How did the Cold War shape U.S. society after WWII?

By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the migration of various groups of Americans after 1945

By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the Red Scare after World War II.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the Red Scare after World War II.

By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.

By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain how and why the civil rights movements developed and expanded from 1945 to 1960.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.

By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of economic growth in the years after World War II.

By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in Cold War policies from 1945 to 1980.

By the end of the section, you will explain the various military and diplomatic responses to international developments over time.

Two scholars debate this question.

Two scholars debate this question.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this lesson with The Postwar Red Scare Narrative to discuss the impact McCarthy and widespread fear of Communism had during the 1950s. This Lesson can also be used with the Cold War Spy Cases Narrative and the George Kennan ("Mr. X"), "Sources of Soviet Conduct," July 1947 Primary Source.

Use this lesson with The Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate Narrative and the Richard Nixon, "Checkers" Speech, September 1952 Primary Source to have students analyze the impact television made on the perception of politicians in the 1950s and 1960s.

Use this lesson with the Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Baby Boom Narrative and the Levittown Videos, 1947-1957 Primary Source to analyze the impact that the baby boom and urbanization had on American culture.

How did anti-communist foreign policy, the liberal welfare state, and American cultural values shape the postwar world from 1945 to 1960?

Answer Key for Chapter 13 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness