1 Name:________________________________________ Class Period:_____

The Eisenhower Years… Rockin’

Fifties

APUSH Review Guide for AMSCO chapter 27. Students without the AMSCO book can reference American Pageant chapter s 38 or other resources.

Directions Print document and take notes in the spaces provided. Read through the guide before you begin reading. This step will help you focus on the most significant ideas and information as you read. This guide can earn bonus points PLUS the right to correct the corresponding quiz for ½ points back for students completing guide IN ITS ENTIRETY BY QUIZ DATE. Learning Goals: Analyze the causes and effects of the Cold War. Evaluate the effectiveness of domestic and foreign policies in the Eisenhower administration.. Compare and contrast the Rockin’ Fifties to the Roaring Twenties.

From the College Board Content Outline for Period 8 Main Idea: After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities, while struggling to live up to its ideals. Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. Key Concept 8.2: Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid-1960s and generated a variety of political and cultural responses. Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American society, politics, and the environment.

Guided Reading, The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960, pp 579-593 1.

Eisenhower Takes Command, pp 579-581 Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities, while struggling to live up to its ideals.

The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960 (1st paragraph of chapter)…

Why was America ready for a Republican again?

Cold War policies led to continued public debates over the power of the federal government, acceptable means for pursuing international and domestic goals, and the proper balance between liberty and order.

Eisenhower Takes Command…

The Election of 1952… What role did the Korean War play in this shift?

Campaign Highlights…

2 …continued from previous page…

Main Ideas After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities, while struggling to live up to its ideals. Cold War policies led to continued public debates over the power of the federal government, acceptable means for pursuing international and domestic goals, and the proper balance between liberty and order.

Definitions/Explanations/Notes Domestic Policies…

Analysis Explain what “Modern Republicanism” is.

Modern Republicanism… To what degree did Eisenhower depart from FDR’s New Deal and Truman’s Fair Deal programs?

Interstate Highway System… Explain the connection between containment of communism and the Interstate Highway Act.

Prosperity…

The Election of 1956…

Eisenhower/Nixon won again in 1956 with an even bigger landslide. However, the Democrats controlled both houses. In 1960, Richard Nixon ran for president but was narrowly defeated by John F. Kennedy. He was later elected President in 1968.

Why was Richard Nixon chosen as Eisenhower’s Vice President?

3 2.

Eisenhower and the Cold War, pp 581-587

Main Ideas The United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non-Communist nations.

Definitions/Explanations/Notes Eisenhower and the Cold War…

Dulles’ Diplomacy…

Analysis Support or refute the assertion that John Foster Dulles was a dangerous man with a dangerous approach to foreign policy. Explain your reasoning.

The United States sought to “contain” Soviet-dominated communism through a variety of measures, including military engagements in Korea As the United States focused on containing communism, it faced increasingly complex foreign policy issues, including decolonization, shifting international alignments and regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. Postwar decolonization and the emergence of powerful nationalist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East led both sides in the Cold War to seek allies among new nations, many of which remained nonaligned. Cold War competition extended to Latin America, where the U.S. supported nonCommunist regimes with varying levels of commitment to democracy.

Massive Retaliation…

Unrest in the Third World…

Covert Action…

How did covert action in the Third World create conflict in American society?

4 …continued from previous page… Main Ideas The United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non-Communist nations. The United States sought to “contain” Soviet-dominated communism through a variety of measures, including military engagements in Korea As the United States focused on containing communism, it faced increasingly complex foreign policy issues, including decolonization, shifting international alignments and regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. Postwar decolonization and the emergence of powerful nationalist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East led both sides in the Cold War to seek allies among new nations, many of which remained nonaligned. Cold War competition extended to Latin America, where the U.S. supported nonCommunist regimes with varying levels of commitment to democracy.

Definitions/Explanations/Notes Asia…

Analysis Support or refute the assertion that the United States won the Korean War.

Korean Armistice…

Fall of Indochina…

Explain domino theory.

How does domino theory relate to containment? Division of Vietnam…

SEATO…

The Middle East…

To what extent was securing oil supplies responsible for the Eisenhower Doctrine? Explain your reasoning.

Why was the nation of Israel created in 1948?

Suez Crisis…

Eisenhower Doctrine…

OPEC and Oil…

Explain the key difference between the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine?

5 …continued from previous page…

Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

The United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non-Communist nations.

