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Course 7 of 8 · 1945 to 1974

# Cold War America

A long standoff abroad, and big changes at home.

6 modules · 24 lessons

- Download on the **App Store**
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![The cover of the Cold War America course: the black cat in the dress of the period.](https://ameri.download/images/cover-cold-war-america-1024.webp)

## The story in brief

After 1945 the country was richer than ever and also uneasy. This course follows containment, the Marshall Plan, the wars in Korea and Vietnam and the scare of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It also follows the changes that happened in American life: the GI Bill and the suburbs, the Civil Rights Movement from Brown v. Board to the Voting Rights Act, and the race to the Moon.

## Three moments to know

1. **Brown v. Board of Education**

   The Supreme Court rules that separate public schools for Black and white children are unconstitutional.
2. **The Cuban Missile Crisis**

   Thirteen tense days bring the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war.
3. **Apollo 11**

   Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon.

## What you will learn

For decades America stood against the Soviet Union. This course follows the Cold War at home and abroad, from 1945 to the 1970s.

- See how the postwar boom, the GI Bill and the suburbs built a prosperous middle class.
- Follow containment, the Marshall Plan and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
- Race into space, from Sputnik to the Moon landing and live through the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Understand the Civil Rights Movement, from Brown v. Board to the Voting Rights Act.
- End with the Great Society, the protests of the sixties, Watergate and the oil crisis.

## Inside the course

6 modules and 24 short lessons, in the order the app teaches them.

**Module 1 · 4 lessons The Postwar Boom and Containment**

1. 1 The GI Bill and the Suburbs
2. 2 Truman and Containment
3. 3 The Marshall Plan and NATO
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 2 · 4 lessons Korea, McCarthy and the Eisenhower Years**

1. 1 The Korean War
2. 2 McCarthy and the Fear of Communism
3. 3 The Eisenhower Years: Prosperity and Interstates
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 3 · 4 lessons The Civil Rights Movement**

1. 1 Brown v. Board of Education
2. 2 Montgomery and Dr. King
3. 3 The Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 4 · 4 lessons The Space Race and the Cuban Missile Crisis**

1. 1 Sputnik and the Space Race
2. 2 The Cuban Missile Crisis
3. 3 To the Moon: Apollo 11
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 5 · 4 lessons The Vietnam War**

1. 1 How America Entered Vietnam
2. 2 The Tet Offensive and the Home Front
3. 3 Withdrawal and Lessons of Vietnam
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 6 · 4 lessons Great Society, Protest and Watergate**

1. 1 The Great Society
2. 2 The Protests of the Sixties
3. 3 Nixon, Watergate and the Oil Crisis
4. 4 Let's Review

Finish all 6 modules to earn the Cold War America certificate of completion, part of Premium.

## Start Cold War America in the app.

Short lessons, questions along the way and a certificate when you finish.

- Download on the **App Store**
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