The Early Cold War Test (1945-1960) is Tuesday, 3/31 during class. Test day is the best day! All Tests are 100% based on class notes and discussions. The notes are based on the book "The Americans" Chapter 26 and 27 and other sources. Text links given each day.
For the 26 multiple choice and 2 matching, choose the best answer! If you need to, eliminate wrong answers to find the best answer! For the 3 short answer/open responses, write a logical response to the question following the below rubric. For the Test essay, formulate your response following the below test essay rubric. Do not forget there are good examples to use from the multiple choice if you understand them!
Cheating in any form is prohibited. This test judges what you know on test day. Test corrections will be allowed after grading is complete, so no need to cheat or plagiarize anyway! Also, the availability of test corrections should decrease the test anxiety! Once the test is graded, Mr. Cook will "release the grade and comments", and you will be sent an email (from google forms which gives feedback on manually entered point deductions). Mr. Cook will also tell the students that the email has been sent in class once they are all done. To prepare for a potential test correction, at that point students should study the released test and see Mr. Cook at an appropriate time for studying help also as Multiple Choice questions do not offer feedback. Multiple choice and open response questions are based on notes but also on the course essential questions below! When studying on your own, try to come up with everything they know for each essential question pertaining to our recently studied Early Cold War unit.
Also study the learning objectives from all Ch 26-27 lessons. The Open responses are based upon those!
The Essential Questions are below- How are they relevant to the current unit?
The American Dream (Essential Question #1)
-What does American Dream mean?
-What is a common 1950's interpretation of the American Dream?
-What is a common interpretation of the American Dream today?
-What is your American Dream?
Essential Question #2- How have various groups attempted to Access Their Rights and how have they been Opposed?
-Sundown towns
-Explain and Evaluate McCarthyism using examples!
Essential Question #4-How is Power acquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself?
-Communism in China 1949 (Mao Zedong) and failure of containment (Chiang Kai-Shek)
Essential Question #5- How does the drive to acquire Wealth influence America?
-Planned Obsolescence
-Franchise
-Conglomerate
-Levittowns and suburbs
Essential Question #6- How have the Costs of War affected the development of America?
-CIA
-Know the 4 stages of the Korean War!
Essential Question #7Expansion and World Intervention- Make a claim concerning the US containment policy and use 3 examples and analysis and reasoning to support your claim.
Essential Question #8- How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government?
-Why was there a Cold War?
-Truman Doctrine
-Marshall Plan
-Berlin blockade and airlift
-Iron Curtain speech
-NATO
-Fair Deal
-Jackie Robinson
-Massive Retaliation
-Brinkmanship
Essential Question #9- How has the rise of Mass Media influenced and transformed Culture?
-Radio broadcasts of Rock and Roll
-Televised broadcasts of McCarthyism and space launches
-Newspapers were still a common and popular form of mass media
-What caused Rock and Roll?
-What is an affect of Rock and Roll on today's music and performers?
Essential Question #10- How have advances in Technology impacted the development of the country and the American people?
-Space Race
-Hydrogen Bomb (Arms Race)
-U-2 incident
-Interstate Highway System
