| Postwar America |
| PRINTABLE HANDOUTS |
| Causes and Effects |
| Causes and Effects - "The Cold War" - Short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| Causes and Effects - "The Korean War" - Short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| Causes and Effects - "Cuban Missile Crisis" - Short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| DBQs: Document-Based Questions |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "The Cold War: The Truman Doctrine of 1947" |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "The Cold War: The 'Chance for Peace' Address of 1953" |
| Reading with Questions |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Consensus and Change" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Cold War Aims" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Harry Truman's Leadership" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Origins of the Cold War" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Containment" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Cold War in Asia and the Middle East" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Eisenhower and the Cold War" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Cold War at Home" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Postwar Economy: 1945-1960" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Fair Deal" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Eisenhower's Approach" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "The Culture of the 1950s" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Origins of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| Printable Reading with Questions - "Desegregation" |
| T-Charts |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Cold War" |
| Word Search Puzzles |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Peace with Problems" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Most Popular Baby Names of 1940" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Most Popular Baby Names of 1950" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Most Popular Baby Names of 1960" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Containment and Consensus" |
| Writing Exercises |
| Postwar Domestic Issues - Essay Questions Printable |
| Postwar Foreign Policy - Essay Questions Printable |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| GAMES & TEST PREP |
| Click here for our large inventory of American History test-prep review games and practice tests. |
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| MAPS & PICTURES |
| Click here to view our History galleries. |
| Click here to see our Geography materials. |
| POWERPOINTS |
| WEBSITE LINKS |
| The Pledge of Allegiance (1954) |
| Interesting Outside Look at McCarthyism from a British Educational Website |
| Official White House Biography of Harry S. Truman |
| Official White House Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Dwight Eisenhower Virtual Museum Exhibit (National Park Service) |
| "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 |
| John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
| McCarthyism and Its Effect on Individual Rights - Lesson plan courtesy of Core Knowledge |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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