Making Connections

1. What was the containment policy, and how successful was it up to 1953? Discuss the views of both the supporters and the critics of the policy.

2. How did returning American soldiers change postwar domestic life in the areas of education and civil rights? Discuss how wartime experiences influenced their demands.

3. Why did anti-Communist hysteria sweep the country in the early 1950s? How did it shape domestic politics? Be sure to consider the influence of developments abroad and at home.