The final exam will
consist of twenty five to thirty multiple choice/fill
in
the blank questions (25% of test grade), five short answer questions
(25%),
and one long essay (50%). Be prepared to answer questions on any
of the material covered in class: handouts; your primary text;
secondary texts;
the photocopied course pack; as well as lecture content and film
clips.
ESSAY QUESTION
You will receive
one of three questions below on the essay section. You will not
know
which of the three will be on the exam, so study for all of
them.
Some pointers: answer the question as directly and clearly as
possible.
Be sure to address all the components of the question. Remember
to
integrate the relevant reading and lecture material to support your
argument.
Always avoid vague generalizations. Refer to specific events,
policies,
groups, ideas, and individuals in your answer.
1. Historians of
Cold War America note that anti-communism not only altered foreign
policy abroad, but also shaped American society at home. Write an
essay analyzing the ways that anti-communism and Cold War ideology
influenced American domestic life in the 1950s and 1960s.
2. Write an essay about the postwar economic boom in America.
What the roots of it? How did it change America?
3. Describe the extended involvement of the United States in
Vietnam. Consider the following questions: Why was America in
Vietnam? What were some of the difficulties the U. S. faced in
Vietnam?
TERMS, NAMES,
IDEAS
If you are
familiar with the terms and names below, it should help you
considerably
on all three sections of the exam. Remember, it is best
to
know the “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” of these. The
“why” or the significance of any term or name is most important.
"Dixiecrats"
George F. Kennan
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
NSC-68
The Rosenberg Case
Anti-Communism
"Massive Retaliation"
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sputnik
U-2
Levittowns
Benjamin Spock
Beatniks
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
White Citizen’s Council
Central High School, Little Rock
Betty Friedan
Rosa Parks
SNCC
The "Great Society"
The Other America
Medicare
Stokely Carmichael
"Black Power"
Altamont Speedway Concert
SDS
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Attrition
Tet Offensive
"Vietnamization"
American POWs
Watergate
Ping-Pong diplomacy
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