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Grades: 9th-12th

Confronting Communism

Program Length: 80 minutes

Shortly after taking office, President Eisenhower needed to decide how the U.S. should confront Soviet Communist expansionism. In this program, students recreate Eisenhower’s Project Solarium to analyze primary sources, discuss and debate the merits of three options, andadvise the president of their recommendations.

Related Primary Sources

Government and military officials seated around a table during a Project Solarium meeting.
Government and military officials seated around a table during a Project Solarium meeting.
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