• textbook --> pp. 852 - 860.
• AMSCO --> pp. 545 - 549.

1. Briefly describe the economic conditions that greeted American GIs on their return home from war.
2. How did post-war labor strikes impact American sentiment regarding the power of organized labor?
3. What were the provisions of the Employment Act of 1946 and the Taft-Hartley Act?  How did they impact on the post-war American economy [Explain specifically how the Taft-Hartley Act addressed the issue of labor unions after World War II]?
4. Identify the provisions of the GI Bill of Rights and discuss its impact on American higher education.
5. What impact did the war's end have on the roles of women in the workplace and in higher education?
6. How did men such as William Levitt address the housing shortage facing Americans after World War II?
7. What was the connection between racism and suburbanization in post-war America?
8. Briefly outline the steps taken by the Truman administration to address civil rights issues during the late 1940s.
9. Who was Jackie Robinson?  What was the significance of his role in desegregating professional sports in the United States?
10. How did the increase in marriage and birth rates in post-war American impact on national consumerism?
11. Identify the major candidates, issues, and outcome of the presidential election of 1948.
12. List the major components of Truman's Fair Deal.  What were Truman's proposals for domestic reform that were rejected by Congress?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 860 - 872.
• AMSCO --> pp. 549 - 558 [pp. 564 - 569 -- all docs.].

1. Briefly describe the tensions that emerged between the Soviet Union and her former allies immediately following the end of World War II in 1945.
2. List the ways in which the United States attempted to control global reorganization following World War II.
3. How did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan reflect the early stages of American Cold War policy?
4. How did the Soviet Union's actions in Czechoslovakia and Germany during the late 1940s reflect her reaction to American Cold War policy?
5. List the federal agencies and international mutual defense pacts organized by the United States during the late 1940s as a means of increasing national security.
6. How did the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world increase during the 1950s?  What was the impact of the federal government and the media in intensifying public fear of nuclear war?
7. What was the meaning of the "Europe First" or "Asia First" dilemma facing the West during the Cold War?
8. List the provisions of NSC-68 and explain its impact on the development of American foreign policy during the 1950s.
9. What was the historical background of the Korean War conflict?
10. What role did General Douglas MacArthur play in Japanese post-war recovery and in the Korean War?
11. What was the significance of the Korean War in terms of American military effectiveness, its prediction of future U. S> involvement in Asia, and its impact on American commitment to fighting the COld War?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 872 - 877.
• AMSCO --> pp. 558 - 561.

1. Define the term "subversives" and explain its significance to domestic political policy in the United States during the 1950s.
2. What is "red-baiting?"  How was it used by the Republican party during the 1950s?
3. Identify the provision sof Executive Order 9835.  What was its impact on the emergence of the Second "Red Scare?"
4. What was the House Committee on Un-American Activities?  What role did it play in the Second "Red Scare?"  Explain what is meant by the "Hollywood Ten."
5. What was the McCarran Committee?  How did it contribute to the atmosphere of the Second "Red Scare?"
6. Identify the three major trials of the 1950s that targeted Americans accused of being Soviet spies.
7. Why was Senator Joseph McCarthy a key figure in the Second "Red Scare?"
8. What four factors explain American fear of subversion during the 1950s.  What were the goals of the propagators of the Second "Red Scare?"