US History II

The learning objectives for this week include:

• Explain the origins of the Cold War
• Identify how the overall strategy of containment changed between 1948 and 1953, and explain in particular how the Korean War affected US Cold War strategy and presidential power
• Analyze the effects of the Cold War on domestic policy
• Evaluate how the Eisenhower administration managed containment throughout the world

Mon, April 1: Document Workshop on Ch 24, McCarthyism and the Hollywood Ten. Bring textbook to work with in class. Preparation Worksheet. Chapter 24 Study Questions.

Links for Monday – HUAC and Hollywood / HUAC Backlash and Implications / Red Channels (NPR)

Wed, April 3: Reading is Ch 24, opening of the Cold War, to p. 808. PSA 6 due.

Fri, April 5: Reading is rest of Ch 24. Exam #3 Study Guide will be handed out, along with the Document Workshop Preparation sheet for Monday and the Chapter 25 Study Questions.

Links for Friday: Nuclear Detonation Timeline animation 1945-1998 / Duck and Cover (1951) / THEM! (1954)

The learning objectives for this week include:

• Identify the key reasons behind the US intervention in World War II and discuss the arguments of those who opposed it.
• Describe the effects the war had on the US economy and on the lives of women and families.
• Compare and contrast the treatment of minority groups and their responses on the home front.
• Discuss the Allied military strategy in fighting World War II on the European and Pacific fronts, including how it affected US-Soviet relations and the Holocaust.

Study Questions for Chapter 23

Mon, March 25: Document Workshop, but you won’t need textbooks. Bring laptop or tablet for in-class work.

I also demo’d how to utilize a library resource for basic scholarly historical research.

Library Homepage –> Subject Guides –> History and Political Science Guide –> US History in Context. Note since this is a WSU library resource you need to be logged into your WSU account to use it.

Links for Monday: DPLA 1929-1945 / The Blitz / It’s Everybody’s War 1942

Wed, March 27: Read first half of Ch 23, up to “Impact of World War II.” PSA #5 due by classtime.

Fri, March 29: Read rest of Ch 23. Constitution Module #2 (on Blackboard) closes at 11:59 tonight.

Welcome back from Spring Break! This week we explore the 1930s – politics, economics, everyday life and pop culture. PSA 4 is due on Wednesday, March 20, and remember that Constitutions Module #2 closes at the end of next week, at 11:59 pm on March 29.

Study Questions for Chapter 22

Mon, March 18: Document Workshop on Depression-era United States

Wed, March 20: Read Chapter 22, The New Deal. PSA 4 due

Fri, March 22: Read Chapter 22, New Deal Moves Left and New Deal Liberalism

Links for Monday’s Culture of the 1930s workshop:

Radio:
A Day in Radio (21 Sept 1939)
Mercury Theater of the Air
85 News Radio Programs from the 1930s from Internet Archive

FSA Photographs, WPA Murals
Dust Bowl Texas
Dorothea Lange – farmers
Mural by Charles Klauder, 1940
Thomas Hart Benton, America Today, 1931

Popular Songs:
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (NPR)
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (Bing Crosby)
“Pennies from Heaven” (Billie Holliday)

Film Clips:
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Swing Time, 1936)
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Wizard of Oz, dir. Victor Fleming 1939)
Two for a Penny (Grapes of Wrath, dir. John Ford 1940)
“We’re in the Money” (Gold Diggers of 1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy 1933, choreographed by Busby Berkeley)
“Remember My Forgotten Man” (Gold Diggers of 1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy 1933)

Links for Friday’s Discussion of the New Deal
FDR’s First Inaugural, March 4, 1933
Huey Long newsreel, 1936

Image: “Fireside Chat Listener” statue in the FDR Memorial, Washington DC