Policy Of Containment
Recent American History Essay Questions
Group A
Analyze the policy of containment. How did the United States enact this policy?
The policy of containment was utilized during the administration of President Harry S. Truman. Following the death of President Roosevelt in April 1945, President Truman was responsible for dealing with a post-World War II Soviet Union under the control of Joseph Stalin. In agreement with the conditions of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the eastern states of Europe would be allowed to choose their own governments and officials, the United States watched as Stalin and the Soviet Union increasing encroached on these areas with the threat of spreading communism throughout the European continent. With the Soviet Union …show more content…
Engineers in aerospace and the car industry were in demand. Women employment numbers were on the increase as well. In 1960, forty percent of American women were working either full or part time. In 1955 the two major unions in the country, one representing skilled labor, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the other representing unskilled workers, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged ending years of disagreements. Americans saw the average yearly income rise from $4,000 in 1945 to $8,000 in the early 1960s. Much of this extra income was put back into the economy in the way of merchandise. Credit cards were introduced and soon televisions replaced radios in most homes as the number one form of entertainment, cars were purchased and Americans took the newly created highways to vacation and see other parts of the …show more content…
Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for the disease of Polio, President Eisenhower enacted a program of physical fitness in school programs and Americans found new ways to stay in better health. Golf, tennis and running programs became popular throughout the suburbs of the country.
Cold relations with the Soviet Union played a role in the feeling of affluence in America during the decade of the 50s. Communism and the smear campaign of Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin towards anyone suspected of sympathizing with communists was successful in bringing Americans together. Sentiments such as “Better Dead than Red” were popular with young and old. Americans felt they were better than the Soviets in all aspects of life leading to a combined sentiment of “us against
Group A
Analyze the policy of containment. How did the United States enact this policy?
The policy of containment was utilized during the administration of President Harry S. Truman. Following the death of President Roosevelt in April 1945, President Truman was responsible for dealing with a post-World War II Soviet Union under the control of Joseph Stalin. In agreement with the conditions of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the eastern states of Europe would be allowed to choose their own governments and officials, the United States watched as Stalin and the Soviet Union increasing encroached on these areas with the threat of spreading communism throughout the European continent. With the Soviet Union …show more content…
Engineers in aerospace and the car industry were in demand. Women employment numbers were on the increase as well. In 1960, forty percent of American women were working either full or part time. In 1955 the two major unions in the country, one representing skilled labor, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the other representing unskilled workers, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged ending years of disagreements. Americans saw the average yearly income rise from $4,000 in 1945 to $8,000 in the early 1960s. Much of this extra income was put back into the economy in the way of merchandise. Credit cards were introduced and soon televisions replaced radios in most homes as the number one form of entertainment, cars were purchased and Americans took the newly created highways to vacation and see other parts of the …show more content…
Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for the disease of Polio, President Eisenhower enacted a program of physical fitness in school programs and Americans found new ways to stay in better health. Golf, tennis and running programs became popular throughout the suburbs of the country.
Cold relations with the Soviet Union played a role in the feeling of affluence in America during the decade of the 50s. Communism and the smear campaign of Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin towards anyone suspected of sympathizing with communists was successful in bringing Americans together. Sentiments such as “Better Dead than Red” were popular with young and old. Americans felt they were better than the Soviets in all aspects of life leading to a combined sentiment of “us against