Ch 16 Questions

Name _________________________ Hour__ Ch 16-1 1. Who was checkers? Why was that speech given and by who?

2. How did the concept of massive retaliation fit in with the policy of brinkmanship?

3. Why were the French at war with Vietnam? 4. Why would Ho Chi Minh use the American Revolution as a model for independence?

5. What was the final agreement of the French-Vietnam war in the Geneva Conference?

6. Why were Americans concerned about the outcome of the 1956 election for a new government in Vietnam?

7. What is the Domino Theory?

8. Why is the Middle-East so important?

9. What sparked the need for a Jewish country?

10. Why would creating Israel cause tension in that area?

Name___________________________ hr_____ Ch 16-2 1. What was the arms race and what were its effects in the United States?

2. What advantage did intercontinental ballistic missiles have over bombers?

3. What affect did Sputnik have on the Cold War? The nuclear arms race?

4. What did the government do, now that a nuclear attack was a possibility?

5. Why did Eisenhower warn Americans about the “military-industrial complex”?

Ch 16-3 1. How did TV change American society? How did it contribute to consumer spending?

2. How was America changing in the 1950s?

3. What did the books The Other America and The Affluent Society say about the U.S. society?

4. How were Americans pushed towards sameness? 5. What are 3 factors that lead to the rise of the suburbs?