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The Cold War
The Cold War
Juvenile Delinquency
Increase 45% in the early 50s
Crime increases
Car theft
Muggings
Why?
Stereotypes abound
Education system
Focus in thrown into better education younger citizens
October 1949 - Chinese Communists, led by Mao Zedong, controlled the Chinese mainland
The fall of the mainland seemed like one more defeat (to communism) for the US
N.A.T.O
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied US and Canada with ten W. European nations from Norway to Portugal; Eventually 15
members
Signed April 4, 1949; An attack on one is treated as and attack on all
US joined the first peacetime alliance in its history
Gen. Eisenhower - Commander of NATO forces
Korean War
Invasion by North Korea:
1949 and 1950 - Skirmishes took place between N and S Korea along the 38th parallel
(Dividing Line)
Suddenly on June 25, 1950, 135,000 N. Koreans, armed and organized by the Soviets,
attacked S. Korea
Trumans Action
Had the attack brought before the UN Security Council
UN - Called for an end to fighting
General MacArthur - Told to furnish arms and naval and air support to South Korea
UN Action
2 days after invasion, UN Security Council calls on member to aid S. Korea
Gen. MacArthur - Put in command of UN forces
Inchon Landing
Early days of the war: N. Korea pushed S. Korea and UN forces south into a small area
around Pusan
Sept. 15, 1950 - MacArthur lands forces from sea at Inchon
A daring and successful flank maneuver
Today: The border (close to the 38) is a Demilitarized Zone (2.5 miles wide)
It is the MOST heavily militarized border in the world
Post Quiz
Eisenhowers Domestic Program
Election of 1952
Republican Nominee: Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP - Grand Old Party: Nickname of Rep. Party
Democratic Nominee: Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower Won Easily
Eisenhowers Farm Problem
Farm Problem: Surplus Farm Production
Eisenhower admin - Discouraged overproduction
Soil Bank - Paid farmers for not planting their crops
Combating Communism at Home
Many believed that there was a strong communist conspiracy to take over the US