Tensions During The 1950's

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TENSIONS DURING THE 1950’S AND 1960’S
Introduction: In the period from the 1950’s through the 1960’s the United States experienced an extensive amount of tension with Russia, and Cuba. They also experienced political, and social tensions with in the country. Tensions such as, civil rights, women’s rights, the Vietnam war, Generation gap, and anti-communism hysteria. Pressures such as; these shaped the American society and rose a new standard for Americans.
I. Turmoil with Russia and the Cold War
A. Russia shot down an American spy plane (U2)
B. Berlin was divided into two zones
C. Russia set up blockades in Berlin against the U.S.
D. U.S., France, and Britain felt Russia should be contained
E. Russia made an atomic bomb to scare the U.S.
F. Russia creates hydrogen bombs
G. America lived in fear of Russia using nuclear weapons toward them
H. North Korea (communist) invaded South Korea (was under U.S. care)
II. The United States starts trouble with Cuba
A. U.S. (CIA) sends in a 16,000-guerilla force to fight Fidel Castro (Cuba)
B. U.S. puts an embargo around Cuba
C. Russia supports Cuba
D. Russia puts missiles in Cuba
III. A fight for civil rights
A. Brown vs. The Board of Education
B. Montgomery bus boycott
C. March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King
D. NAACP fights segregation
E. Rise of activist groups
F. Civil disobedience

G. Anti-black groups fight desegregation
IV. Vietnam War
A. America wanted to contain communism
B. 50,000 American soldiers killed
C. Young Americans drafted to war
D. “Agent Orange”
A) America’s plan to wipe out jungles, make warfare easier
B) Poisonous sprays on land, in rice paddies, and water system
C) Caused cancer, and mutation in embryos
E. War ended in a stalemate
V. Anti-Communist Hysteria
A. “Red Scare”
B. People who were thought to be communist were black listed
C. McCarthyism--- Senator Joseph McCarth...