Unit+XI+-+The+Cold+War+and+Beyond,+1945-2010

The following will be covered in this unit:

A. Origins of the Cold War B. Truman and containment C. The Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan D. The affluent society and "the other America" E. The emergence of the modern civil rights movement
 * The Cold War and 1950's Prosperity**

A. From the New Frontier to the Great Society B. The struggle for civil rights C. The Vietnam War D. The Nixon years E. Feminism and the new minorities F. Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, deindustrialization, and the service economy G. The New Right and the Reagan revolution
 * From the New Frontier to the New Right**

A. The end of the Cold War B. The Clinton years C. Globalization and the American economy D. Domestic and foreign terrorism E. Environmental issues in a global context
 * The United States in the Post-Cold War World**

Unit Outline:

Cold War topics:

US Foreign Policy: 1945 - present:

Seeds of Rebellion (1945 - 1960)

Native American timeline:

Women in US History timeline:

Truman and the Cold War:

The Korean War:

The Red Scare through the 1950's:

Technology and the Cold War:

LBJ's Great Society:

Vietnam:

Watergate:

The US and Latin America:

The nuclear arms race to 1990:

The Middle East and the US to 1990:

The Civil Rights movement:

The US economy since 1945:

Women's changing role in US society:

Health care and medicine:

US foreign policy since 1990:

The Middle East and US from the time of the first Gulf War:

The role of minorities in US culture:

Terrorism:

Migration and regional change in the US since World War Two: