■ COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS ■

1. Question

   Consider Oram’s testimony and Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s last statement (Document 22-1) to compare the ways that the Red Scare manifested itself in the 1920s and 1950s. How do you account for the timing of these outbreaks, and what similarities and differences can you identify between them?

2. Question

   Synthesize the multiple perspectives from the sources in this chapter to create a persuasive argument regarding the origins of the Cold War. How did foreign policy analysts interpret the Soviet threat, and how might those interpretations have affected U.S. foreign policy?

3. Question

   Compare the Senate investigation report and the Civil Defense poster on building a fallout shelter. From these different sources, what conclusions can you make about gender stereotypes defining “normal” masculinity in this period?

4. Question

   What conclusion can you make about the role ideology has played in shaping America’s foreign policy? What comparisons can you draw with the imperialism of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century era and World War II?