CRM 3.4 & 3.5

Which organizations were created to find communist sympathizers and examine people they suspected of untrustful to the U.S. government? (check all that apply)

• Loyalty Review Board

• Great Society

• McCarthyism

• the House Un-American Activities Committee

Why is this photo important due to the Cold War? The photo shows . . .

• how Americans protected the family during bombing raids during the Cold War.

• how people protected themselves from the radiation fallout that occurred during

• ways that Americans tried to cope with Soviet invasions during the Cold War.

• how Americans fears led to ways to protect against nuclear attacks from the Soviet Union.

What did the House of Un-American Activities Committee establish about American outlooks in the 1950s?

• Citizens constitutional rights must be suspended to be able to stop the anarchist threat.

• Racial and ethnic hostilities are effectively checked by following due process of law.

• The rights of citizens assumed to be associated with Communist activities were jeopardized.

• Internment of suspects is necessary during times of uncertainty and wartime.

Directions: Use this graph of the birth rate in the United States to answer any questions that follow.

Which of the following statements best describes the phenomenon represented by the dotted segment from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s?

• The frequency of American involvement in wars caused a decline in the US population.

• War brides brought home by returning soldiers caused massive population growth.

• The soldiers returning from WWII got married and had babies which caused a huge increase in the birth rate.

• Boredom, due to unemployment, caused the birth rate to reach its high point in 1957

The graphs show the career tracks of African Americans in 1965 and 1985.

Which conclusion is best supported by the data in the graphs?

• Career opportunities for African Americans improved between 1965-85.

• An increasing percentage of African Americans became employed with manufacturing jobs between 1965 and 1985.

• Professional opportunities for African Americans were as limited in 1985 as they were in 1965.

• An increasing percentage of African Americans became unemployed between 1965 and 1985.

What was one of the consequences of "white flight" of the post–World War II years?

• City governments found it difficult to pay for services for poor residents.

• Middle-class whites had greater daily contact with the urban poor.

• Businesses flocked to the cities to take advantage of lower rents.

• Many urban African Americans relocated to the rural South.

What happened to the cities when the middle-class moved to the suburbs?

• Poverty became an invisible problem because many Americans had never come across it.

• Large numbers of modest but well-built homes became available for inner-city residents.

• City dwellers were able to take the place of workers who had moved to the suburbs.

• America's suburbs became the first areas of the country to become fully integrated.

Why did labor unions campaign for the Equal Pay Act following the end of World War II?

• Men and women began to view one another as equals in the workplace thanks to the women who kept the nation's economy strong during the war.

• The government threatened to impose wage ceilings for industrial workers if unions did not help reduce wage discrimination.

• Union membership was declining and unions wanted women to join the workforce as well as their unions.

• Women were now working in the same jobs as men for less pay and the men were worried their pay would be lowered.

Which statement best describes Betty Friedan's book, "The Feminine Mystique"?

• the idea that women wanted to pursue professional careers which would be more gratifying than raising children and maintaining a home

• the belief that women were stuck in a male dominated political system and they would not be able to have an effect on making any changes.

• the belief that women were happy as housewives and mothers

• the belief that suffrage gave them the rights they needed and their fight for equality was over.

Which of the following best describes President Johnson's domestic programs?

• put the US into bankruptcy

• were the largest spending and government involvement on social programs in US history

• kept many Americans from dying, being poor, helped loan money to students, and helped them find jobs.

• dropped the US from their status as the leading superpower