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Ch. 27: The Cold War and the American Dream
Section 1 – Peacetime Adjustments and the Cold War
1. Why was there an economic “boom” after WW II?
2. What led to the demand for new homes in the post war years? How was this demand met?
3. What happened when labor unions went on strike in 1946?
4. How did Truman handle U.S. social issues like discrimination?
5. What were the origins of the Cold War?
6. What was the “Berlin Airlift”?
7. Why was the Berlin Wall built? When was it torn down?
8. What was the strategy of “containment”?
9. How does the Marshall Plan relate to the Truman Doctrine?
10. What was NATO? Why was it formed?
11. What was the Warsaw Pact?
12. Who were the Rosenbergs? What happened to them?
13. How did Truman’s “loyalty checks” and the HUAC affect people in the United States?
Section 2 – The Korean War and McCarthyism
14. How was Korea divided up after WWII? Which side was communist? Which was non-communist?
15. What event in June 1950 started what is known as the Korean War?
16. What prompted China to enter the war?
17. Why did President Truman refuse to blockade China? Why was MacArthur fired?
18. How did American’s feel about the outcome of the Korean War? Why?
19. Why does the term McCarthyism refer to reckless charges against innocent citizens?
20. How did Senator McCarthy lose his political power?
21. How was Eisenhower’s foreign policy on communism different than Truman’s?
22. Compare the policies of brinkmanship and containment. How are they similar? How are they
different?
23. What was the arms race? How did it lead to the United States and the Soviet Union both stockpiling
weapons?
24. How did the Soviet Union push the United States to research outer space?
25. How did the U-2 incident end peace talks between the Soviet Union and the United States?
26. How is U.S. involvement in Iran, Guatemala, and Egypt (Suez Canal incident) similar?
27. Read “Technology of the Time”. Why were people afraid of Sputnik? H-bomb? U-2 Spy Plane?
Section 3 – American Life in the 1950s
28. Describe the growth and movement of the U.S. population during the 1950s.
29. Describe suburban life in the 1950s.
30. What caused urban decay?
31. What aspects of 1950s popular culture are still relevant today?
32. How did television help John Kennedy win the Presidency?
33. Would a beatnik live in a suburb? Why or why not?