Links from Your Instructor for Chapter 25: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945–1952

 

Most links place historical facts in a table so you can easily compare them. You are not memorizing all of the facts placed in these tables. Instead, you are using those facts to notice changes and patterns. To help you, most links provide tips on what to notice.

 

Chronologies to Help You See Changes and Interconnections

·         Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1946-1952 Era with footnotes to let you find details when you want them (administration of Harry S Truman, including his election in 1948)
Purpose:

-       Notice political parties, including in the election in 1952 and the rise of the Dixiecrats.

-       Notice individuals such as Joseph McCarthy.

-       Notice the existence of many new institutions and agencies at the national level for
a) domestic issues
b) our relationships with other nations
c) the interconnection between a and b.

-       Notice the former categories of labor (usually factory workers) and farmers. What are the laws now?

 

 

 

 

 

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