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Chapter 36 Homework Packet

Putting Things in Order

Put the following events in correct order by numbering them from 1 to 5.

1. __________ The threatened communist takeover of Greece prompts a

presidential request for aid and a worldwide effort to stop communism.

2. __________ The collapse of Jiang Jieshis (Chiang Kai-sheks) corrupt

government means victory for Mao Zedongs (Mao Tse-tungs) communists and a
setback for U.S. policy in Asia.

3. __________ A new president takes charge of American foreign policy amid

growing tension between America and its ally, the Soviet Union.

4. __________ A give-em-hell campaign by an underdog candidate overcomes

a three-way split in his own party and defeats his overconfident opponent.

5. __________ Communists go on the offensive in a divided Asian nation,

drawing the United States into a brutal and indecisive war.

Matching Cause and Effect

Match the historical cause in the left column with the proper effect in the right column
by writing the correct letter on the blank line.

Cause Effect

1. ___ Cheap energy, military a. Caused an era of unprecedented

spending, and rising productivity growth in American prosperity from 1950
to 1970
2. ___ The mechanization and
consolidation of agriculture b. Drew millions of white and black
Americans to the Sunbelt after World
3. ___ Job opportunities, warm War II
climates, and improved race relations
c. Led to the proclamation of the
4. ___ White flight to the suburbs Truman Doctrine and hundreds of
millions of dollars in aid for
5. ___ The postWorld War II anticommunist governments
baby boom
d. Led to the organization of the
6. ___ The American airlift to West permanent NATO alliance
Berlin
e. Caused the rise of big commercial
7. ___ The British withdrawal from agribusiness and spelled the near-
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communist-threatened Greece disappearance of the traditional family

8. ___ The threat of Soviet
invasion or U.S. isolationist withdrawal
from Europe
9. ___ General MacArthurs
reform-oriented rule of occupied Japan
10. ___ Mao Zedongs (Mao Tse-
tungs) defeat of Jiang Jieshi (Chiang
Kai-shek)
farm
f. Aroused Republican charges that
Democrats Truman and Acheson had
lost China
g. Broke a Soviet ground blockade
and established American determination
to resist further Soviet advance
h. Left Americas cities heavily
populated by racial minorities

i. Led to the firm establishment of

Japanese democracy and the
beginnings of a great Japanese
economic advance

j. Caused much school building in

the 1950s, a youth culture in the 1960s,
and a growing concern about aging in
the 1980s

Reading a Bar Graph

Read the bar graph of National Defense Budget on p. 914 and answer the following
questions.

1. In what census year, after World War II, did the defense budget first decline as
a percentage of the federal budget and a percentage of GNP?

2. In what census year, after 1960, was the defense budget the same fraction of
GNP as it was in 1950?

3. Which decade, after World War II, saw the largest increase in actual dollar
outlays for defense?

4. By approximately what percentage of the federal budget did the defense

budget increase from 1950 to 1960? By roughly what percentage did it decrease
from 1970 to 1980? By what percentage did it increase from 1980 to 1990? By about
what percentage did it decrease from 1990 to 1999?
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Chapter 37 Homework Packet

Putting Things in Order

Put the following events in correct order by numbering them from 1 to 5.

1. __________ Major crises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East create
severe challenges for Eisenhowers foreign policy.

2. __________ An American plane is downed over the Soviet Union, disrupting a

summit and rechilling the Cold War.

3. __________ Eisenhower refuses to use American troops to prevent a

communist victory over a colonial power in Asia.

4. __________ Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce a Supreme Court

ruling over strong resistance from state officials.

5. __________ Eisenhowers meeting with Soviet leader Khrushchev marks the

first real sign of a thaw in the Cold War.

Matching Cause and Effect

Match the historical cause in the left column with the proper effect in the right column
by writing the correct letter on the blank line.

Cause Effect

1. ___ Joseph McCarthys attacks on the a. Set off massive resistance to

U.S. Army
2. ___ Brown v. Board of Education
3. ___ Governor Orval Faubuss use of
the National Guard to prevent
integration
4. ___ The 1956 Hungarian revolt
integration in most parts of the Deep
South
b. Led to continuing nuclear tests
and the extension of the arms race
c. Caused the United States to
begin backing an anticommunist regime
in South Vietnam

5. ___ The Communist Vietnamese d. Created widespread resentment

victory over the French in 1954
6. ___ Nassers nationalization of the
Suez Canal
7. ___ The fears of both the United
States and the Soviet Union that the
of the United States in parts of the
Western Hemisphere
e. Forced Secretary of State Dulles
to abandon his plans to roll back
communism
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other nation was gaining a lead in f. Exposed the senators

rocketry and weapons
8. ___ The downing of the U-2 spy plane
9. ___ American intervention in Latin
America and support for anti-communist
dictators in that region
10. ___ Kennedys television
glamour and traditional political skills
irresponsibility and brought about his
downfall
g. Forced President Eisenhower to
send federal troops to Little Rock
h. Undermined the Paris summit and
weakened Eisenhowers goodwill
diplomacy
i. Enabled the Democrats to win a
narrow electoral victory in 1960

j. Led to the 1956 British-French-

Israeli invasion of Egypt

Comparing and Interpreting Election Maps

Read carefully the maps for the elections of 1956 (p. 900) and 1960 (p. 904). Answer
the following questions:

1. Which was the only nonsouthern state to vote for Democrats Stevenson in
1956 and Kennedy in 1960?

2. Which three southern states (states of the old Confederacy) voted for
Republicans Eisenhower in 1956 and Nixon in 1960?

3. Which two southern states switched from Republican in 1956 to Democratic in

1960?

4. How many more electoral votes did Kennedy get in the West (not counting
Texas) in 1960 than Stevenson got in the same region in 1956?

5. How many electoral votes did Kennedy win from states that Stevenson also
carried in 1956? (Note the divided electoral vote in one state.)
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