- •Early america
- •Native Americans
- •E uropeans Explore the New World
- •Causes of Exploration
- •Motives for Exploration
- •Spaniards in the New World
- •The English in the New World
- •The Old and New Worlds Meet
- •The colonial period
- •The Chesapeake Settlements
- •Cultural Focus: Setting up Slavery
- •The New England Colonies
- •The Mayflower Compact
- •Cultural Focus: Thanksgiving Day
- •The Southern Colonies
- •Colonial Life and Institutions
- •New England
- •The Middle Colonies
- •Southern Colonies
- •Colonial Culture
- •Fighting for independence Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution
- •The French and Indian War
- •Taxation without Representation
- •American Revolution
- •War Begins
- •Declaration of Independence
- •Fighting for Independence
- •Forming a republic
- •The us Constitution
- •Focus on Government
- •Westward expansion
- •Acquiring Western Lands
- •The War of 1812 and its Effect
- •Cultural Focus: Uncle Sam
- •Settling the Frontier
- •Life on the Frontier
- •Indian Resistance and Removal
- •The civil war and the reconstruction
- •New States: Free or Slave?
- •The South and the North
- •The Conflict Begins
- •Fighting for the Union
- •The After-War Period
- •The Reconstruction Period
- •2) Recruit, recruitment
- •Growth and transformation
- •The Last Frontier
- •Industrial Growth
- •Immigration in the Age of Industrial Growth
- •Labor Unions
- •The Progressive Era
- •Cultural Focus: National Parks in America
- •2) Annihilate, annihilation
- •3) Exterminate, extermination, exterminator
- •4) Magnify, magnification
- •Modern history the united states before, during and after world war I
- •Becoming an Empire
- •The usa before World War I
- •Entering the War
- •Cultural Focus: Veterans' Day
- •Post-War Years
- •The Booming Twenties
- •The Great Depression
- •Isthmus, annexation, collide, ultimatum, crucial, negotiate, armistice, consumerism, disparity, subsidy
- •World war II and its aftermath
- •Beginning of World War II
- •The usa in World War II
- •The usa after World War II
- •The Post-War Foreign Affairs
- •The Cold War at Home and Abroad
- •The post-war era
- •Changing Economic Patterns
- •New Patterns of Living
- •Cultural Focus: Levittown
- •The Culture of the Fifties
- •The Other America
- •1) Suburb, suburban, suburbanite, suburbia
- •2) Fertile, fertility, fertilize, fertilizer
- •3) Metropolis, metropolitan
- •Time of change
- •Cold War – 2
- •The War in Vietnam and Watergate
- •The Civil Rights Movement
- •Ethnicity and Activism
- •The Rise of Feminism
- •The Revolt Generation
- •Approaching the new era
- •From Recession to Economic Growth
- •The End of the Cold War
- •Information Age and the Global Economy
- •Terrorism
- •Bibliography
The Cold War at Home and Abroad
The Second World War accelerated the process of decolonization al over the world – the empires were no longer able to resist the demand c colonies for independence. As the two world's great powers – the USA am the USSR had already emerged, the adherence of other countries to eithe democratic or communist ideology became of primary importance.
After Japan had been defeated, its empire was divided between th United States and the Soviet Union – the former accepted Japanese sur render south of the 38th parallel and the latter – north of it. This dividin] line marked further escalation of tension on both sides.
The interests of both countries clashed in China, where the Chines Communists came to power. In 1949, the Chinese leader Mao Zedon; announced that his country would be "leaning to one side" in the Coli War – the side of the Soviet Union. In fall 1949, when the People' Republic of China was proclaimed, the USA stopped formal diplomat* relations with China. This policy of non-recognition continued till 1979
In 1950, the Korean War became a logical continuation of the Coli War policy in Asia. In June 1950, the troops of the Democratic People' Republic of Korea (North Korea) crossed the 38th parallel and invaded tin Republic of Korea (South Korea). President Truman sent American troop under the command of General Douglas MacArthur to Korea.
The war lasted for three years with neither side's success; the fina agreement was reached only in July 1953. The war itself began a matter o hot debates in the USA, finally giving way to a plan of global defense. Thi military budget of the USA grew, and a new military treaty with Australi; and New Zealand – the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, the USA Treaty was signed in 1951 to create a new military organization.
The policy of the Cold War heightened anti-communist feelings a home. The anti-communist hysteria started when Senator Joseph R. Me Carthy claimed that he had a list of 205 known communists in the Stafc Department. During the anti-communist crusade McCarthy charged man officials with treachery, getting support over the nation. Anti-communisn soon grew into witch-hunt, when innocent people were often accused. TiJ today the term "McCarthyism" in America remains the synonym for tb worst domestic excesses of the Cold War.
Task 1. Answer the following questions.
What were the causes of World War II?
What was the attitude of Americans to this war?
When did the USA enter the war?
What did D-Day mark?
What were the spoils of the Potsdam Conference?
What was the effect of World War II on the USA?
Why did the development of the Cold War seem inevitable after World War II?
When did the Cold War begin?
What military treaty gave way to a global defense system?
10. What were the consequences of the anti-communist witch-hunt in the USA?
Task 2. Vocabulary development. State the meaning of the following words and fill in the gaps.
disarmament, espionage, internment, surrender, turmoil, adherence, witch-hunt
1.Anti-communist in the USA was started by Senator Joseph
McCarthy.
During the McCarthy witch-hunt many people were accused in communist .
Today many countries support nuclear
He is noted for his strict to the rules.
These men were in the camps during the war.
The country is in a state of political .
President Noriega to the USA troops after the invasion of
Panama.
Task 3. Historical consequences. Match two statements from columns A and B into a compound sentence with a conjunction "so".
A |
B |
1) The USA did not want to interfere into the affairs of the European nations |
a) they plotted a raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii |
2) The Japanese were not ready to a prolonged war |
b) after the war working patterns changed |
3) Americans were afraid that Japanese immigrants could spy on their native country |
c) the two nations soon sank into the Cold War |
4) War needs brought thousands of women and African-Americans to vacant jobs |
d) the witch-hunt started |
5) The Soviet Union was seen as a global threat to project American power on a worldwide scale |
e) during the war thousands of Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and interned into "relocation centers" |
6) The Cold War policy heightened anti-communist feelings in the USA |
f) by Neutrality Acts the government tried to prohibit trade with the warring sides |