American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 28: THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY

Essay

1
Analyze the causes and consequences of the economic boom of the 1950s. Explain who was left out and why.
2
Did the assumption of containment lead the United States into unwise commitments and actions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, or was the nation acting prudently in response to hostile communist expansionism?
3
What new cultural developments accompanied the prosperity and suburbanization of the 1950s? How did intellectuals regard the highly organized and homogenized new society?
4
With focus on youth culture and race relations, compare and contrast the jazz and swing movements of the 1920s to 1940s with the rock 'n' roll phenomena of the mid-1950s to mid-1960s.
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