American History

Answer the following questions with a minimum of 400 words each question. Therefore a total of 1600. 

What made the growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union evolve into the Cold War?

Why did the civil rights movement become increasingly assertive and militant over the course of the 1960s?

What policy guided foreign affairs under Eisenhower, and how was that policy implemented around the world?

How did the war affect life on the home front, especially for women, organized labor, and minorities?