HIUS 202
The United States since 1865
Discussion Questions
The following questions are not intended to be comprehensive; they are presented
as examples of questions you should ask yourself when reviewing your lecture
notes and reading material.
Apr 3 - Apr 5(Discussion X )
- Was there a "consensus" in the 1950s? If yes, how would you chararacterize
it? If no, explain why.
- Why did David Riesman and Dwight MacDonald find 1950s culture unfulfilling?
- What were the significance of Taft-Hartley and the "treaty of Detroit"?
- How did the NAACP Legal Defense Fund use social science evidence to
persuade the Supreme Court to strike down public school segregation?
- Why did John Courtney Murray, S. J., believe that twentieth-century
American pluralism was consistent with Catholic doctrine?