Unit 8 Writing Topics
1. 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
2. While the U.S. appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950s, some Americans reacted against the status quo.
Analyze the critiques of U.S. society made by TWO of the following.
Youth Intellectuals Civil Rights Activists
3. Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Civil Rights movement The antiwar movement
The women’s movement
4. Analyze the successes and failures of the U.S. Cold War Policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions of the world during the period 1945 to 1975.
East and Southeast Asia Europe Latin America Middle East