Early Cold War STAAR 2.0 Transitional Items

The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.

Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.

Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.

Japanese Americans confined in incarceration camps

organizers of the Civil Rights movement

accomplices in the Watergate scandal

members of the Communist Party in government positions

“The United Nations cannot . . . fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace settlements have been made. . . .”

“Above all else, we want to keep the United States prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of peace.”

“Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion . . . and will now use armed invasion and war."

“As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery . . . has made economic recovery impossible."

the rapid demobilization of U.S. defense industries after World War II

the federal domestic programs created as part of the Great Society

incentives offered under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers

assistance offered by the GI Bill to soldiers returning from World War II