Be prepared to write a well-organized essay answering two of the following questions. Remember that you need to include a thesis in your introductory paragraph and use the body of the essay to provide evidence supporting that thesis.
Three of the following questions will appear on the final exam.
Section I - World War II to Present
1. How did World War II affect American Society?
2. Discuss the Civil Rights Movement from World War II to the late 1960s. What were its goals and achievements? What obstacles did it have to overcome? Did it achieve these goals?
3. How did the Cold War begin and what was the American response up until 1954?
4. How did the United States and the Soviet Union react to one another from 1960 to the end of the Cold War? I.E. trace the development of the Cold War from 1960 to 1991.