Even More Questions 9-15

9
The wall was built to keep people from East from fleeing to the West. It cut communications between the two parts of the city. It symbolizes Communist repression.

10
The Soviets had missiles in Cuba, and the US feared that they would be used against us.

11
It was their was of saying it was okay to take any and all measures secessary to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States.

12
It was a chemical herbicide sprayed in Vietnam to clear out forests and tall grasses. It is bleieved to have contaminated many Americans and Vietnamese, causing serious health problems.

13
It was a series of attacks throughout South Vietnam. These attacks marked a turning point in the Vietnam War. It targeted American military bases and South Vietnam's major cities.

14

In WWII, we had a reason to fight. In Vietnam, Americans thought it was a civil war and that we should've minded our own business.
15
President Johnson's decision was a bad one. During war, a stable government is important, and part of a stable government is not introducing radical new policies. By no running, President Johnson opened up the opportunity for a new president to introduce new policies. Also, he knew the war better than a new president would and so was more qualified to lead the military.

Don't Know Much About The Cold War

How many television sets were sold in 1950? How did television change America? What other factors changed America in the 50s?
More than 4 million sets were sold. It was a new sort of entertainment. People moved into suburbs, the construction of super highways began, and everybody starts buying cars. This brings fast-food drive-ins

What three important novels were published in the 50s? What did they do or promote?
The Naked and the Dead- Norman Mailer. It presented a different and uncomfortable picture of the American GI in combat.

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D. Salinger. The alienation of youth.

The Adventures of Augie March- Saul Bellow- about the angst of a generation

What was the Iron Curtain?
The Soviets and the Europeans become separated.

What was the Truman Doctrine about?
Truman helps Greece and Turkey from becoming communist countries.

What were the “witch hunts” of the 1950s? Why did this happen?
Anti-communist frenzy in the U.S.

Who was Klaus Fuchs? Describe the Rosenberg case?
He gave away atom bomb information to the communists. He was a spy, who worked the Manhattan Project

What was the Korean War about? Why was MacArthur removed from service?
North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. supported South Korea while the North was supported by the communist Soviets. MacArthur was removed because he thought if the U.S. was going to contain communism that we needed to kill China. Truman disagreed with him.

What was important about Brown v. Board of Education? How did Eisenhower have to enforce it’s ruling in Little Rock?
It was the time in which black people were not allowed in school with whites.

Discuss the importance of the Montgomery Bus Strike.
A black woman tried to sit in the front of the bus and was told to get off. She was arrested and then Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood up and asked his people to boycott Montgomery’s transportation.

Discuss the beginning of the space race.

The Soviets launched Sputnik, man’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. It meant that the Soviets had taken the lead in development of the intercontinental ballistic missile, thereby fundamentally altering the balance of power between them and the U.S. The response to Sputnik was a total overhaul of American education, mainly in the field of rocketry. Then it was a race to see who could get to the moon first.

Quesions!

Quesions

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9. Winston Churchill believed that the division between East and West was permanent. In 1946 he declared in a speech in Fultron, Missouri, that an iron curtain had descended on Euroupe. He meant that the Soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from the West. Behind the curtain was the Soviets holding control.

11. A cold war is one in which the two enemies did no actually fight eachother, instead they all fight to be the most superior nation.

13. It was a Government Issue. They gave the opportunity for returning GI's to go to college, get a job, specialized training, etc.

15. There was no victor, but there were many deaths. More than 54,000 Americans died in the war and another 103,000 were wounded. Nearly 2,000,000 Koreans and Chinese died. It then became a demilitarized zone. It was also a direct threat to the Soviets. The US sent a message that we were committed to fighting Communist expansion with money, arms, and even lives.

16. The purpose was to invest communism in America

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5. Hawaii and Alaska

9. Fidel Castro

10. Travel by plane was a great technological advancement for the US. It was fast easy and safe. Television became more common. Computers were used for big businesses.

14. All the rich people left the poor people in the dust. The inner cities became islands of poverty.

16. Because if they had nuclear weapons they would have enough control to not need large armies.

17. The need for vehicles became more and more because the money from taxes could not pay for public transportation