History week 5

Questions for consideration for this Forum assignment:

1. Why was the United States unable to avoid entering a Cold War with the Soviet Union?

2. Why was America’s deepening involvement in the Third World a phenomenon of the 1950s rather than the 1940s?

3. In what ways did the growth of the Sun Belt reflect key themes of the suburban explosion?

4. What is the significance of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision?

5. What was the relationship between consumer culture and the emphasis on family life in the postwar era?