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1. May begins her text with an anecdotal account of Vice President Nixon's visit to the American Exhibition in 1959 Moscow. She notes that instead of discussing war or social policy, Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev disputed the levels and benefits of consumerism in their societies. What did this come to be known as?
2. One of May's most fully explored theories has to do with what she calls "containment". According to this, where were the lives of Americans being contained?
3. According to May, American families embraced non-traditional gender roles during the Cold War Era.
4. In the hierarchy of women, who was the worst or most dangerous?
5. Despite the seeming domestic sterility of the Cold War Era, May argues that Americans were in fact a bit sex-crazed. As evidence, she notes that a study of American sexuality published in the Cold War Era was a best seller despite being a dry sociological work. Who performed this study?
6. Based on May's argument, which of the following roles was most integrated into American men's sense of self?
7. What film character type became prominent during the Cold War?
8. One of the reasons May gives for America's domesticity in the 1950s was a backlash against domestic disorder during what earlier era?
9. According to May, what became synonymous with patriotism in the Cold War Era?
10. By the 1960s, domestic containment had begun to fall. May notes that educated women were embracing their own dissatisfaction with being homemakers, calling for political activism, and denouncing the domesticity that they had been conned into settling for. What literary work was influential in motivating women to reconsider their lives?
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