Contributing Author
Ross D. Hudson
Consultant
Jennifer M. Lopez, NBCT, M.S.Ed.
Teacher SpecialistHistory/Social Studies
Office of Curriculum & Instruction
Norfolk Public Schools
Publishing Credits
Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher
Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editor in Chief
Emily R. Smith, M.A.Ed., Content Director
Vronique Bos, Creative Director
Robin Erickson, Art Director
Michelle Jovin, M.A., Associate Editor
Kevin Panter, Senior Graphic Designer
Image Credits: front cover (top), p.1 Library of Congress [LC-USF34-037392-D]; front cover
(bottom), p.1 John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library; p.4 Popperfoto/Getty Images; p.5 (right), p. 11 (all), p.13 (top left
and right), p.17 (center left), p.29 (bottom) U.S. National Archives; pp.67 Pinn Hans/AFP/
Getty Images; p.8 (bottom) Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images; p.9 (top right)
LOC [LC-USZ62-39907]; p.9 (bottom) Newscom; p.10 (left) Reuters/Newscom; p.12 (top) LOC
[LC-USZ62-126386]; p.12 (bottom right) U.S. Army [captured photo]; p.14 (left) Official photo
by Y. Khaldey; p.14 (right) World History Archive/Alamy; p.15 (top) RIA Novosti Archive; p.16,
p.19 Everett Historical/Shutterstock; p.17 (top right) Frame from US Government film Duck
and Cover; p.18 (left) Veterans Administration; p.18 (right) Bernard Hoffman/The LIFE Picture
Collection/Getty Images; p.20 (right) H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images; p.21
(bottom) Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images; p.22 (left) Kelly Miller/U.S. Army; p.22 (right) LOC
[LC-DIG-fsa-8c02701]; p.23 (center left) LOC [LC-USW33-028633-C]; p.23 (bottom) LOC, William P.
Gottlieb Collection; p.24 Joe Raedle/Getty Images; p.25 (left) Kit Leong/Shutterstock; p.27 (top)
egd/Shutterstock; p.29 (top) JT Vintage/Glasshouse Images/Newscom; all other images from iStock
and/or Shutterstock.
All companies, websites, and products mentioned in this book are registered trademarks of their
respective owners or developers and are used in this book strictly for editorial purposes. No commercial
claim to their use is made by the author or the publisher.
5301 Oceanus Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030
www.tcmpub.com
2020 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
ISBN 978-1-0876-5525-3
Table of Contents
The Curtain Drops ...................... 4
The Changing World Stage ............... 6
The Changing American Stage ...........
The Next Act ..........................
Write It! ..............................
Glossary ..............................
Index .................................
Your Turn! ............................
The Curtain Drops
On March 5, 1946, the people of Fulton, Missouri,
welcomed former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
He had been a great leader during World War II. Now, he was
in Fulton to speak about how the world was changing.
World War II was over. The Allied forces had won. People
wondered what the world would look like after the war.
Soviet Union leaders wanted to spread a form of government
called communism . Under that system, the government
controls the economy. This differs from much of the Western
world. Many of these countries follow a system called
capitalism . Under that system, people control the economy.
Churchill delivers his
Iron Curtain speech in
Fulton, Missouri.