Unit+9+--+Cold+War+America


 * Essay 1** -- Analyze the influence of each of the following on American-Soviet relations in the decade following the Second World War: the Yalta Conference, the Communist revolution in China, the Korean War, McCarthyism.


 * Essay 2** -- How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in the era following the Second World War?


 * Essay 3** -- Discuss, with respect to each of the following, the view that the 1960s represented a period of profound cultural change: education, gender roles, music, race relations.


 * Essay 4** -- Compare and contrast United States foreign policy after the First World War and after the Second World War. Consider the periods 1919 to 1928 and 1945 to 1950. [Unit 8]


 * Essay 5** -- How did the African American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s address the failures of the Reconstruction? [Unit 5]


 * Essay 6** -- Analyze the ways in which each of the following shaped American politics after the Second World War: anticommunism in the 1940s and 1950s, the women's liberation movement in the 1960s, and the "silent majority" in the 1970s. [Unit 10]


 * Essay 7** -- Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and the 1950s with respect to each of the following: race relations, role of women, consumerism. [Unit 8]


 * Essay 8** -- Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in each of the following regions of the world during the period 1945 to 1975: East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East. [Unit 10]


 * Essay 9** -- Analyze the extent to which each of the following transformed American society in the 1960s and 1970s: the Civil Rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement. [Unit 10]


 * Essay 10** -- Analyze the ways in which each of the following contributed to the changes in women's lives in the United States in the mid-twentieth century: wars, literature and/or popular culture, medical and/or technological advances. [Units 8 and 10]


 * Essay 11** -- While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950s, some Americans reacted against the status quo. Analyze the critiques of United States society made by each of the following: youth, civil rights activists, intellectuals.


 * Essay 12** -- Explain the origins of each of the following third parties and evaluate their impact on United States politics and national policies: the People's Party (Populists), 1892; the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), 1912; the States' Rights Party (Dixiecrats), 1948; the American Independent Party, 1968. [Units 6, 7, and 10]


 * Essay 13** -- Evaluate the impact of the Second World War on the United States in the 1950s and 1960s in terms of the following: education, international relations, science and technology.


 * Essay 14** -- In what ways did the Great Society resemble the New Deal in its origins, goals, and social and political legacy? Cite specific examples and policies in support of your argument. [Unit 8]


 * Essay 15** -- To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?


 * Essay 16** -- Explain the causes and consequences of each of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945 to 1985: suburbanization, the growth of the Sun Belt, and immigration to the United States. [Unit 10]