AP U.S. History Podcast, Mr. Shocket

Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008

Chapter 29 Podcast Affluence And Anxiety

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In the two decades after World War II, the American people achieved a phenomenal prosperity, spurred by a baby boom and the growth of the suburbs. But beneath the bland surface of suburban affluence, a current of fear and anxiety ran strong. Fear about the permanence of economic prosperity, fear of a nuclear threat, fear that suburban conformity was eroding traditional American individualism, and fear of increasingly militant African Americans marred the feeling of comfort and security that life in the suburbs was supposed to bring.

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Monday, Feb 18, 2008

Chapter 28 Podcast

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The Onset of the Cold War.
Harry Truman liked Stalin when thay first met at Potsdam in 1945, But Within a short time, relations between Truman and Stalin and between the United States and the Soviet Union turned bitter.

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Saturday, Feb 09, 2008

Chapter 27 Podcast

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America and the World 1921-1945

This Chapter traces America's increasing involvement in world affairs. It covers the 1920's and 1930's when the United States refused to take any responsibility for maintaining world order; through World War II, when the United States become the dominant world power, and into the cold War, when Americans learned they could no longer live in isolation.

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Saturday, Feb 09, 2008