 | Chapter Objectives
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Explain how mass automobility affected 1950s American lifestyles.
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- Discuss the impact on suburban living of organizations and the pressures for conformity.
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- Distinguish Eisenhower's "modern Republicanism" from both New Deal liberalism and Taft conservatism.
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- Compare the Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look" approach to the Cold War with Truman's concept of containment.
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- Explain how the emergence of a teen culture contributed to the debate over the values of American culture.
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- Explain how Kennedy's cold war foreign policy led to crises in Cuba and Vietnam before Soviet-American tensions eased.
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