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The American homefront was impacted in several key areas by the Cold War. Politically: Perhaps most famously, Americans strongly connected with the idea of a distant and ideologically foreign enemy. The "Red Scare" refers to a period of intense paranoia in the United States when even the accusation of communist ties could bring a person's career to and end and destroy a reputation. Joseph McCarthy held a series of hearings before the House Committee On Un-American Activities which served almost as show-trials, fueling the atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Economically: The Cold War created an impetus for the continued upkeep and expansion of US military capability after the end of WWII. This diverted billions from social programs and to a great extent undid many of the formative political changes brought about by the great depression. While Johnson's "Great Society" programs addressed some of this shortfall, the financial constraints imposed by the ballooning budgets of the military contributed to the prevention of the development of a welfare state as we see in modern day Europe. Ideologically: In identifying the USSR as "enemy" the United States sought to reject the ideals most commonly attributed to Soviet Communism. The hammer and sickle, long images of the power of the working class, vanished from American art (1930s vintage buildings in New York still have some embellishment that pre-dates the Cold War and such symbolism is present there). Moreover, the United States strongly rejected socialism and socialist political initiatives, further compounding the budgetary issues created by increased military spending. Physically: The Cold War was not always cold. Thousands of Americans died in Korea and Vietnam. The United States has maintained bases around the world to better project American power into the USSR. The losses these conflicts produced can not be over-stated and the establishment of permanent overseas bases created the notion of the "military brat" an entirely Post-WWII phenomena.
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What were the origins of the Cold War and what was the American response?
russia nukes
How did the early cold war affect life in the US?
Due to the cold war everyone was affected because the Americans and Russian were both fighting for power. The economy of either countries were unaffected and the affect was mostly political.
Who where the American adversaries during the cold war?
Soviet Union and Red China.
Why is 1991 significant as a turning point in American history?
It marks the end of the cold war
How did the Cold War affect American families?
People immigrated or defected to the US; that's why they built the Berlin Wall to stop people from leaving their side of the line.
How did the Spanish American war affect the lives of people at home in the US?
Because it was of such short duration, it had little effect on the homefront.
Identify 3 ways the war affected the American homefront?
Identify 3 consequences of war
How did the cold war affect American males who were approaching their eighteenth birthday?
They would be sent of to join the war
How did the cold war affect the cold war front?
There was no "front" in the Cold War.
How did the cold war affect American social values?
they challeneged it by forcing commuinsim onto amricans
How did nuclear warfare affect the cold war?
How did nuclear warfare affect the cold war?
How did the establishment of NATO affect the Cold War?
Answer this question… How did the establishment of NATO affect the Cold War?
What was mostly remembered in the Spanish American War?
For most on the Homefront it would be the Battle of San Juan Hill.
What did the American homefront contribute to winning World War 1?
the homefront had to give up supplies such as bread and flour and metal. and the Americans lived off of rations during the us involvement with the war. the homefront had to give up supplies such as bread and flour and metal. and the Americans lived off of rations during the us involvement with the war.
How does the Homefront of World War 2 compare to the Homefront of World War 1?
WWII-United; VN-Divisive.
How did the cold war affect the following foreign policy domestic politics and civil liberties To what degree were Ronald Reagan's policies responsible for American victory in the Cold War?
There was no American victory in the Cold War. No one won it. The fact that both Communist nations and Communist ones exist today is proof.
Why did World War 1 affect Germany differently than Britain in relation to the homefront?
because they never had enough weapons.
