Critical Reading Exercises

"Alienation and Liberation" (pp. 1263–1268)

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Summarize the passage in your own words.
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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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What did many writers and artists find so disturbing about American mainstream values during the 1950s?
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What were the Beats mostly concerned with achieving through their literature, artistic expression, and lifestyle?
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"Foreign Interventions" (pp. 1285–1290)

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Summarize the passage in your own words.
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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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Why did Great Britain ask the United States for help during the Iranian revolution led by Mohammed Mossadegh in 1952 and why did the United States say yes to that request?
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What did Ho Chi Minh want for his country and why?
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"A People of Plenty" (pp. 1248–1258)

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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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What role did consumer credit play in the postwar economic boom?
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How did the GI Bill allow so many Americans achieve a middle class standard of living?

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