Assignment:
Discuss the questions below at least 200 words each.
1. Why was the Korean War a turning point in the Cold War?
2. How did television both transform daily lives and reinforce traditional middle-class values and gender norms in the 1950s?
3. McCarthyism: How was McCarthy able to build a national following and how was he brought down?
4. How was the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s both an endorsement and an indictment of American society in the decade?
5. Was the 1950s a decade of social liberalism or social conservatism? Was this a decade of change?
References
Blomstedt, L. (2010). The Forgotten Attempts to End the Forgotten War: Congress, Korea, and McCarthyism.
Dempsey, P. (1962). Liberalism-Conservatism and Party Loyalty in the U.S. Senate.
Kirk, J. (2012). Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement.
Lockyer, S. (2010). Dynamics of social class contempt in contemporary British television comedy.