Nation of Nations Concise 2/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, & Stoff
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Explain how mass automobility affected American lifestyles in the 1950s.

2. Discuss the impact on suburban living of organizations and the pressures for conformity.

3. Distinguish Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism" from both New Deal liberalism and Taft conservatism.

4. Compare the Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look" approach to the Cold War with the concept of containment pursued by Truman and Acheson.

5. Discuss three key events in the 1950s that contributed to greater civil rights activism.

6. Explain how the emergence of a teen culture contributed to the debate over the values of American culture.

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