Recent+American+History

The following are topics that have been included in the multiple choice section of previous exams:

Reasons for the economic boom of the 1950s GI Bill Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique) National Organization for Women David Riesman (The Lonely Crowd) Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) Rock n' Roll Kent State Massacre Christian Fundamentalism Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Inflation - 1970s Suburbs "Graying of America" Equal Rights Amendment (opposed by Phyllis Schlafly) Fair Deal Taft-Hartly Act Baby Boom Federal Highway Act Economic Opportunity Act Great Society Tet Offensive Richard Nixon Carter Administration problems Three Mile Island Incident Reaganomics

Listed below are FRQs from past exams that deal with recent US History:

__**FRQs**__ 1. Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and the 1950s with respect to TWO of the following: (1) race relations, (2) role of women, and (3) consumerism.

2. In what ways did the Great Society resemble the New Deal in its origins, goals, and social and political legacy? Cite specific programs and policies in support of your argument.

3. To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?

4. Discuss, with respect to TWO of the following, the view that the 1960s represented a period of profound cultural change: (1) education, (2) gender roles, (3) music, and (4) race relations.

5. Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following populations movements in the United States during the period 1945-1985: (1) suburbanization, (2) the growth of the Sun Belt, and (3) immigration to the United States.

The election of 1968 and the "Silent Majority" Nixon's challenges: Vietnam, China, and Watergate Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, deindustrialization, and the service economy The New Right and Reagan revolution End of the Cold War
 * __AP Topics__**
 * Politics and Economics at the End of the Twentieth Century**

Demographic changes: surge of immigration after 1965, Sunbelt migration, and the graying of America Revolutions in biotechnology, mass communication, and computers Politics in a multicultural society
 * Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century**

Globalization and the American economy Unilateralism vs. multilateralism in foreign policy Domestic and foreign terrorism Environmental issues in a global context
 * The United States in the Post-Cold War World**