Question 1

In what ways did the Second World War spur decolonization? Explain with examples.

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Question 2

While Joseph McCarthy often used vile tactics, how could you argue that he was at least partially correct and there was reason to fear communists in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

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Question 3

How did the policies of both the United States and Soviet Union lead to the start of the Cold War?

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Question 4

Why did Soviet-American relations become strained in 1960?

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An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory on May 1, 1960, leading to a major deterioration in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 5

In what ways did the Cold War affect American life from 1945 to 1953 as decisively as any military engagement that the nation had ever fought? Discuss, for example, the impact of the Cold War on the following: the military; Americans' views of their role in the world; domestic politics; political parties; New Deal liberalism; American conservatism; civil liberties; and learning to live in a nuclear age.

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Question 6

What does it mean that the Korean War was a limited war? Why did it develop this way? Why was the development of a limited war significant to civil-military relations in the United States?

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Question 7

What was the "containment policy"? How did the Truman administration implement it in Europe and in Asia?

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Question 8

Explain the challenges and fears facing the United States at the end of World War II as it converted to a peacetime economy. To what extent was that conversion successful? Why did the nation experience prosperity rather than economic disaster?

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Question 9

Discuss the origins of the Cold War. Explain the differences in policy, goals, and assumptions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Is it possible to assess "blame" for the Cold War, or were both sides responsible?

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Question 10

What substantive civil rights accomplishments did the Truman administration achieve? To what extent were those accomplishments the work of Truman, and to what extent were they the product of outside groups, other branches of the government, and political pressures?

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Question 11

In what ways does the postwar assault on domestic radicalism shed light on developments in American life today? How is it similar? How does it differ?

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Question 12

What were some of the consequences of defying the House Un-American Activities Committee?

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Question 13

What were the issues and who were the personalities in the 1948 presidential elections? Explain the reasons for and impact of splinter parties in 1948. Why did Harry Truman ultimately win the election?

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Question 14

What domestic and international events led to the Second Red Scare?

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Question 15

In what ways did President Eisenhower continue, and also change, President Truman's foreign policy?

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Question 16

Evaluate Harry Truman's effectiveness as president by examining two or three of his most important domestic and foreign policies.

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Question 17

What actions support the notion of President Eisenhower as a centrist or moderate politician?

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Question 18

Why did a Red Scare develop in the late 1940s? How important was Joseph McCarthy to its start and to the persecution of supposed anti-communists?

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Question 19

How and why did decolonization struggles and the newly independent states of the Third World become a major battleground in the Cold War?

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Question 20

What effect did the Cold War have on the domestic programs of both Presidents Truman and Eisenhower?

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Quiz 26: The Cold War Abroad and at Home