Why do you think Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received the death sentence?

How do you think the events of 1949 would affect the U.S. policy toward communism in the future?

Do you think that it was reasonable to conclude from the advance of communism in the late 1940s that communism was "winning"?

How did the Communist takeover of China and the Soviet explosion of an atomic bomb affect the United States?

By what means did the United States and other countries seek to make the world better during the postwar era?

Based on what you have read here and in other chapters, how do you think efforts to improve countries' economies and international trade will help promote peace in the future?

How do you explain the fact that so many political observers were wrong about Truman and the presidential election of 1948?

What was the UN, and why was it created?

What can you infer about Truman's successful tactic of attacking the "do-nothing Congress"?

With your group, reread paragraph 1 from Walden. Describe Thoreau's attitude toward home ownership. How does this outlook relate to his experience in the woods and to his overall view of how life should be lived?

Review and Clarify With your group, reread paragraph 1 from Walden Describe Thoreau's attitude toward home ownership. How does this outlook relate to his experience in the woods and to his overall view of how life should be lived?

What effect produced the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

What was one unintended consequence of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

What was the outcome and significance of the elections of 1946?