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Spotlight on: Primary Source JFK on the containment of Communism, 1952 Economics, World History In August 1952, as he was campaigning for the US Senate, John F. Kennedy addressed the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. This manuscript is a draft of the speech Kennedy delivered before the influential labor...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Albert Einstein on the McCarthy hearings and the Fifth Amendment, 1953 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ During the "McCarthy hearings" of the 1950s, the government investigated American society and industry in an attempt to root out communist sympathizers. Among those investigated were scientists and scholars, who were called upon to...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Condolence letter from General MacArthur, 1950 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In 1950, with Soviet support, North Korea invaded South Korea. The ensuing war lasted until 1953, with the United Nations and the United States entering the conflict soon after it began. For the United States, participation in the...
Interactive Walter Schirra Jr. Walter Schirra Jr. Cold War After completing ninety combat missions during the Korean War, Walter Schirra Jr. was named one of seven test pilots for NASA’s Project Mercury. Image Source: Yvette Smith, Photograph of Walter Schirra emerging from the...