美国历史————英美国家概况PPT.ppt

American HistoryThe Post WWⅡ Period And Modern Times高昌PThe Cold War PeriodDiplomacy、Politics And War;The Cold War PeriodDomestic Issues;Modern Times;The Begin of The Cold War;The Containment Policy;In 1949, America Canada and ten European countries joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO). The first commander of the NATO forces was an America, appointed by Truman. 北约会徽 ;The Korean War;The Red Scare ;;McCarthyism;John Kennedy and the Cuban missile Crisis;The Vietnam War;;Richard Nixon and Detente;;The Cold War PeriodDomestic Issues;Domestic IssuesThe Civil Rights Movement;SNCC(The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee)cooperated with Martin Luther King’s SCLC(Southern Christian Leadership Conference) in kinds of non-violent disobedience activities. Their activities gained widespread public acceptance. On August 28 1963, Martin Luther King led 250,000 people, both Blacks and Whites, gathered down the Mall in Washington. Standing in front of Abraham Lincoln’s statue, King delivered one of the memorable speeches of the century entitled, “I Have A Dream”. ;In 1964, Congress passed the first series of Civil Rights Acts(民权法案), which marked the success of the movement. The law protested the voting rights and increased the educational opportunities of minority people. It also stated that no federal money would be given to any business, employers or labor union, which discriminated against people because of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability or national origin. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established to enforce fair labor practice. In general, the economic gap between many Blacks and Whites decreased but persisted, and city ghettoes remained intact. ;Woman’s