U.S. – Soviet Relations…

Was the diplomatic effort at Geneva successful in reaching its goals? Explain.

Spirit of Geneva…

The United States sought to “contain” Soviet-dominated communism through a variety of measures, including military engagements in Korea

Did the rejection of Open Skies prevent Americans and Soviets from aerially spying on one another? Hungarian Revolt…

As the United States focused on containing communism, it faced increasingly complex foreign policy issues, including decolonization, shifting international alignments and regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. Postwar decolonization and the emergence of powerful nationalist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East led both sides in the Cold War to seek allies among new nations, many of which remained nonaligned. Cold War competition extended to Latin America, where the U.S. supported nonCommunist regimes with varying levels of commitment to democracy.

How did Sputnik impact Americans?

Sputnik Shock…

Compare United States reaction in Hungary to the second Berlin crisis two years later (1958). Second Berlin Crisis…

U-2 Incident…

Compare Eisenhower’s approach to Cuba to Obama’s.

Communism in Cuba…

6 …continued from previous page… Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

The United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non-Communist nations.

Eisenhower’s Legacy…

Was Dwight Eisenhower an effective President? List at least 3 pieces of evidence to support your answer.

The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

3.

“Military-Industrial Complex”…

The Civil Rights Movement, pp 587-590

Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward equality was slow and halting.

The Civil Rights Movement…

FDR desegregated war industries. Truman desegregated the armed forces. Eisenhower sent the National Guard to Little Rock and signed two Civil Rights laws. Which of these three presidents was most influential in the increasing momentum of the Civil Rights movement? Defend your answer.

Following World War II, civil rights activists utilized a variety of strategies — legal challenges, direct action, and nonviolent protest tactics — to combat racial discrimination. Decision-makers in each of the three branches of the federal government used measures including desegregation of the armed services and Brown v. Board of Education.

Origins of the Movement…

Changing Demographics…

Changing Attitudes in the Cold War…

Desegregating the Schools…

Brown Decision…

Resistance in the South…

7 …continued from previous page… Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward equality was slow and halting.

Montgomery Bus Boycott…

Compare the tactics of the SCLC to those of the NAACP. Identify a similarity and a difference.

Following World War II, civil rights activists utilized a variety of strategies — legal challenges, direct action, and nonviolent protest tactics — to combat racial discrimination.

Federal Laws…

Nonviolent Protests…

Compare the Chinese Exclusion Act of the Gilded Age to Operation Wetback of the post WWII era.

Immigration Issues in the Postwar Years…

4.

Popular Culture in the Fifties, pp 590-592

Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

Rapid economic and social changes in American society fostered a sense of optimism in the postwar years, as well as underlying concerns about how these changes were affecting American values.

Popular Culture in the Fifties…

How were the 50s similar to the 20s?

Consumer Culture and Conformity…

Television…

8 …continued from previous page… Main Ideas

Definitions/Explanations/Notes

Analysis

Rapid economic and social changes in American society fostered a sense of optimism in the postwar years, as well as underlying concerns about how these changes were affecting American values.

Advertising…

Compare Beatniks to the Lost Generation. What was each group’s source of disillusionment?

A burgeoning private sector, continued federal spending, the baby boom, and technological developments helped spur economic growth, middle-class suburbanization, social mobility, a rapid expansion of higher education, and the rise of the “Sun Belt” as a political and economic force. These economic and social changes, in addition to the anxiety engendered by the Cold War, led to an increasingly homogeneous mass culture, as well as challenges to conformity by artists, intellectuals, and rebellious youth.

5.

Paperbacks and Records…

Corporate America…

Religion…

Women’s Roles…

Social Critics…

Novels…

“Beatniks”…

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: A Silent Generation? Page 593

After reading the closing sentiments on the page 593, summarize in your own words the historical significance of the 1950s.

9 6. In 1959, with Eisenhower as president, Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union. The final two states, the two were the first non-

contiguous states to be added to the Union. Can you label all 50 states? Highlight the original 13 states.

7.

During the Eisenhower years, U.S. foreign policy led to many interventions globally. Label and color each nation Eisenhower intervened in, and highlight these one color. Then, label the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and the oceans.

Reading Guide written by Rebecca Richardson, Allen High School Sources include but are not limited to: 2015 edition of AMSCO’s United States History Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, maps and images from Wikipedia.org and outline-world-map.com, and the 2012 College Board Advanced Placement United States History Framework

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