Unit 11 Test Guide

Unit 11 Test Guide- The Cold War Era 1950s-1970s

-       Why was there a post WWII economic boom?

-       Identify the post war migrations that took place, and the reasons for them.

-       Identify the effects of the 1950s baby boom

-       What were the post war goals of the U.S and the Soviet Union

-       Years of the Cold War

-       Containment policy and Truman Doctrine

-       Why did the Berlin Airlift occur?

-       Purpose of NATO, Warsaw Pact

-       Why did the Korean War take place? Outcome?

-       JFK’s New Frontier program

-       Why did Soviets build Berlin Wall in 1961?

-       JFK’s policy of flexible response

-       Reason for and outcome of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

-       Reason for and outcome of Cuban Missile Crisis

-       LBJ’s Great Society

-       The Earl Warren Court liberal decisions (know the cases)

-       Link the rise of liberalism in the 1960s to the rise of conservatism in the 1970s

-       Know the difference between the beliefs of liberals and conservatives

-       What caused the economic decline of the 1970s? (besides the oil crisis)

-       Were the decisions of the Warren Burger court liberal or conservative, why?

-       Identify the significance of Title IX

-       Explain Richard Nixon’s domestic policy of New Federalism. Was it conservative or liberal?

-       Why did the energy crisis occur in 1973? Role of OPEC. Effect on America?

-       What happened during the Watergate scandal?

-       Explain Nixon’s foreign policy of detente