Playbook for Assessment #6

Here are some items to make sure you have an understanding of for tomorrow's test:

Know the following people:
-Orval Faubus
-Emmett Till
-Thurgood Marshall
-John Foster Dulles
-Adlai Stevenson
-Rosa Parks
-Richard M. Nixon
-Nikita Kruschev
-Ho Chi Mihn
-Batista
-Castro
-Betty Friedan
-Joseph McCarthy
-Earl Warren

Know the following items and understand the following concepts:
-Brown vs. Board of Education
-Interstate Highway Act of 1956
-"Containment"
-M.A.D.
-OPEC
-Eisenhower Doctrine
-Truman Doctrine
-Sputnik
-NASA
-National Defense and Education Act
-"Domino Theory"
-38th parallel
-NATO
-Warsaw Pact
-Marshall Plan
-Suburbs
-Levittown


Extended Answer:
-What were the causes of the "Cold War"?
-How did the Marshall Plan seek to slow the spread of communism? How successful was it?
-How was the Korean War an extension (flare up) of the Cold War?
-The quest for civil rights for African Americans in the 1950's was not a new movement. What changes occurred that caused the movement to make legal and political gains during this decade?
-What led to the Red Scare of the 1950's?
-Analyze the "Containment Doctrine" during the early years of the Cold War.  How successful was it?  Give specific examples