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THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT.
PRINT AND COMPLETE IN INK.
The Eisenhower Years… Rockin’ Fifties
APUSH Review Guide for AMSCO chapter 27. (or other sources covering the 1950’s)
Directions Print document and take notes in the spaces provided. Read through the
guide before you begin reading. This step will help you focus on the most significant ideas
and information as you read. This guide can earn bonus points
for students completing guide IN ITS ENTIRETY BY QUIZ DATE.
Guided Reading,
From the CollegeThe Eisenhower
Board Content Years,
Outline1952-1960,
for Periodpp8 579-593
Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world
1. asserting
by Eisenhower
andTakes Command,
working pp 579-581
to maintain a
position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.
KeyMain Ideas 8.2: New movements
Concept Definitions/Explanations/Notes
for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of Analysis
government generated a range of political and cultural responses.
After World War The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960 (1st paragraph of chapter)… Why was America ready for a
Key Concept
II, the United
8.3: Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching Republican again?
consequences
States grappledfor American society, politics, and culture.
with prosperity
and unfamiliar
international
responsibilities,
while struggling
to live up to its
ideals.
Eisenhower Takes Command…
Cold War policies led
to continued public What role did the Korean War play in
debates over the this shift?
power of the federal
government,
acceptable means for
pursuing international
and domestic goals,
The Election of 1952…
and the proper
balance between
liberty and order.
Campaign Highlights…
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Main Ideas Definitions/Explanations/Notes Analysis
Domestic Policies…
After World War II, Explain what “Modern Republicanism” is.
the United States
grappled with
prosperity and
unfamiliar Modern Republicanism…
international
responsibilities,
while struggling to To what degree did Eisenhower depart from
live up to its ideals. FDR’s New Deal and Truman’s Fair Deal
programs?
Cold War policies led to
continued public
debates over the power
of the federal
Interstate Highway System…
government, acceptable
means for pursuing
Explain the connection between
international and
containment of communism and the
domestic goals, and the
Interstate Highway Act.
proper balance between
liberty and order.
Prosperity…
Why was Richard Nixon chosen as
The Election of 1956… Eisenhower’s Vice President?
Eisenhower/Nixon won again in 1956 with an even bigger landslide. However, the Demo
In 1960, Richard Nixon ran for president but was narrowly defeated by John F. Kennedy.
This study source was downloaded by 100000861168648 from CourseHero.com on 03-04-2023 01:36:55 GMT -
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THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT.
PRINT AND COMPLETE IN INK.
The Eisenhower Years… Rockin’ Fifties
APUSH Review Guide for AMSCO chapter 27. (or other sources covering the 1950’s)
Directions Print document and take notes in the spaces provided. Read through the
guide before you begin reading. This step will help you focus on the most significant ideas
and information as you read. This guide can earn bonus points
for students completing guide IN ITS ENTIRETY BY QUIZ DATE.
Guided Reading,
From the CollegeThe Eisenhower
Board Content Years,
Outline1952-1960,
for Periodpp8 579-593
Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world
1. asserting
by Eisenhower
andTakes Command,
working pp 579-581
to maintain a
position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.
KeyMain Ideas 8.2: New movements
Concept Definitions/Explanations/Notes
for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of Analysis
government generated a range of political and cultural responses.
After World War The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960 (1st paragraph of chapter)… Why was America ready for a
Key Concept
II, the United
8.3: Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching Republican again?
consequences
States grappledfor American society, politics, and culture.
with prosperity
and unfamiliar
international
responsibilities,
while struggling
to live up to its
ideals.
Eisenhower Takes Command…
Cold War policies led
to continued public What role did the Korean War play in
debates over the this shift?
power of the federal
government,
acceptable means for
pursuing international
and domestic goals,
The Election of 1952…
and the proper
balance between
liberty and order.
Campaign Highlights…
study source was downloaded by 100000861168648 from CourseHero.com on 03-04-2023 01:36:55 GMT -06:00
T
https://www.coursehero.com/file/88348908/Amsco-Ch-
, 2
…continued from previous page…
Main Ideas Definitions/Explanations/Notes Analysis
Domestic Policies…
After World War II, Explain what “Modern Republicanism” is.
the United States
grappled with
prosperity and
unfamiliar Modern Republicanism…
international
responsibilities,
while struggling to To what degree did Eisenhower depart from
live up to its ideals. FDR’s New Deal and Truman’s Fair Deal
programs?
Cold War policies led to
continued public
debates over the power
of the federal
Interstate Highway System…
government, acceptable
means for pursuing
Explain the connection between
international and
containment of communism and the
domestic goals, and the
Interstate Highway Act.
proper balance between
liberty and order.
Prosperity…
Why was Richard Nixon chosen as
The Election of 1956… Eisenhower’s Vice President?
Eisenhower/Nixon won again in 1956 with an even bigger landslide. However, the Demo
In 1960, Richard Nixon ran for president but was narrowly defeated by John F. Kennedy.
This study source was downloaded by 100000861168648 from CourseHero.com on 03-04-2023 01:36:55 GMT -
https://www.coursehero.com/file/88348908/Amsco-Ch-
