American Studies Senior Seminar: Weekly Assignment #7

The Eisenhower Years and Vietnam (1953-1960)

Using your text, the internet or a basic American history text of your choice, review and be prepared to talk about the following topics by the time of our meeting next week

1) Earl Warren and the Supreme Court

2) The Department of Health Education and Welfare

3) Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) and Orval Faubus

4) Beatniks

5) John Foster Dulles and "massive retaliation"

6) The battle of Dienbienphu (1954)

7) The Suez crisis of 1956

8) The Hungarian revolt of 1956

9) Sputnik (1957) and the "space race"

10) The Guatemala coup of 1956

11) Fidel Castro