Cold War in the 50’s: Eisenhower, Nuclear Threats, and Paranoia

Cold War in the 50’s: Eisenhower, Nuclear Threats, and Paranoia is the follow up to my other PowerPoint “The Cold War Begins- The Truman Years”. Cold War in the 50’s -goes over the US Home-front in the 1950’s during the Cold War.
It includes images, maps and text notes on slides for students. Also teacher notes and extra information are included on “note view “for many slides. This presentation was used for many years in class, and revised yearly. It holds the class interest and brings up a lot of discussion.
Beginning the 50’s in Cold War U.S.
Eisenhower elected
Cold War during the Eisenhower Administration
Massive Retaliation – Brinkmanship - Strategic Air Command
Nikita Khrushchev and the Soviet Union - U-2 Crisis of 1960
Cold War Culture - Nuclear Testing,- Soviet Union gets the Bomb
US Paranoia- Duck and Cover, Fall Out Shelters, - McCarthy and looking for spies

60 slides-many animated and extra features that slide in, images, political cartoons, and maps
Student notes on most slides (easily edited)
Targeted for High School level- used in 11th and 12th grade classes-
2 class periods minimum ( 50 minutes each)-( Slides can be edited or hidden to speed up the presentation and/or leveled to class ability)
Internet links to videos -( Working at the time this presentation was published.)
Lots of notes for the Teacher to use in class, through out the presentation

Doug Stuart March 2019 - Hook Them on History