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Cold War Superpowers and Civil Rights Movement Review

Learn about the USA and USSR conflict, the Truman Doctrine, containment policy, Marshall Plan, Korean War, McCarthyism, Civil Rights Movement, and more in this comprehensive review of key events from Unit 10.

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Cold War Superpowers and Civil Rights Movement Review

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  1. Unit 10 Review

  2. Unit 10 Review • Superpowers – • USA & USSR • Truman Doctrine – • Military aid to Greece & Turkey • Containment – • Stop spread of Communism • Marshall Plan – • Economic rebuilding of Western Europe

  3. Unit 10 Review • Berlin Airlift – • Keep West Berlin free of communism • NATO – • Collective security alliance against communism • Korean War – • Remained divided; Macarthur relieved of command by Truman • GI Bill – • Benefits to war vets

  4. Unit 10 Review • Baby Boom – • Huge increase in pop. post WW2 • McCarthyism – • Fear of communism in US; violated constitutional liberties • Rosenbergs – • Executed as spies for Soviet Union (atomic) • Domino Theory – • If one nation falls to communism, they all will; Southeast Asia, Vietnam

  5. Unit 10 Review • Martin Luther King, Jr. - • Leader of civil rights movement • Desegregation of the armed forces – • Truman, 1948 • Civil Disobedience – • Protest unjust laws; non-violence • Eisenhower & Little Rock – • Enforce desegregation

  6. Unit 10 Review • Affirmative Action – • Preference given to minorities in job hiring, college acceptance • Civil Rights Act of 1964 – • No more segregated public facilities • Boycotts & Sit-ins • Examples of civil disobedience • Filibusters – • Used by Southern senators to in 50’s & 60’s to block passage of civil rights bills

  7. Unit 10 Review • NAACP – • Organization to help w/ black civil rights; used the legal system (Brown v. BOE)

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