American Studies Senior Seminar: Weekly Assignment #6

The Aftermath of WWII and the Cold War (1945-1953)

Using your text, the internet or a basic American history text of your choice, review and be prepared to talk about the following topics by the time of our meeting next week

1) The Potsdam Conference

2) The Atomic Energy Commission

3) George F. Kennan and the policy of "containment"

4) The Truman Doctrine

5) The Marshall Plan

6) The Berlin Air Lift

7) The Employment Act of 1946

8) The Taft-Hartley Act

9) Strom Thurmond and the "dixiecrats"

10) Chiang Kai-shek

11) The Korean War

12) The Smith Act of 1940

13) Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on un-American Activities