Download US History 1950s Questions Directions: Use the textbook, or your

US History
1950s Questions
Directions: Use the textbook, or your Cold War Beginnings notes to complete the following questions on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Compare the 1st red scare (1920s) to the 2nd red scare (1950s).
2. What was HUAC and what prominent people were involved?
3. Who were the Hollywood 10?
4. Who was Alger Hiss and what happened to him?
5. What were the effects of McCarthyism?
6. Why did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact in 1955?
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, complete the following questions using your notes from class and your book if
needed. Then, use the chart on the back to compare the 1950s with the 1920s, which we discussed earlier this year.
7. How did the Cold War affect life in the 1950s?
8. What were the causes of the great economic growth in the country from 1945 to 1960? What was the impact on
the American standard of living?
9. How did Americans react to the Soviet Sputnik? What was the response of the US government?
10. What was the appeal of Levittown and similar suburban developments? How did typical suburbs transform family
life and shape women's attitudes?
11. In what ways did television change America? How did the medium simultaneously unify and alienate Americans?
12. What was the "Beat" movement? How did the values of the beatniks differ from those of mainstream America in
the 1950s?
13. What influenced the development of rock and roll? To what extent was the audience multi-racial?