The USA, 1946–1991
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write five US presidents of 1946–1991 and their periods.
Truman 1945–53, Eisenhower 1953–61, Kennedy 1961–63, Nixon 1969–74, Reagan 1981–89.
2
State three achievements of the civil rights movement.
The ruling against school segregation (1954), the 1964 law, the 1965 voting rights law.
3
Write in four sentences how the Vietnam War affected American society.
Mass protest, loss of trust, youth movements, caution in foreign policy afterwards.
4
State the causes of the economic difficulties of the 1970s.
The 1973 oil crisis, inflation and slow growth.
5
Why were the Reagan–Gorbachev meetings important?
They opened the way to reducing nuclear risk and improving relations.