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Cold War at Home Study Guide
1. How did the GI Bill benefit veterans returning from war?
2. How did technology change the job market after World War II?
3. Why were labor leaders against the Taft Hartley Act?
4. Which group of people worked in California agriculture (farms) after World War
II?
5. What restriction did President Truman put on labor unions after World War II?
6. What made Americans feel unsafe, fearful, and anti-communist beginning in
1949?
7. Describe the American economy after World War II.
8. What impact did the baby boom have on America?
9. What employment opportunities were available to women after World War II?
10. What was the purpose of the GI Bill?
11. How were women portrayed in TV shows in the 1950s?
12. Why did so many people want to live in suburbs after World War II?
13. What evidence did Senator McCarthy produce to prove govt officials were
communist?
14. What was Alger Hiss found guilty of?
15. How did unions change after World War II?
16. Whose support helped Truman win the election in 1948?
17. What helped Kennedy win votes in 1960?
18. What issue did not help Kennedy in 1960?
19. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
20. According to the Warren Commission, who killed JFK?
21. Describe the Bay of Pigs.