Era 9: Themes From The Larger Picture: The Western World and America

A.  the influence of the Cold War and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts in domestic and international politics

B.  the increasing role of the U.S. as "international policeman"

C.  the economic and baby booms hand-in-hand with the social transformation of postwar America

D.  U.S. domestic policies and political debates after World War II

E.  the expansion of science and technology for political, economic, and social ends and the new world created by the results

F.  the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil rights and liberties

Era 9: New Hampshire Themes

A.  the growth of a consumer economy in New Hampshire and the economic and social consequences [ Focus Questions V, VII ]

B.  the involvement and responses of New Hampshire people to armed conflicts in Korea and Vietnam [Focus Questions III, IV,VIII ]

C.  change and challenges presented to New Hampshire society by returning soldiers from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam 
[ Focus Questions III, VI, VII ]

D.  New Hampshire supporters of the Cold War, anti-communism, and conservative politics, and what those supporters did [ Focus Questions III, IV, VI, VII ]

E,  diversity, homogeneity, and conformity in New Hampshire through the three decades after World War II [ Focus Questions II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII ]

F.   issues of taxation and local vs. centralized political control come to dominate New Hampshire politics and create challenges for town, city, and state government. [ Focus Questions II, V, VI ]

G.  the uses of science and technology in private and public life and the effects on the economy and environment [ Focus Questions II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII ]

H.  economic changes fueled by growth of the consumer economy [ Focus Questions V, VII ] 

I.    the unique characteristics of New Hampshire that distinguished it from other states and regions [ All Focus Questions ]

J.    the effects of economic boom and recession on development, growth, and maintenance of New Hampshire's character [ Focus Questions II, V, VII ]
 
 

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