How did the Cold War lead to a greater adoption of Civic Nationalism? What avenues for upward mobility and participation or discipline and disassociation did Americans encounter during the 1950s?

Writing Assignment #3

Chapter 6, The Cold War,Anticommunism, and a Nation in Flux, 1946-1960, in Gary Gerstle, AmericanCrucible: Race and Nation in the Twetnieth Century (Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press, 2001).

Gary Gerstle writes the racialnationalist tradition declined during the 1950s, while its civic nationalistcounterpart added strength (240). This, Gerstle shows, was due to the climateof mounting hysteria (243) due to the Cold War, which, paradoxically, alsomade Civic Nationalism a less flexbile, and less capacious, creed (246).

For this assignment, studentswill craft a 34 page response, properly cited using Chicago format(i.e. footnotes) that addresses the following question(s):

How did the ColdWar lead to a greater adoption of Civic Nationalism?

What avenues forupward mobility and participation or discipline and disassociation didAmericans encounter during the 1950s?

In your response, make sure tobriefly discuss the stakes of the Cold War for the United States (use textcitations if necessary). Also, make sure to organize your ideas so that you usespecific examples from the text that speak to either the upward mobility andparticipation or the discipline and disassociation that certain Americansfaced. Note: I am asking you to focus on one discipline or participation;select whichever you find to be more compelling to capture the ethos of the1950s.

There are plenty of examples,just make sure you are organizing your thoughts effectively. Finally, make sureyour writing is clear, concise, and contained; that you are advancing a centralthesis; and that the text is properly cited.

Paper Conventions:

–         3-4 pages

–         1 margins, double-spaced

–         Standard academic fonts (Times, Times New Roman,or Calibri)

–         Properly cited using Chicago Style

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