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Chapter 36 and 37 Study Guide Cold War and the 1950’s Chapter 36 - what were some of the results of the continued growth of the suburbs What factors led to the decline of organized labor in the 1950’s What area of the country saw the greatest population growth since 1945 What was Truman’s response to the blockade of roads and railways to Berlin in 1948 What were the characteristics of population distribution and shifts after World War II What percentage of Americans lived in suburbs in 1960 What did Truman try to do to prevent an economic downturn immediately following the end of the war During what years did the baby boom reach its peak Know the following postwar American policies and programs: Point Four, NATO, Truman Doctrine, and Marshall Plan What did the U.S. pledge to do under the Truman Doctrine What was NSC-68 and what belief did it reflect What was the result of the Federal Housing Authority refusing to give loans to blacks What factors contributed to the long economic boom that followed World War II What motivated the passage of the GI Bill and what did the GI Bill provide What was the result of American membership in NATO at home and abroad? What shift did NATO reflect in American foreign policy Why did Southern Democrats split in 1948 and nominate Strom Thurmond as a State Rightist What did the Marshall Plan call for What were the differences between the League of Nations and the United Nations Why did Truman relieve MacArthur of duty in Korea What helped fuel the prosperity of the Sunbelt area Marshall plan helped thwart communism in what two European nations Why was the Taft-Hartley act a major blow to labor Know the presidential candidates for the 1948 election and what party each represented What was George Kennan’s telegram called and policy did he advocate As a result of the postwar economic boom, what happened to home ownership in the US Reduced amounts of farms and farmers was the result of what in postwar America The UN’s earliest failure was when? What were some of the factors that encouraged Americans to move to the suburbs What was Truman’s domestic plan called Chapter 37 - What methods did African Americans use in the South to overturn Jim Crow Laws What was Eisenhower’s policies towards Native Americans What were the details of Eisenhower’s New Look foreign policy What was the United States response to the Hungarian Uprising In what ways did work change in the 1950’s What caused Latin American nations to grow increasingly more angry towards the United States in the 1950’s What was Eisenhower’s response to the imminent fall of the French at Dien Bien Phu What made the 1954 court case Brown v Board of Education so epochal How would one describe Eisenhower’s view towards racial justice During the 1952 presidential campaign, Eisenhower promised to do what in Korea How did Eisenhower define his domestic policy What was the Eisenhower supported public works project that was more expensive than any of the New Dealer projects Who was Joseph McCarthy and when did he first rise to national prominence Who were two postwar fiction writers who explored the problems and anxieties of affluence - What new Deal programs or ideas did Eisenhower accept and maintain Why did the Paris conference scheduled in 1960 collapse What was America’s response to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 In regards to Eisenhower’s second term, what role did he take in the government What was the result of McCarthy’s campaign against communist subversion in America What role did television play in terms of politics In the 1950’s , where did the CIA engineer pro-American political coups Who did the US condemn in 1956 as an aggressor in the Suez Canal crisis What was the public opinion of Eisenhower when he left the presidency in 1961 What was decided in the 1955 Geneva Conference What factor tipped the scales in favor of JFK in the 1960 election What was the Eisenhower Doctrine and to what nations did it intend to extend aid Who was the leader of the nationalist movement in Vietnam The SNCC was an outgrowth of what event in the South