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Assignment:

Postwar America & The Early Cold War

1. Why did the Truman Doctrine rely more on economic and financial aid rather than direct military aid?
2. How did the Marshall Plan help Europeans resist Soviet aggression?
3. What events led to the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact? What was the purpose of these groups?
4. How did Mao Zedong and the communists gain power in China?
5. What were the most important outcomes of U.S. participation in the Korean War? (**This answer should be at least a ½ page)
6. What was the logic behind the idea of brinkmanship?
7. How did domestic spy cases intensify fears of communist influence in the U.S. government?
8. Describe the tactics, sentiments, and events that contributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy's success.
9. What 3 innovations during the 1950s improved the quality of life for people in the United States the most? (**This answer should be at least a ½ page)
10. How did the move to the suburbs affect American society?
11. David Halberstam is quoted as saying of 1950s family TV shows that no "family problem was so great that it could not be cleared up within the allotted twenty-two minutes." What criticism of these shows does Halberstam make in this statement?
12. Explain the problems (including discrimination) that many minority groups faced in the postwar era. (**This answer should be at least a ½ page)
13. What steps did Kennedy take to change U.S. foreign policy?
14. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis affect U.S. relations with Cuba and the Soviet Union?
15. What was the Berlin Crisis? How did it affect citizens?