Period 8: 1945-1980 Textbook Assignment
NAME: ______DUE: ______
Directions: Required toread chapters 25-29 in their entirety.
While reading, reflect and respond to the questions below…for extra credit! Print out, and turn in on day of exam.
*10 points on Period 8 Assessment
22 Responses Total (MUST COMPLETE 22 TO BE ACCEPTED)!
Chapter 25: Choose 4 of the 8 to complete.
- How did American and Soviet viewpoints differ over the Post-WWII fate of Europe?
- How did the Marshall Plan illustrate America’s new role in the world?
- Describe the U.S. containment strategy for Asia compared to Europe.
- How was the Democratic Party divided in 1948?
- What factors led to the postwar Red Scare (“Second Red Scare”)?
- How did the “Second Red Scare” effect civil liberties in the U.S.?
- How did Kennedy’s approach to the Cold War differ from Eisenhower and Truman’s?
- Why did the U.S. become involved in Vietnam?
Chapter 26: Choose 4 of the 8 to complete.
- What primary factors led to the growth of the American economy after WWII?
- How did the tastes and values of the postwar middle class affect the country?
- Why was there an increase in births in the decades immediately following WWII?
- What were the effects of this baby boom?
- What transformations in women’s economic roles took place in the 1950s and 1960s?
- In what ways did the national government encourage suburbanization?
- In what sense was the U.S. becoming, using the Kerner Commission report’s phrase, “two societies”?
Chapter 27: Choose 4 of the 8 to complete.
- How did the growth of the black middle class assist the civil rights movement?
- Why did WWII play a critical role in the civil rights movement?
- How did the Cold War work FOR and AGAINST the civil rights movement?
- How did the NAACP go about developing a legal strategy to attach racial segregation?
- What lessons did activists learn from the evolution of the civil rights movement between 1957-1961?
- In what ways did white resistance hinder the civil rights movement?
- Why were Black Power and Black Nationalism compelling to many African Americans?
- What did the Chicano and American Indian movements have in common with the black freedom movement?
Chapter 28: Choose 5 of the 9 to complete.
- What new roles did the federal government assume under Great Society initiatives?
- What were the main elements of Johnson’s Great Society and how do these compare to FDR’s New Deal programs?
- What factors accounted for the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s?
- Why was President Johnson determined to support South Vietnam?
- Contrast the political views for 2 of the following groups: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), & the counterculture.
- Explain 3 significant events that occurred between 1965 and 1968 that affected national politics.
- How did the women’s liberation after 1968 differ from the women’s movement of the early 1960s?
- Explain how the gay liberation movement broke away from earlier liberal politics.
- How was President Nixon’s Vietnam policy different from President Johnson’s?
Chapter 29: Choose 5 of the 11 to complete.
- What major factors led to the birth of the environmental movement in the 1970s?
- What major developments shaped the American economy in the 1970s contributing to its transformation?
- How did cities and suburbs experience the “era of limits” differently?
- What changed and what remained the same in American politics as a result of the Watergate scandal?
- What kind of president did Carter hope to be? How successful was he at implementing his agenda?
- How did affirmative action evolve between 1961 and 1978?
- How did the idea of civil rights expand during the 1970s?
- Explain the significance of Roe v. Wade and the case’s connection to present day politics?
- What social and economic concerns did working families have in the 1970s?
- What were 3 major consequences of the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s?
- How did evangelical Christianity influence American society in the 1970s?