http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.coldwar/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_coldwar/pres10_vid_coldwar_l.jpg The Beginning of the Cold War In this video segment adapted from American Experience, examine archival photos, interviews, and newsreels to learn about Harry Truman's efforts to oppose the spread of Communism in the years immediately following World War II. The creation of a Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe and the escalating threat of Soviet dominance to other countries in the region led the president to propose a strategy premised on the division of the world into free and totalitarian factions. This strategy, later called the Truman Doctrine, became part of a cold war that would pit the United States and the Soviet Union against each other for the next four decades. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_coldwar/pres10_vid_coldwar_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_coldwar/ 328 Cold War Communism Harry Truman American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes no Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.dww.atomicbomb/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_atomicbomb/pres10_vid_atomicbomb_l.jpg The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb Through newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews, this video segment adapted from American Experience traces the decision-making process that led President Harry Truman to order the dropping of atomic bombs on two Japanese cities in August 1945. Contributing to his decision were the belief that the Japanese were unwilling to surrender, a concern for American lives, a limited knowledge of the atomic bomb's devastating effects, and a failure to consider other options that might bring the war to a close. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_atomicbomb/pres10_vid_atomicbomb_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_atomicbomb/ 300 Atomic Bomb Japan 1945 Harry Truman American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes no Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.dww.newdeal/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_newdeal/pres10_vid_newdeal_l.jpg FDR's New Deal In this video adapted from American Experience, archival photos, newsreel footage, and interviews describe the conditions facing the country during the Great Depression and the policy responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first term in office (1933–1936). Among the initiatives he championed were those that addressed farming, banking, labor/management issues, housing, and public welfare. This array of initiatives, which was named the New Deal, transformed government's relationship to the economy. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_newdeal/pres10_vid_newdeal_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_newdeal/ 338 New Deal The Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes no Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.iranhost/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_iranhost/pres10_vid_iranhost_l.jpg Iranian Hostage Crisis In this video segment adapted from American Experience, watch newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews to explore the events related to the seizure of 53 American hostages by Iranian radicals in 1979, at the dawn of Iran's Islamic Revolution. Fueled by widespread anger at the autocratic policies of the Shah of Iran, religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini led a successful revolt that established an Islamic republic. President Carter's decision to admit the deposed shah, a former American ally, into the United States for medical treatment preceded the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and 53 Americans who worked there in October 1979. Negotiations failed to secure the hostages' release, which did not occur until the swearing in of Carter's successor, President Ronald Reagan. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_iranhost/pres10_vid_iranhost_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_iranhost/ 357 Iran's Islamic Revolution 1979 U.S. Embassy in Tehran President Jimmy Carter President Ronald Reagan American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes no Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.escalate/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_escalate/pres10_vid_escalate_l.jpg LBJ Escalates the Vietnam War In this video segment adapted from American Experience, view archival photos, newsreel footage, and interviews to examine the decision-making process that led Lyndon Johnson to order increased United States military involvement in the Vietnam War. With military and political advisers recommending massive American troop involvement over a number of years, and only one adviser urging complete withdrawal, Johnson chose to continue the commitments made by past presidents. This decision reflected Johnson's conviction that history taught the United States never to give in to aggressors. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_escalate/pres10_vid_escalate_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_escalate/ 306 Vietnam War President Lyndon Johnson American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes no Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.now.greatsociety/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_greatsociety/pres10_vid_greatsociety_l.jpg LBJ's Great Society Through newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews, this video segment adapted from American Experience surveys the array of civil rights and social welfare legislation that President Lyndon Johnson championed in pursuit of what he characterized as the Great Society. Johnson's success in enacting reforms in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, education, health care, and housing were quickly met by budgetary constraints, including those imposed by increased spending on the Vietnam War, and significant public skepticism that compromised the effectiveness of many of the new programs. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_greatsociety/pres10_vid_greatsociety_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_greatsociety/ 282 Civil Rights President Johnson's Great Society Social Welfare Legislation President Lyndon Johnson American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes yes Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pres10.socst.ush.dww.lendlease/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_lendlease/pres10_vid_lendlease_l.jpg Lend-Lease In this video segment adapted from American Experience, view newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews to explore Franklin Roosevelt's efforts to help defend Great Britain from German attacks in the period before the United States entered World War II. Despite the domestic restraints of the Neutrality Acts enacted by Congress in the 1930s and strong public isolationist sentiment, Roosevelt proposed the Lend-Lease plan to provide Great Britain with necessary weapons, and used his powers of persuasion to see it through a resistant Congress. http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/pres10/pres10_vid_lendlease/pres10_vid_lendlease_350.mp4 http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/pres10_vid_lendlease/ 275 World War II Lend-Lease Plan Neutrality Acts President Franklin Roosevelt American Experience Teachers Domain WGBH History yes yes Teachers' Domain: 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation no