Review: MUSH Test 3-Mon. Nov. 10
I. Short Identification
(8 on test, you do 5. Define with at least 3 details and then provide the
significance Also covered in M.C. ?s)
United Nations (U.N) Structure/Function
Satellite nation(s) = buffer zone
Containment
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Chiang Kai-shek = Jiang Jeishi
Mao Tse Tung = Mao Zedong
Taiwan
38th Parallel
Korean War
HUAC
Hollywood 10
Blacklist
Alger Hiss
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthyism
H-bomb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Allen Dulles
Brinkmanship
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Warsaw Pact
Eisenhower Doctrine
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
U-2 Incident
G.I. Bill of Rights
Suburb
Harry S. Truman
Dixiecrat
Fair Deal
Conglomerate
Franchise
Baby Boom
Dr. Jonas Salk
Consumerism
Planned Obsolescence
Mass Media
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Beat Movement
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Jazz
Urban Renewal
Bracero
Termination Policy
II. Short Answers (Answer with short bullets from class, but complete
sentences) These may also be included as multiple choice, matching or fill in
the blank ?s)
1 Explain the breakdown in relations between the U.S.
and the Soviet Union after WW II.
2. Summarize the steps taken to contain Soviet
influence.
3. Describe how the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall
Plan deepened Cold War tensions.
4. Explain how conflicts over Germany increased fear of
Soviet aggression..
5. Explain the two competing sides in the Chinese Civil
War and how the Communists ultimately won.
6. Summarize the main events of the Korean War.
7. Explain the conflict between President Truman and
Douglas MacArthur.
8. Describe the ultimate outcome of the Korean War and
significance of the war in American history.
9. Describe the Truman Administration and Congress'
efforts to investigate the loyalty of U.S. citizens.
10. Explain the spy cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg.
11. Describe the rise and fall of Senator Joseph
McCarthy and his crusade to investigate Communist
influence in the U.S.
12. Explain the policy of brinkmanship.
13. Describe how the Cold War conflict impacted the
history of Iran, Guatemala, and the Middle East.
14. Summarize the impact of Sputnik and the U-2
incident on the United States.
15. Identify the economic and social problems
Americans faced after WW II.
16. Compare and contrast Truman and the Republicans'
approach to labor relations in America.
17. Describe the causes and consequences of social
unrest in the postwar period.
18. Compare and contrast the Truman and Eisenhower
administrations' domestic policies.
19. Explain how changes in business impacted workers.
20. Describe the suburban lifestyle of the 1950s.
21. Identify the causes and effects of the auto industry
boom.
22. Explain the increase in consumerism in the 1950s.
23. Explain how televisions programming in the 1950s
reflected middle class values.
24. Explain how the beat movement and rock n' roll
music clashed with middle class values.
25. Describe ways that African-American entertainers
integrated the media in the 1950s.
26. Explain how the white migration to the suburbs
created an urban crisis.
27. Describe the historical circumstances that created a
Mexican American population in the U.S., the factors
that encouraged Braceros to migrate to the U.S. and
organizations these Mexican Americans created to
fight discrimination.
28. Describe the stages and consequences of America’s
evolving Native American Indian policies.
III. Essays (Two will be on the test, you will write on
one of the two. Prepare simple outlines for 3. For our
party write a five paragraph essay with a proper intro,
thesis, body paragraphs with topic sentences, claims and
evidence, conclusions are optional but helpful)
1. Discuss the origins of the Cold War and analyze at
least four historical examples involving the Truman
Administration’s response to the Communist threat.
2. Discuss America’s second communist scare by
analyzing the evidence of a communist conspiracy,
the effectiveness of the American government’s
responses (two branches), and the long term
consequences of the Second Red Scare.
3. Was the conformity of the 1950s ultimately a positive
or negative development in U.S. history? Support
your claim with detailed evidence from five of the
following events/ideas (Cold War, Women’s roles,
Native American Indian policy, Movie Censors,
Space Race, Korea, Planned Obsolescence,
Franchises, Mexican Americans’ experience,
Consumerism, Company men, Television, Suburbs,
Red Scare)
4. Analyze in detail both African American culture’s
influence on the origins and evolution of rock ‘n’
roll AND the key pioneers of this new musical style.