HIST 2112 1st edition Lecture 26 Outline of Previous Lecture I Levittown II Economic Growth in the 1950s and beyond III Corporate Liberalism in Action IV Hyperconsumerism V Cultural Critics of Corporations Consumerism and Suburbia VI Consumerism and the teenager Outline of Current Lecture I Containment II Communist Asia III McCarthyism IV Eisenhower V Mutually Assured Destruction M A D Current Lecture I II Containment Red Scare o Prevents the spread of communism Marshall Plan o New Deal idea on foreign policy Pump money into Europe s economy to help with their reconstruction Eastern Europe refuses to accept money because they are under the soviets this gives the soviets more power and control The U S is trying to stop communism in Europe The U S realizes how brutal the soviets will be when it comes to controlling Europe Communist Asia Korea 1951 o U S Military is racist o Korea asked us to come help them o The military treats Korea like an occupied nation Truman passes legislation for NSC 68 These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III IV V o NSC 68 claims we need to build bigger and better weapons o The President can fight a war through another country The President can t declare war but he can claim we are helping South Korea by helping them fight North Korea McCarthyism Second Red Scare o Witch Hunt or Red Hunt o They tried to attack artists authors performers and democrats who supported the New Deal o McCarthy went after everyone who wasn t Republican o McCarthy has a bunch of power as a Senator and is then eelected to the head of HUAC Idea of global monolithic Communism Marxism vs Soviet Communism Dictators come in and take over nations Communism is an ideology you can use in many ways Soviet Communism is based off Marxism but they are not the same A lot of the people who were blacklisted in Hollywood were associated with the Communist party 30 years prior when they were a lot younger Eisenhower Baby Boom Economic Boom o U S becomes first super power Strongest military Strongest Economy Has most of the atomic bombs Society o IT s boring and dulled down o It seems almost fake o Constructed culture Teen consumers Parents base their buying decisions ont heir teenagers Mutually Assured Destruction M A D Soviets have the atomic bomb There is an arms race with each country trying to be bigger and better than the other one Bomb shelters were built in houses during this time because people were afraid they would be bombed
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