Unit 8: 1945-1980
Cold War, Civil Rights, and Vietnam
EQ 1: From the American Perspective, why did wartime cooperation between the U.S. and Soviet Union deteriorate in 1945-46?
EQ 2: What was containment and how was it applied?
EQ 3: Did the war in Korea represent a triumph or failure in American foreign policy?
EQ 4: Why did the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba trigger an international crisis and how was that crisis resolved?
EQ 5: What constitutes an "Un-American" activity? How did the House Un-American committee define and investigate these?
EQ 6: What factors shaped the domestic policies of Kennedy and Johnson?
EQ 7: Was King's nonviolent resistance to segregation laws the best means of securing civil rights for black Americans?
EQ 8: What factors led to Congressional action authorizing the Gulf of Tonkin?
EQ 9: Was the United States justified in entering the war in Vietnam? (analyze opposition to the war effort)
EQ 2: What was containment and how was it applied?
EQ 3: Did the war in Korea represent a triumph or failure in American foreign policy?
EQ 4: Why did the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba trigger an international crisis and how was that crisis resolved?
EQ 5: What constitutes an "Un-American" activity? How did the House Un-American committee define and investigate these?
EQ 6: What factors shaped the domestic policies of Kennedy and Johnson?
EQ 7: Was King's nonviolent resistance to segregation laws the best means of securing civil rights for black Americans?
EQ 8: What factors led to Congressional action authorizing the Gulf of Tonkin?
EQ 9: Was the United States justified in entering the war in Vietnam? (analyze opposition to the war effort)