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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. – – – – 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. – – – – 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. – – – – Education Gender Roles Music Race Relations • 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. – – – – – • 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. – – – The Civil Rights movement The antiwar movement The women’s rights movement • 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. • 2010b Analyze the effects of the Vietnam War on TWO of the following in the United States in the period from 1961 to 1975. – – – • 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. – – – – 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.