In what ways did The United States respond to the growing threat of the Soviet Super
Power? (answer must mention all three parts) (1/2 page)
part a. Politically (consider using the following terms: NATO, National Defense Education Act,
Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Iron Curtain, Berlin Airlift, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile
Crisis, Space Race).
part b. Socially (consider using the following terms: HUAC, McCarthyism, GI Bill, the Affluent
Society, consumerism)
part c. Economically (consider using the following terms: military-industrial complex, National
Defense Education Act, NASA, the Affluent Society, consumerism, capitalism /
communism, Kitchen Debates)