Create a PowerPoint about the Cold War. Use the generic rubric you were provided to guide your research.

How did the 2nd Red Scare affect freedom of speech in the 1950's?

How did the 2nd Red Scare affect US foreign policy in the 1950's?

If you were President of the United States during the 2nd Red Scare, how would you have 1) reassured the American people about the threat of Communism and 2) changed American foreign policy?

Include the following terms in your research presentation:

Communism
2nd Red Scare
Containment
McCarthyism
Witch Hunt
Duck and cover
Sputnik

US History

Create a PowerPoint about the 2nd Red Scare.

Include the following terms:

Cold War
McCarthyism
Witch Hunt
Communism

Economics 1st period.

FINISH YOUR FAFSA!

THE LINK IS ON THE PREVIOUS POST

Once you are done with the FAFSA, complete your occupational research project. email in to me at

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Economics: HERE IS THE LINK TO THE FAFSA

FAFSA


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Sub Today in US History 8th Period

On the computers, continue working on your research Power Point. When you're finished, email it to me at raul.rivera@austinisd.org. (the grading rubric can be found in a previous post)

Then, choose another topic from the list on the chalkboard or choose from one of the topics below:

(A)  identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German, and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor;

(B)  evaluate the domestic and international leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World War II, including the U.S. relationship with its allies and domestic industry's rapid mobilization for the war effort;

(C)  analyze the function of the U.S. Office of War Information;

(D)  analyze major issues of World War II, including the Holocaust; the internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066; and the development of conventional and atomic weapons;

(E)  analyze major military events of World War II, including the Battle of Midway, the U.S. military advancement through the Pacific Islands, the Bataan Death March, the invasion of Normandy, fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the liberation of concentration camps;

(F)  evaluate the military contributions of leaders during World War II, including Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Chester A. Nimitz, George Marshall, and George Patton; and

(G)  explain the home front and how American patriotism inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel, including high levels of military enlistment; volunteerism; the purchase of war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and the Navajo Code Talkers; and opportunities and obstacles for women and ethnic minorities.

(A)  describe U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Berlin airlift, and John F. Kennedy's role in the Cuban Missile Crisis;