Step Two: Explain Why It Matters

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CHAPTER 27 STUDY GUIDE

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EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS

Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in U.S. history.

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TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
Interstate Highway and Defense System Act of 1956 (p. 807)
mutually assured destruction (MAD) (p. 812)
domino theory (p. 812)
Cuban revolution (p. 813)
Eisenhower Doctrine (p. 814)
military-industrial complex (p. 816)
Sun Belt (p. 819)
Hernandez v. Texas (p. 821)
baby boom (p. 824)
rock and roll (p. 826)
Brown v. Board of Education (p. 828)
Montgomery bus boycott (p. 830)