American History 102: 1865-Present
Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History
William P. Tishler, Producer
 

Hitchhiker's Guide to American History

Sites Sorted by Relation to Lectures

Lectures 01-05   ||   Lectures 06-10   ||   Lectures 11-15
Lectures 16-20   ||   Lectures 21-25   ||   Lectures 26-30

To see a list and brief description of lecture topics, click here.

Lecture 21
 World War II: The Impact at Home
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
High School Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from WWII
College "Women at War: Redstone's WWII Female 'Production Soldiers'," by Dr. Kaylene Hughes
College War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946
College Fighters on the Farm Front: Oregon's Emergency Farm Labor Service, 1943-1947
High School Pictures of WWII
College World War II Propaganda, Cartoons, Film, Music, & Art


Lecture 22
 From New Deal to Fair Deal: New Game?
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
College Truman's Acceptance Speech, 1948 Democratic Nat'l Convention
High School Harry Truman: Domestic Policy
High School Encyclopedia Americana: Dixiecrats
College Truman's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1949
High School Chronology: Harry S. Truman's Life and Presidency


Lecture 23
 The Coils of Cold War
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
College Cold War Policies, 1945-1991
College Senator Joseph McCarthy -- A Multimedia Celebration
High School "A BILL to provide means to eliminate the Communist nuisance," by Arthur Garfield Hays
College The Truman Doctrine (1947)
College "The Hollywood Blacklist," by Dan Georgakas


Lecture 24
 The 1950s: The Cold War and the Affluent Society
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
High School The Berlin Airlift
College Cold War Hot Links
College Interview with George Kennan, David Gergen (April 18, 1996)
College Jack Kerouac
High School "The Twilight Zone," from the Sci-Fi Channel
High School Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Elvis Presley


Lecture 25
 Eisenhower and Kennedy
Content Presentation Audience      Link Info
College Eisenhower's Farewell Address
High School NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
College Selected Speeches of John F. Kennedy
Grad "Presidential Goals and Policies for the Economy," by David Andrew Kendrick


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