Assignment
Write on the FOUR Essay Questions below. Be as full and specific as possible; answer each in about 150 words.
1. Describe and explain California's tremendous population growth during the postwar decades. What factors led so many Americans to move there? What was so-called "California Living" and its attractions?
2. Why did anti-communist hysteria sweep the country in the early 1960s? How did it shape domestic politics? In your answer, be sure to consider the influence of development abroad and at home as causes.
3. Describe the causes of the economic growth and propensity of the postwar decade of the 1950s and 60s. what was the economic impact of people's domestic lives and decisions? What was the role of government policies in promoting economic expansion?
4. What Economic, strategic, and technological factors best account for the Allies' victory over the Axis powers in World War II?