Unit 13 Review

A Cold Peace

1945-1960

Ch. 39-40

Themes:

• Was the Cold War inevitable?
• Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Truman and Eisenhower
• How consistent was U.S. policy toward China from 1900-1949?
• Impact of the Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII on our commitments and security in Asia and the Pacific Ocean
• American foreign policy from 1945-1960 was controlled by the ghost of Woodrow Wilson
• Disputes among black leaders over goals, methods, and the degree of integration
• 1950s as an era of social anxiety
• Reasons for the consequences of black migration from the rural South to the urban North in the 20c
• The revolution in American foreign policy
• The beginning of the Cold War
• The goals and policies of collective security and containment

Terms:

Essay Questions:

1. Analyze the influence of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations in the decade following the Second World War.
   • Yalta Conference
   • Korean War
   • Communist Revolution in China
   • McCarthyism
2. Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and the 1950s with respect to TWO of the following:
   • Race relations
   • Role of women
   • Consumerism
3. Analyze the successes and failures of the United States 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
   • Latin America
   • Europe
   • Middle East
4. Although the 1960s are usually considered the decade of the creates achievement for Black civil rights, the 1940s and 1950s were periods of equally important gains. Assess the validity of this statement.