| American/U.S. History |
| Section 15: Containment and Consensus |
| REVIEW POSTWAR EVENTS |
| EMERGING POWER RELATIONSHIPS |
| HANDOUTS |
| Reading with Questions - "Cold War Aims" |
| Reading with Questions - "Harry Truman's Leadership" |
| HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Containment and Consensus" |
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| MAPS and PICTURES |
| POWERPOINTS |
| VIDEO LINKS |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| EISENHOWER FOREIGN POLICIES |
| END OF THE KOREAN WAR - JOHN FOSTER DULLES, DOMINO THEORY, AND MASSIVE RETALIATION - H-BOMB - SUMMITS AND U-2s - ESTABLISHMENT OF SEATO - CONTROVERSY: ASWAN DAM AND SUEZ CANAL - POLISH AND HUNGARIAN UPRISINGS - EISENHOWER DOCTRINE - SPUTNIK: INITIATING THE SPACE RACE |
| HANDOUTS |
| Reading with Questions - "Eisenhower and the Cold War" |
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| MAPS and PICTURES |
| POWERPOINTS |
| VIDEO LINKS |
| VIDEO LINK: "Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander-in-Chief" - 44:27 in length - Courtesy of Biography Channel and Hulu |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| WEBSITE LINK: N.A.S.A. |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| DOMESTIC POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES |
| EISENHOWER PEACE - CIVIL RIGHTS |
| HANDOUTS |
| Reading with Questions - "The Fair Deal" |
| Reading with Questions - "Eisenhower's Approach" |
| Reading with Questions - "Origins of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| Reading with Questions - "Desegregation" |
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| MAPS and PICTURES |
| POWERPOINTS |
| VIDEO LINKS |
| VIDEO LINK: "Atomic Cafe" (1982) - 1:25 in length - Riveting (and humorous) documentary on American domestic issues during the Cold War - Created entirely from archival footage - Courtesy of Hulu |
| VIDEO LINK: "Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All" - 44:27 in length - Courtesy of Biography Channel and Hulu |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| THE PEOPLE |
| PROSPERITY AND CONSERVATISM - MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION |
| HANDOUTS |
| Reading with Questions - "The Culture of the 1950s" |
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| MAPS and PICTURES |
| POWERPOINTS |
| VIDEO LINKS |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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