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Robert Pierce
History 17B Fourth Essay
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING (50%)
- List and discuss three events during the period 1945-49 that led to the development, in 1950, of what became known as "McCarthyism" and then discuss what impact this red scare had on American life.
- List the three events of the civil rights movement that you think are the most crucial and justify your choices.
- In class I referred to Eisenhower as the "the last Whig." Give examples why you believe this might be true, if you agree, or not true, if you disagree.
- Compare Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson in actively changing civil rights in America.
- Discuss the "quiet 1950s" and the decade's impact on American life. Which elements have been long lasting, which were not, and why?
PART TWO (50%)
You will be asked to IDENTIFY and give the SIGNIFICANCE of FOUR of the following:
1. Bay of Pigs
2. Taft-Hartley Act
3. George Kennan
4. U-2 incident
5. Jack Kerouac
6. Cuban Missile Crisis
7. 1964 Civil Rights Act
8. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
9. Voting Rights Act of 1965
10. Hollywood Ten
11. Inchon
12. Sputnik
13. Rosa Parks
14. 38th parallel
15. Youth Culture
16. Alger Hiss
17. Berlin Airlift
18. Truman Doctrine
19. HUAC
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