Review Questions

1. Question

   How did Eisenhower’s domestic policies reflect his moderate political vision? (“Eisenhower and the Politics of the “Middle Way””)

2. Question

   Where and how did Eisenhower practice containment? (“Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment”)

3. Question

   What fueled the prosperity of the 1950s? (“New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance”)

4. Question

   Why did American consumption expand so dramatically in the 1950s, and what aspects of society and culture did it influence? (“The Culture of Abundance”)

5. Question

   What were the goals and strategies of civil rights activists in the 1950s? (“The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement”)