HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, English Language In England, White Movement
21 Mar 2017
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Domestic containment in the united states: mccarthyism, domestic policy. Soviet union has the atomic bomb in 1949, both sides have the bomb. Fear that the bombs will wipe everyone out. Government promoted the image of the family (car, nice house in the suburbs)- dominant idea of what success means. Interstate highways built to help people evacuate if there is a bomb, move troops. Government subsidizing homes at good rates, people are more educates- they can afford suburban homes. Idyllic safe havens where the threat of communism is contained. Man works in the city, woman is homemaker. American government was funding research to try to one up the soviet union in the cold war. Kitchen appliances, air travel, technology (also built to make the lives of women better, making the idea of the homemaker as more idyllic) 1959 richard nixon goes to moscow, met with khrushchev. Displayed that american dream to demonstrated to the russians how.
