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Question

1. "The start of the Cold War and the 1950s

The red scare, and 1950s lifestyle"

1. How did Joseph McCarthy fuel another red scare? Did his hearings produce any real results?

2. What was the baby boom? How did the GI bill help new young families after ww2?

3. How was the national highway system built? Why is it such a major accomplishment?

4. What artistic examples showed 1950s teenagers rebelling against conformity?

2. "The 1950s

Rock and roll and desegregation"

1. Where did the sound for Rock "n" Roll originate? Why did some adults dislike this new music?

2. Why did Private Felix Longoria become an important figure in the Hispanic-American civil rights movement?

3. How did Thurgood Marshall successfully win the case of Brown v. Board of Education? Why was this case historic?

4. Describe how the Montgomery Bus Boycott started. What was the outcome of this protest?

3. "The 1950s

The Little Rock 9, Emmett Till, and the Space Race Begins"

1. How was the case of Brown v. Board of Ed. put to the test in 1957? What was the outcome of this standoff?

2. Why couldn't Emmett Till's murderers be put on trial again even though they admitted to the killing after their trial?

3. How did many Americans prepare for a nuclear war with the Soviet Union in the 1950s?

4. How did the Soviets jumpstart the space race?