Documents
George
Orwell’s 1946 Newspaper Column on Negotiations in the United Nations
George
F. Kennan’s Long Telegram
Excerpts
from NSC-68
Josh
Pollack’s How a Nuclear Bomb Works
Truman
Loyalty Oath, 1947
Lillian
Hellman Defies HUAC
Joseph
McCarthy’s Speech Warning of the Communist Threat
Excerpts
from Harry Truman’s Message to Congress on September 6, 1946
Images
Clement
Attlee, Harry Truman, and Josef Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, 1945
American
Bombers During the Korean War
An
American Soldier in Korea
Photograph
of Ronald Reagan Testifying Before HUAC
A
Nuclear Test Explosion over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands (1954)
Cartoon
Lampooning Truman’s Ambitions (1951)
Photo
of Truman Celebrating His Upset Victory over Dewey
Writer
Ayn Rand Testifies as a Friendly Witness for the House Un-American Activities
Committee
A
Family Moving into the Suburbs (1952)
Maps
The
‘Great Migration,’ 1900—1970
The
Korean War
Truman’s
Electoral Victory, 1948
Foreign-Born
Population by State
Timelines
Unionization
Rates, 1930—1999
Homeownership,
1930—1990
The
Postwar Economic Boom, 1946—1962
Labor
Trends for Women, 1950—1980
The
Baby Boom, 1945—1965
Sources
of Immigration
Interactive Modules
Immigration
20th-Century
American Demographics
The
Cold War
