Download - THE AGE OF ANXIETY
THE AGE OF
ANXIETYObjectives…
•Explain why the Cold War was an “age of anxiety.”
•Describe how American society reacts to the “age of anxiety.”
1) What fears were associated
with the Cold War?
Secretary of
State Dean Acheson
1949-1953
Advocates: “a permanent alert”
against Communism
National Fertility Rate 1940 - 2,559,000 births per year 1946 - 3,311,000 births per year 1955 - 4,097,000 births per year 1957 - 4,300,000 births per year
What is this period in history called?
The Baby –Boom
Era
The Two-Income Family2) What uneasiness did the development of the two-
income family create?
Religion & Education
3) How did organized religion & education institutions respond to the Cold War
uneasiness and fears of communism?
The Reverend
Billy Graham
Bomb Shelters…
Duck and Cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXHW8RAoGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW4s7TETtJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
Government propaganda film on civil defense…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQswEHV5hE
The Congressional Bunker
in Greenbrier, WV
The Greenbrier Intro (2 ½ min)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZLBqLKsMU