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Module 5: The Cold War and Civil Rights

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How did the rights revolution and the Great Society expand the meaning of equality and the role of government in the 1960s and 1970s?

Analyze the wave of social change in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Great Society, the women's movement, other rights movements, the counterculture, and the expansion of rights through landmark legislation and Supreme Court decisions (Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, US History Standard 5: Cold War Era).
A LEAP-level answer on the social change of the 1960s and 1970s for the Louisiana US History test: Johnson's Great Society and the war on poverty, the women's movement and the ERA, other rights movements, the counterculture, the environmental movement, and the Warren Court, with worked source questions.
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How did the Cold War shape American life through hot wars abroad, an arms race, and a fear of communism at home?

Analyze the major conflicts and domestic effects of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the arms race and the space race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the second Red Scare and McCarthyism (Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, US History Standard 5: Cold War Era).
A LEAP-level answer on Cold War conflicts for the Louisiana US History test: the Korean War, the nuclear arms race and the space race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the second Red Scare and McCarthyism at home, with worked source questions.
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How did African Americans and their allies dismantle legal segregation in the postwar United States?

Analyze the goals, strategies, and achievements of the civil rights movement, including Brown v. Board of Education, nonviolent protest, key leaders and events, and the landmark civil rights laws (Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, US History Standard 5: Cold War Era).
A LEAP-level answer on the civil rights movement for the Louisiana US History test: Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther King Jr. and nonviolent protest, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, with worked source questions.
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Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become bitter rivals after working together to win World War II?

Analyze the origins of the Cold War, including the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, the policy of containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the division of Europe (Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, US History Standard 5: Cold War Era).
A LEAP-level answer on the origins of the Cold War for the Louisiana US History test: the rivalry between democracy and communism, the policy of containment, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, the Iron Curtain and the division of Europe, NATO, and the Berlin blockade, with worked source questions.
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How did the Vietnam War divide the nation and reshape American attitudes toward government and foreign policy?

Analyze the Vietnam War and its effects on American society, including the policy of containment in Asia, escalation, the antiwar movement, and the war's legacy (Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, US History Standard 5: Cold War Era).
A LEAP-level answer on the Vietnam War for the Louisiana US History test: the domino theory and containment in Asia, the Gulf of Tonkin and escalation, the Tet Offensive, the antiwar movement and the credibility gap, the end of the war, and the War Powers Act, with worked source questions.
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