger Words:
http://www.studyblue.com/#flashcard/view/6697844
Timeline:
http://www.capzles.com/98b8e29a-45d9-43bf-9fd8-96c5a76a8fc2
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSNIImIPS9c&feature=gv#docid=2949700052807785459
This is a video of "Burt the Turtle" shown to young children during the infancy of the Cold War. All people were scared of Russia's newly acquired skill of atomic bombing. So the video demonstrates the government approved method of handling an atomic bombing that would happen if kids were in school. The video is supposed to relate to school kids, so they won't be afraid, but simple careful during a bombing. The significance of this is that people during this time period were scared. They needed a silly video of a turtle so they could have security and feel safe with sending there kids to school even if there is a threat of a possible bombing. People during this era were terrified of the "Big Bear" (Russia) and they needed a sense of safety so the government provides security for its people. Tyler Fernandez http://www.coldwar.org/museum/background.asp
This document is a museum of the 1940s through the 1990s. It was founded by Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and John C. Welch in 1996 to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War Veterans. Currently, a mobile exhibit of historical artifacts associated with the U-2 Incident of May 1960 is traveling around the world promoting interest in the creation of a permanent Cold War Museum facility. The significance of this primary source is apparent to viewers--anyone who visits the exhibit can relive the monumental events following the Cold War. The musuem will exhibit artifacts and memorabilia associated with various Cold War related events and activities such as Winston Churchill’s Fulton, Missouri speech; the Marshall Plan; the Berlin Air Lift; the building of the Berlin Wall; the Korean War; the U-2 Incident; the Bay of Pigs; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War. Emily Vo |
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=74
This document is the executive order that gave permission to the military to take away the rights of the Japanese during WWII. It stated that if the security of the country was threatened, then measurements could be taken to protect the security of America. As a result of this executive order, many people with even a slight amount of Japanese ancestry were sent to internment camps and had their properties sold off. The significance of this order is that it marked an important instance where a group of people were detained to protect the future of the country. This order undermined the Constitution because it did not give them an opportunity to prove their innocence, but sent them to the camps by force. It also shows that in times of war, some laws and constitutional rights may be taken away as the government sees fit. In this web link it talks about LBJ's War on Poverty. It talks about his goal in aiming for a better society and economy hence his term the Great Society. This document basically summarizes the effects of his purpose and how it effected the Vietnam War as well. It also talks about how the Great Society led to hope and then the Great Recession went to a down fall taking its place.
The significance of this primary source is that it analyzes the major factors of the War on Poverty and all of LBJ's policies and beliefs. It was to make a notice that the Great Recession is starting and the government is struggle to fix the problem of the poor people. Cathy L |