UNIT 14/15: WORLD WAR II, COLD WAR, HOT
PROTEST, BAD PRESIDENT, AND THE
CONSERVATIVES STRIKE BACK (1947 - 1991)
171. Lend-Lease Act, 1940
172. Atlantic Charter, 1941
173. Pearl Harbor, 1941
174. Japanese-American internment, 1942
175. Normandy invasion, 1944
176. G.I. Bill, 1944
177. Yalta Conference, 1945
178. Potsdam Conference, 1945
179. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945
180. “Iron Curtain” speech, 1946
181. Truman Doctrine, 1947
182. Marshall Plan, 1947
183. Taft-Hartley Act, 1947
184. Brooklyn Dodgers sign Jackie Robinson, 1947
185. National Security Act, 1947
186. Berlin Airlift, 1948
187. Election of 1948
188. NATO formed, 1949
189. Joseph McCarthy attacked the State Department, 1950
190. Korean War, 1950-1953
191. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed, 1953
192. Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
193. Geneva Accords, 1954
194. Joseph McCarthy condemned for misconduct, 1954
195. Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-56
196. Interstate Highway Act, 1956
197. Integration of Little Rock H.S., 1957
198. Sputnik, 1957
199. U-2 aircraft shot down by USSR, 1960
200. Greensboro sit-ins, 1960
201. Eisenhowerʼs Farewell Address, 1961
202. Bay of Pigs, 1961
203. Freedom Riders, 1961
204. Peace Corps, 1961
205. Cuban Missile Crises, 1962
206. Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, 1963
207. March of Washington, 1963
208. John F. Kennedy assassinated, 1963
209. The Great Society, 1964-65
210. Civil Rights Act of 1964
211. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964
212. Malcolm X assassinated, 1965
213. Vietnam War escalated, 1965
214. Voting Rights Act, 1965
215. Watts riots, 1965
216. Miranda v. State of Arizona, 1966
217. Tet Offensive, 1968
218. Johnson withdrew from presidential race, 1968
219. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated, 1968
220. Robert Kennedy assassinated, 1968
221. Anti-war riots at the Chicago Democratic Convention, 1968
222. AIM created, 1968
223. Election of 1968
224. Neil Armstrong walked on moon, 1969
225. Vietnamization, 1969
226. My Lai massacre made public, 1969
227. Kent State, 1970
228. Pentagon Papers, 1971
229. Nixon visited China, 1972
230. Watergate break-in, 1972
231. SALT I and the policy of detention, 1972
232. Roe v. Wade, 1973
233. OPEC oil embargo, 1973
234. Nixon resigned, 1974
235. Panama Canal Treaty, 1977
236. Camp David Accords, 1979
237. Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, 1979
238. Iranian hostage crises, 1979-81
239. Reaganomics began, 1981
240. Beirut embassy bombed, 1983
241. Invasion of Grenada, 1983
242. Iran-Contra scandal, 1987
243. INF Treaty, 1988
244. Berlin Wall torn down, 1989
245. Persian Gulf War, 1991
246. Soviet Union dissolved, 1991
247. Oklahoma City bombing, 1995
248. Balanced Budget Agreement passed, 1997
249. Clinton impeachment trial, 1999
250. September 11th terrorist attacks, 2001
FRQs
1987 “Social dislocations resulting from wartime conditions frequently bring
lasting change within a society.” Evaluate the relevance of this generalization to
American society in the twentieth century in view of the experiences of Blacks
AND women.
1992 In what ways did the Great Society resemble the New Deal in its origins,
goals, and social and political legacy? Cite specific programs and policies in
support of your arguments.
1993 Describe THREE of the following and analyze the ways in which each of
the three has affected the status of women in American society since 1940.
Changing economic conditions
The rebirth of an organized women’s movement
Advances in reproductive technology
The persistence of traditional definitions of women’s roles
1992 In 1945 Winston Churchill said that the United States stood at the
summit of the world. Discuss the developments in the thirty years following
Churchill’s speech which called the global preeminence of the United States
into question.
• 1996 Analyze the influence of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations in
the decade following the Second World War.
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Yalta Conference
Communist revolution in China
Korean War
McCarthyism
• 1999 Assess the success of the United States policy of containment in Asia between
1945 and 1975.
• 2004 Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of
containment as it is developed in TWO of the following regions of the world during
the period 1945-1975.
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East and Southeast Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
• 1994 To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age
of political, social and cultural conformity?
• 1997 How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in
the era following the Second World War?
• 2006 While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and
conformity in the 1950’s, some Americans reacted against the status quo.
Analyze the critiques of United States society made by TWO of the
following:
– Youth
– Civil Rights Activists
– Intellectuals
• 1998 “1968 was a turning point for the United States.” To what extent is this
an accurate assessment? In your answer, discuss TWO of the following:
– National politics
– Vietnam War
– Civil Rights
• 2000 Discuss, with respect to TWO of the following, the view that the
1960’s represented a period of profound cultural change.
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Education
Gender Roles
Music
Race Relations
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2004b “Between 1960 and 1975, there was great progress in the struggle for political and social
equality.” Assess the validity of this statement with respect to TWO of the following groups of people
during that period.
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African Americans
Asian Americans
Latinos
Native Americans
Women
2005 Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the period of
the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Civil Rights movement
The antiwar movement
The women’s rights movement
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2009b Analyze the ways in which the events and trends of the 1970s diminished the nation’s economic
power and international influence, and challenged Americans’ confidence in both.
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2010b Analyze the effects of the Vietnam War on TWO of the following in the United States in the
period from 1961 to 1975.
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The presidency
The population between 18 and 35 years old
Cold War diplomacy
2013 Between 1945 and 1975 various groups in the United States engaged in protest. Analyze the
reasons that protest emerged in this period for TWO of the following groups.
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African Americans
College students
Latino Americans
Women
DBQs
1988 The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic
measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather
than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. Evaluate this
statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of
the years 1939 through 1947.
2006b Analyze developments from 1941–1949 that increased suspicion and tension between
the United States and the Soviet Union.
2001 What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second
World War? How successfully did the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address
these fears? Use the documents and your knowledge of the years 1948–1961 to construct your
response.
1995 Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960's in the goals, strategies, and support
of the movement for African American civil rights.
2007b In what ways did the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to the
political, economic, and social problems of the United States? Assess the effectiveness of the
response. Use the documents and your knowledge of the years 1960–1970 to construct your
response.
2008 Analyze the ways in which the Vietnam War heightened social, political, and economic
tensions in the United States. Focus your answer on the period 1964 to 1975.
2011 Analyze the international and domestic challenges the United States faced between 1968
and 1974, and evaluate how President Richard Nixon’s administration responded to them.