US UNIT 8 EXAM Post World War II, the Cold War & 1950S America
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US UNIT 8 EXAM – Post World War II, The Cold War & 1950s America Study Guide – Ch. 18-19 & 21.1 Cold War Ch. 18 Rock ‘n’Roll as rebellion United Nations: Big 5 on Security Council Elvis Presley Truman Doctrine – Containment Michael Harrington’s The Other America Marshall Plan Urban renewal Berlin Blockade & Airlift “white flight” NATO & Warsaw Pact Braceros CIA Longoria incident Chiang Kai-Shek - Taiwan “Termination Policy” Mao Zedong Thurgood Marshall H-Bomb Brown v. Board or Education Arms Race & increased military Little Rock Nine spending Rosa Parks Korean War Montgomery Bus Boycott General Douglas MacArthur Martin Luther King Jr. & SCLC Results of the Korean War SNCC, CORE & Sit-ins HUAC Hollywood Ten – blacklisting 1. What were the causes of the Alger Hiss emergence of the Cold War Julius & Ethel Rosenberg between the US and the USSR Joseph McCarthy & McCarthyism after World War II? John Foster-Dulles & Brinksmanship 2. What were the 3 most significant Eisenhower Doctrine events between 1945 and 1960 Nikita Krushchev that caused increased tensions Suez Crisis between the USA and USSR U-2 Incident during the Cold War? 3. What effects did the Cold War 1950s (Ch. 19 & 21.1) have on American society between G.I. Bill of Rights 1945 to 1960? Growth of suburbs & conformity 4. What were significant examples Harry S. Truman that the 1950s was a decade of Desegregation of the armed forces & conformity in the US? federal government 5. What were examples and symbols 1948 Election - Thomas Dewey or rebellion during the 1950s? Dixiecrats & Strom Thurmond 6. What were the significant events, Fair Deal policies, leaders, and court Truman’s conflict with the Republican decisions that shaped the Civil congress Rights movement in the 1950s? Economic changes – rise of white-collar jobs Decline of industrial “blue-collar” jobs Conglomerates & franchises Baby Boom consumerism Planned obsolescence Interstate Highway Act of 1956 Mass media - Rise of TV Beat Movement “Beatniks” Class and race differences in the 1950s Era of the car