1945 - 1980: Period 8 - Cold War & Idealism

Please read the articles, powerpoints, and other resources below to increase your understanding of this time period.

Oregano - The Spice of WWII

Homefront During WWII

Care Packages: How The U.S. Won Hearts Through Stomachs After WWII

John Lewis video 2013 and VRA Post

LBJ and King in film Selma

Memories of 1963 March on Washington

Examine how these memories address many things: The issues we have TODAY as they have changed or continued from 1963; The issues of rights and responsibilities; the issues of gender, family, leadership and grassroots movements. I look forward to discussing this with you all!

FBI invasions of Civil Rights Movement EXPOSED!

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama 1963 | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, NewsKing emphasizes the importance of nonviolence and relates achievements of the nonviolent sit-in movement that resulted in desegregation action in 210 southern cities.

Changing Assessments of Kennedy

Textbook and historians change their minds. See the graph!

Episode 898: Happy Fed Independence DayHow the Federal Reserve won its independence, and then held on during an attack—a physical attack—by the President of the United States.

Stealing J. Edgar Hoover’s SecretsOne night in 1971, files were stolen from an F.B.I. office near Philadelphia. They proved that the bureau was spying on thousands of Americans. The case was unsolved, until now.

🔊 Listen Now: The Secret History Of Nuclear WarFresh Air on NPR One | 49:10

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