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HI 232: United States History Since 1865
Reading
Assignment 3 (Chapters 22-25) Summer
2015
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Section A: Short Answer. Use a minimum of 1 (one) FULL PARAGRAPH for
EACH question. Identify the question to
which you are responding.
Chapter 22: The
Great Depression and the New Deal
22.1.* (Required) Explain
the origins of the Great Depression. How was the Depression in the U.S. related
to global economic factors?
22.2.*(Required) Explain
the major phases of the New Deal. What
programs were enacted in each phase, and what did they seek to accomplish? Discuss at least two New Deal programs in
greater detail.
Chapter 23:
World War II
23.1.
Considering the series of international events that led to the U.S. entry into
World War II, could the nation have stayed neutral?
23.2. Why did
the U.S. government intern Japanese Americans in the aftermath of the attack on
Pearl Harbor? Was the internment
justified? Why or why not?
Chapter 24:
Chills and Fever During the “Cold War,” 1945-1960
24.1.* (Required) What
were the roots/origins of the Cold War between the U.S./Western Europe and the
U.S.S.R./Soviet or Communist block?
Could the Cold War have been avoided?
If so, how?
24.2. What was
the impact of the Cold War on American society and culture? Discuss specific examples.
24.3. How did
U.S. policy regarding the Cold War change in the 1950s from what it had been in
the 1940s? Describe the policies for
both decades.
Chapter 25:
Post-War America at Home, 1945-1960
25.1. What were
the sources of American prosperity in the aftermath of World War II?
25.2. * (Required) Who
prospered the most in America, and why? What groups did NOT prosper, and
why? Address specifically two groups
that DID prosper and two groups that did NOT prosper.
Section B:
Definitions.
In at least one COMPLETE
SENTENCE, provide a definition for each
of the terms below ACCORDING TO THEIR TEXTBOOK USAGE. Use your OWN WORDS, NOT the definition from the Textbook.
Chapter 22: The
Great Depression and the New Deal
1.
Brain Trust
2.
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
3.
Dust Bowl
Chapter 23: World
War II
4.
Axis Powers
5.
Four Freedoms
6.
Manhattan Project
7.
Fair Employment Practices
Committee
8.
Lend Lease
9.
“Rose the Riveter”
10.
Pearl Harbor
Chapter 24: Chills
and Fever During the “Cold War,” 1945-1960
11.
Alger Hiss
12.
McCarthy Hearings
13.
Cold War
14.
Containment
15.
Marshall Plan
16.
NATO
17.
Truman Doctrine
18.
Mao Zedong
Chapter 25:
Post-War America at Home, 1945-1960
19.
AFL-CIO
20.
Baby Boom
21.
Brown v Board of Education
22.
Kinsey Reports
23.
“Fair Deal”
24.
“Beats”
25.
The Other America
