525 Day 5 Grab Truman note sheet 1

5/25 Day 5 - Grab Truman note sheet, #1, put into new table of Contents. Take out your review book pg. 230 -239 n Truman Presidency Learning Target: I can identify and evaluate the effectiveness of the United States foreign policy during the Cold War. (put this in the center) HOMEWORK: Review book worksheet #6 due Friday. .

Truman Domestic and Foreign Policy

n Baby Boom- Population explosion

What does this lead to? n Levittown- Rise of prefab homes in the suburbs to meet the needs of soldier coming home from war. n 1950's Building in Levittown

Domestic n VETO of Taft-Hartley Act- However Congress’ override of the veto put limits on the ability of Unions to strike. n THE FAIR DEAL-Economic controls, an increase in the minimum wage, expansion of the Social Security program, a housing bill, national health insurance, development projects modeled on the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority, liberalized immigration laws, and ambitious civil rights legislation for African-Americans.

Domestic Policy n GI Bill of Rights- Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend university, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. n Executive Order 9981 - Ends segregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

Foreign Policy-CONTAINMENT n Truman Doctrine- “Truman likes greasy turkey”. Truman asks Congress for aid to Greece and Turkey, $400 million in aid to defend against Communist rebels. n Marshall Plan enacted, billions of $ in aid for 16 European nations. n Korean War-1949 -1952 United Nation defends South Korea after invasion from North. War ends in an armistice, border returns to 38 th parallel

Foreign Policy-CONTAINMENT n NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization- U. S. and Western European alliance to defend against communism. n COLLECTIVE SECURITY- no more isolationism or neutrality

Foreign Effects n Berlin Airliftn Berlin Blockade- USSR blockades all access to West Berlin, US airlifts supplies to West Berlin to end the Soviet blockade after nearly a year.

5/26 Day 6 - Pick up a highlighter, Rosenberg Case and Core Ideas #2. Take out #1 for points. Learning Target: I can articulate how the Rosenberg Case was an example of Mc. Carthyism. (put on line below CORE IDEA) Read and highlight the article together, answer the questions through discussion with your group. HOMEWORK: Review Book Unit 6 due Friday.

Domestic Effects- Mc. Carthyism n HUAC – House of Un-American Activities Committee n Senator Joe Mc. Carthy – claims Communists in the Department of State n Alger Hiss, government employee named a Soviet spy n Ethel and Julius Rosenberg – arrested for selling secrets to the USSR, put to death for treason.