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Unit 3 Study Guide: Life Post -War, and the Cold War Era
Terms and People Essential Questions
Baby Boom 1. Describe the different components of the GI Bill of Rights and how it bolstered the
economy after WWII.
a. Components:

Levittown
b. Impact on Economy:

2. In what ways did the Federal Highway Act change daily life?
Generation gap

3. What were the reasons that suburbs grew during the 1950s?

Elvis Presley
4. What was the importance of Rock-n-Roll in the changing culture of the 1950s?

5. Describe why the following groups of Americans did not enjoy the affluence of the
Urban renewal 1950s. (What barriers existed that kept them from benefitting from the changing culture?)
a. City-Dwellers

b. Minorities

Termination policy

c. People of Appalachia

Bracero Program
6. In the chart below, summarize (in your words) two of the experiences of groups in
the 1950s. Give specific evidence in your response.
Era of Prosperity The Other side of American Life

Juvenile Delinquency

Unit 3: The Cold War Begins

Terms and People Essential Questions
Truman 1. Who were the two superpowers that emerged after World War II? Describe their different
political and economic policies.
Superpower Political Policies Economic Policies

Satellite nations

2. In what ways did the United States attempt to contain Communism?

Containment a. Truman Doctrine:

b. Marshall Plan:

c. Berlin Airlift:

Mao Zedong
d. NATO:

3. Why did the US send aid to China? Why did the US send troops to Korea?

Bomb shelters
Describe the effects of the Chinese Revolution. Describe the effects of the Korean War.

Sputnik 4. How did the Cold War change the nation at home?

U-2 Incident 5. Describe how President Kennedy tried to contain communism. 830 - 835

Space Race
 Berlin Wall
Domino Theory

Bay of Pigs
Invasion

Cuban Missile
Guerrilla warfare Crisis

6. What was the main goal of the USA in Vietnam? (Why did the US help the French, and
then take control of the war effort?)

Vietcong
7. Discuss the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

8. Discuss the experience of the Hmong in the Vietnam War.

a. Role:
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b. Impact:

9. What was the War Powers Act, and why was it passed after the Vietnam War?

Vietnamization

10. Describe the different ways in which people protested the Vietnam War.