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TAMU HIST 106 - Final Exam Study Guide
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HIST 106 1nd EditionFinal Exam Study Guide Lectures: 19 - 26Lecture 19:- 1946:- Winston Churchill spoke at the graduation for a small college in Missouri and said ‘an iron that has descended over Eastern Europe.’- 1949:- Russia begins testing the atomic bomb which makes US suspicious of Russians spies- Rosenberg Case: US execute a Julius and Ethel for allegedly spying which becomes a national affair. Truman authorizes the development of hydrogen bomb- Communists take over China Reinforces US fears that communism is taking over US reinforces Truman doctrine- 1950:- Korean War 1) Solved the communistic issue of who’s in charge 2) Was a model for the Vietnam War 3) Alarms the American public Begins with the North Koreans pouring down South all the way to the bottom Inchon Invasion:- President Truman sends in marines to Pusan and moves up to Inchon Goes across the 38 parallel and cuts the Koreans off  US attacks at Chosin Reservoir - Marines are fighting the Chinese  General Douglas McArthur wants to attack the Chinese, speaks at several conferences- Truman does not agree- By taking McArthur down Truman solves the issue of who is in charge of the war War ends with the US pushing North Koreans to the 38 Parallel to sign the an armistice  58,000 loses in 3 years- Racism was prevalent Rocky and Bullwinkle – rocky and Bullwinkle are fighting the Russians The Lone Ranger and Tonto – “Tonto” means stupid- 1952- President: Dwight David Eisenhower  Claims he is neither a Republican nor Democrat but run for Republican party - Vice President: Richard Nixon Is caught stealing $18 thousand from Republican Funds Gives a speech on TV (The Checkered Speech) and never mentions the incident - 1953- Joe McCarthy  Leader of the Anti Communistic Hysteria Goes after the US army - It’s wrong because the army was protecting them First televised hearing- Things the public noticed from the hearing:o McCarthy was drunko He didn’t know what he was doingo He had a very high pitched voiceo By the end of it, people questioned his sexuality “Point of Order”: a book that tells how McCarthy went down in the hearing - 1954- Turning point for racism Supreme Court case: Brown vs. Board of Education  Supreme court declared that “separate but equal” schools for children of different races violated the constitution- Southern Manifesto: Document signed by 101 members of Congress from southern states that arguedthat the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education contradicted the constitution. - 1959- Black Like Me was written about racism - Throughout the 1950’s, Polio was a threat to American public- People prevented catching it by attempting to look alike They think that Polio won’t be able to find them if they look like everybody else People are trying to be invisible- US assumption’s 1. Communists are giving the US polio 2. Think black Americans are carrying polio that the communists are giving- People avoided interaction with blacks- Overview of the 1950’s- US is declining as producers of goods- Bigger farms are buying smaller farms- People are changing their crops to cash crops (corn, soy beans, ect.)- Baby Boom (1945-1957) 4.3 million babies are born 1 infant born every 7 seconds As population is increasing, death rate is decreasing b/c of new medicine- Life expectancy is going up- Everybody has cars and is mobile- People are able to go on vacations- Creation of highways- Rise of Motel (Motor Hotels)- White Americans are fleeing urban cities and moving to suburbs- Big business is coming back- Eisenhower and Nixon are reelected in 1956- 1960- JFK is elected and has an “I don’t care” attitude about communism- US support every dictator in the Western World as long as they state they are Anti- Communist- MISTAKE!Lecture 20:- Government creates propaganda films to show public what to do in case of Communistic attacko Bert the Turtle - People in the panhandle would interview kids about their parents trying to find out if they were communist- Russia sent the first satellite into space: Sputniko This increased the US fear of communistic take over- Movies were made about fighting Communistso Star Wars, Rocky IV, Godzilla- Mid 1950’so 1955: Rosa Parks: a black women sat in the front of a bus and was arrestedo 1956-1959: Flat University Students would hold sit inso 1954-1956: High school/college students are starting to wonder about hypocrisy of the governmento 1956: “Rebel Without a Cause” was a movie about the government- Vietnam Waro Starts in 1954o French loses control of holdings in Vietnamo Battle of Dien Bien Phu: French army appeal to US to aido US decides to take over for the French but in return want French to get into NATOo US takes over Vietnam in 1954o 1960 US has nearly 1000 advisor in Vietnamo Turning point: The election of a new President Eisenhower ends presidency in 1960 Election is against Richard Nixon v. JFK- Election of 1960o Closest election in 75 yearso JFK won by 111,000 voteso JFK praised the sit-in movements while Nixon minimized his identification with the movementso JFK won by ‘out anti-communisting’ Nixon- 1st thing JFK does is get involved in the Bay of Pigso Bay of Pigs: Cuban refugees are trained by CIA to invade Cubao Made JFK look foolish- JFK goes to East Berlin wall and makes a speech and mispronounces words Looks foolish- JFK’s good actions:o Passes Housing Act in 1961o Passes Minimum Wage Act Went from .75/hr to 1.25/hro Passes Creates Peace Courto Creates The Green Parades - 1962o US starting to pull away from Anti- Communismo Cuban Missile Crisis:  US does over flight over Cuba saw that they had missiles given to them by Russians US began to mobilize, wanted to get rid of missiles JFK set up a blockade against Cuba as Russians are heading towards Cuba with missiles When Russian ships met US, they turned around and went back to Russia It’s as close to a nuclear war as US gets- 1963o November 22nd , JFK came to Dallas, TX for a parade and was shot to deatho People start to realize how JFK and Lincoln’s death are similaro 4 theories how JFK got shot 1) Lee Harvey Oswald shot him with a rifle (bought for$12) 2) Killed by a group of the CIA b/c he was trying to end


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