AP®︎ US History: Topic 8.15 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.15 of AP US History – Continuity and Change in Period 8.
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Topic 8.15
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-8.1.I
What was the primary global struggle for the United States after World War II?
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Topic 8.15: Continuity and Change in Period 8
Learning Objective: Unit 8: Learning Objective Q
Explain the extent to which the events of the period from 1945 to 1980 reshaped national identity.
Review: KC-8.1
The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and working to maintain a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.
Review: KC-8.1.I
United States policymakers engaged in a cold war with the authoritarian Soviet Union, seeking to limit the growth of Communist military power and ideological influence, create a free-market global economy, and build an international security system.
Review: KC-8.1.II
Cold War policies led to public debates over the power of the federal government and acceptable means for pursuing international and domestic goals while protecting civil liberties.
Review: KC-8.2
New movements for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of government generated a range of political and cultural responses.
Review: KC-8.2.I
Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward racial equality was slow.
Review: KC-8.2.II
Responding to social conditions and the African American civil rights movement, a variety of movements emerged that focused on issues of identity, social justice, and the environment.
Review: KC-8.2.III
Liberalism influenced postwar politics and court decisions, but it came under increasing attack from the left as well as from a resurgent conservative movement.
Review: KC-8.3
Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching consequences for American society, politics, and culture.
Review: KC-8.3.I
Rapid economic and social changes in American society fostered a sense of optimism in the postwar years.
Review: KC-8.3.II
New demographic and social developments, along with anxieties over the Cold War, changed U.S. culture and led to significant political and moral debates that sharply divided the nation.
