Unit Six > Chapter 37 pp 231 to 235
1. Why was there a post-war economic boom in the USA?
2. Why could Truman not implement his 21 point program for social reform?
3. Why, even after his victory in 1948, did Truman still run into opposition from Congress?
4. Who spearheaded the "Red Scare of the early '50s?
5. What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in Brown vs. Board of Education?
6. In what city did Eisenhower send in the National Guard to enforce school desegregation?
7. Name the black clergyman who led the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s.
8. How effective were Kennedy's domestic policies?
9. Who allegedly killed Kennedy?
10. What act did Johnson push through in 1964 in the wake of Kennedy's assassination?
11. What name was given to Johnson's domestic policies?
12. How effective were Johnson's domestic policies?
13. Who was the most famous member of the Black Muslim movement? 14. What racial policy led to serious rioting in Boston in 1974?
15. What evidence led to the incrimination of Nixon in the Watergate scandal?
16. Why did the US have to introduce energy conservation measures in the 1970s?
17. What diplomatic triumph did Carter achieve in 1979?
18. What escapade overseas in April 1980 tarnished Carter's reputation?
Links:
There is a huge number of sites on the JFK assassination, not all of them reliable. If you want to get involved in the morass of conspiracy theories expounded in them, you have to have your critical faculties about you. Look for hard data, corroborated by other hard data. This site is a compilation of some of the sites out there. http://www.hobrad.com/jfk.htm
This is the Spartacus page on the Kennedy assassination, with a vast amount of information about people, events and theories. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKindex.htm
Here is a site which sets out to debunk the conspiracy theories. It has links to all sorts of documents, pictures and video. You should check this site once you have encountered a conspiracy theory in order to see what the evidence is against it. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
SchoolHistory interactive diagram page on fear of Communism in the McCarthy era in the USA. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/usa194180/communism.shtml
SchoolHistory interactive diagram page on the civil rights movement. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/usa194180/civilrights.shtml
SchoolsHistory interactive diagram page on the Great Society program. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/usa194180/new_frontier.shtml
The lyrics to one of the great anthems of the 1960's, Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A'Changin'".