FLASH CARD I.D.S define and give the significant causes and effects of the following terms.

1. McCarthyism
2. massive retaliation
3. military-industrial complex
4. Brown v. Board of Education
5. Geneva Conference
6. Eisenhower Doctrine
7. U-2 incident 
8. Sputnik
9. National Defense Education Act
10. The Feminine Mystique

SOCRATIC SEMINAR PROMPTS Select 3 of the following prompts and write a one paragraph response to each prompt you select.

1.       In what ways was the Eisenhower era a time of caution and conservatism and in what ways was it actually a time of economic, social, and cultural change?

2.   What were the seeds of the early Civil Rights Revolution and what was Eisenhower's perspective on Civil Rights?

3.   How would you describe the current state of race relations in your own school?  What positive things and what negative things are taking place on campus?  

4.       How did Eisenhower balance an assertiveness and restraint in his foreign policy in South East Asia, Europe, and in the Middle East?

5.   What were the dynamics of the Cold War with the Soviet Union in the 1950's, and how did Eisenhower and Khrushchev combine confrontation and restraint in their relationship?

6.       How did Americas far-flung international responsibilities affect the U.S. economy and society in the Eisenhower era?

7.       How did television, music and other innovations of the consumer age affect American politics and culture in the 1950?

8.        How do television, music and other innovations of the current consumer age affect American politics and culture in our current decade?