Ch. 27 DBQ's

1. Senator McCarthy used fear tactics to frighten his listeners into thinking that although it may have been the case that communists outnumbered non-communists by a startling amount, it wasn't as extreme as he made it out to be.
McCarthy might have been considered a populist because he claimed to support "the people" over the elite.

2. Eisenhower said that even though military is costly to maintain, it is absolutely necessary to keep it built up. He warned against letting the high costs be discouraging. These costs were a result of the Cold War because it became important to keep the army ready to be used if the time came.

3. The Supreme Court said that "separate but equal" was not equal because the feeling of inferiority felt by black students who were separated from their white peers gave them no motivation to work.

4. The author was blaming the conformity on generations of inheriting wealth, and since the cycle wasn't being broken and the wealthy stayed wealthy, nothing changed.

5. The document which subject most correlates with the effects of the Cold War is the first document about Senator McCarthy. The "red scare" prompted a nationwide fear and hatred of communists and everything they stood for. McCarthy's fear tactics in his speeches were widely criticized for the notions they put in people's heads. Now, Senator McCarthy was not the only one who was fueling the tension between the capitalist West and the communist East, but he didn't ease it either.

Ch. 26 DBQ's

1. The "Long Telegram" helped contribute to the Cold War because it fueled further anxiety that the West had about the future of the communist East. By reflecting the views of the Russian rulers, their insecurity, and their fear, the telegram made the tensions that were already there, public. Kennan was very clear that the Russian people were going to employ any means necessary to keep the outside from interfering.

2. The Truman speech confirmed that the US would fully support the free people of other nations who were having totalitarian regimes assume control of their government.

3. The idea that the US wanted to further split Europe for their own interests was, in retrospect, propaganda, but worry that the continued interference of the US would result from direct economic aid was a legitimate concern.

4. As far as militaristic reasons, Lippmann doesn't believe that a stationary, defensive strategy will be effective considering America's greatest strength lies in being mobile. Politically, Lippmann doesn't think that the Soviets will be able to "yield on...a diplomatic front."