Please read the chapters and review the PowerPoint files (available under course “Content” tab above) on The Second World War, 1933 – 1945 (Chapter 26), The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945 – 1952 (Chapter 27), and Cold War America, 1950 – 1959 (Chapter 28). You may also find the supplementary (not required) audio and/or film lectures available under the course “Content” tab under “Supplementary Content” helpful in addressing the topic(s)/question(s).
Next, select and view at least 4-6 of the following short documentary films and clearly use content from all 4-6 in your DB contribution. You can also use other relevant films on the topics from the PBS Learning Media site. Here are the films:
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/the-war-introduction-video-9144/introduction-to-the-war-ken-burns-the-war/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/8c216934-c21a-41f0-8a2f-b33bc89d330e/fallen-wwii-soldiers-teach-students-about-sacrifice/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mobile-shipyards-video-9126/mobile-shipyards-ken-burns-the-war/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/on-home-front-americas-boomtowns-gallery/ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-war/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/21b0136f-ac12-42ff-b30e-07908af3ffda/landing-at-omaha-beach-d-day-world-war-ii-stories/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/1e1be413-0040-4b94-8ec5-fcc8f9f82659/ww-2-media-gallery/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/f545411d-533c-4fcb-9a83-1ab167195f78/d-day-veterans-return-to-normandy-70-years-later/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.dww.atomicbomb/truman-and-the-atomic-bomb-world-war-ii/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.coldwar/the-beginning-of-the-cold-war/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/rr10.socst.us.global.globcris/global-crisis/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/0869abc0-1d0b-4083-b4ab-d0f55fb9145e/totalitarian-regimes-and-the-kims/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/amex25.socst.ush.jfk/kennedys-flexible-response-to-communism/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/9269475a-8ec3-44d5-abff-26123aad7a5e/jfk-confronts-communism-video-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/arct14.soc.amextrucri/truman-crisis-in-korea/
https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/07caf68d-fada-4749-b123-07c499e3befd/cuban-missile-crisis-three-men-go-to-war-clip-4/
Finally, address one of the following questions/topics in your DB comments:
The United States was a relatively late participant in the Second World War, becoming an official belligerent after the December 7th, 1941 attack by the Empire of Japan on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Once it entered the war the U.S. was able to successfully fight on two fronts (Europe and the Pacific) at the same time. Please discuss 3 key reasons why the United States was able to fight two major world powers successfully and win the war on both fronts. Please support your argument with specific historical facts/details from the textbook and assigned films.
The United States emerged from the Second World War as a powerful economic, military and diplomatic world power (e.g., briefly the only nuclear power, powerful conventional military, permanent UN Security Council Seat and unlimited veto authority, significant diplomatic/cultural influence, and approx. 60% of world industrial capacity). Please discuss at least 3 key events in the Cold War (e.g., and how the U.S. dealt with the crises. How adroitly did U.S. leaders handle these situations in your view? Please support your argument with specific historical facts/details from the textbook and assigned films.
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Leetal Fishman
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DB #5 (Cold War America – Twenty-First Century America)
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