IMMIGRATION DBQ - DUE THURSDAY, 3/10
UNIT VII - WORLD WAR II TO 1968
Wed. 4/11 - Read Amsco pp. 521-531 (Diplomacy and World War II) Answer the following questions
1. Explain American policy towards Latin America and Asia during the Hoover Administration and early part of F.D.R's administration. Why did the U.S. adopt these policies? 2. Explain the findings of the Nye Committee. How did these findings influence the passage of the Neutrality Acts (1935-1937). 3. Why did FDR give his Quarantine speech in 1937? How was it received? Why? 4. At what point did the United States abandon its policy of Neutrality after World War II broke out in Europe? Th 4/12 Read Arsenal of Democracy speech and the Article - Trump's America First Respond to Questions (will be checked) U.S. entry into WWII F 4/13 Read AMSCO pp. 531 - 535; Watch the films US Government Film - Japanese Re-location Answer Questions M 4/16 Read AMSCO pp. 535- 539, and Atomic Bomb Documents Questions: 1. Explain the significance of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. How did the three conferences contribute to the development of the Cold War? 2. Based on the Atomic Bomb Documents, write a thesis with a concession that responds to the essay question. Which documents support your argument; which documents would you use in your concession paragraph? T 4/17 Possible Pop Quiz - Read the following: Amsco, pp.561-569 (start at Origins of the Cold War); Kennan and Containment, 1947; Containment and its critics; Questions (Based on all three readings): 1. Explain the difference between "containment" and "rollback." 2. How did George Kennan's and Paul Nitze's view of containment differ? 3. Explain Walter Lippman's criticism of Containment. How did he believe that communist expansion should be addressed? 4. Give 3 examples of how Truman sought to contain communism in Europe and 2 examples in Asia? How successful was containment? 5. Explain the Cold War strategy outlined in NSC 68. W 4/18 Read Amsco pp.579-587 (Eisenhower and the Cold War) Write an introductory paragraph (that includes historical background and a thesis statement) in response to the following question: To what extent did Eisenhower's cold war foreign policies represent a continuation of or departure from Truman's policies? Th – 4/19 Read The Red Scare and answer questions; read pp. 569-572 in Amsco. . F - 4/20 Read Amsco - 557-561 and 590-593; McCarthy Speech; David Reisman, , Watch Levittown Film on the Millers; Segregation in Levittown reading. Answer the following question: Explain the forces that promoted conformity during the 1950s? The decade has often been described as a period of conformity. To what extent does the evidence from the readings support that point of view? T 4/24 Read Amsco pp. 587-590 (Question - to what extent is it accurate to call the Civil Rights Movement, "The Second Reconstruction"?) and Brown Decision, Southern Manifesto, answer questions that follow. W – 4/25: Watch Eyes on the Prize excerpt, Read Birmingham Clergy Open Letter, Letter from Birmingham Jail and Stokely Carmichael. Answer questions Th - 4/26 Read Betty Friedan - Feminine Mystique; Port Huron Statement; Amsco, 600-612, answer questions Social Liberalism- The New Left – Women’s and Student Movements F – Amsco 600-12 M– 4/30 EXAM - Wed. 5/2 complete Chapter 28, answer questions below: 1. How did Kennedy's cold war policies differ from his predecessors? 2. What were the goals of Johnson's Great Society? In what ways was the Great Society similar to the New Deal? Different? 3. Explain Johnson's reasons for escalating U.S. involvement in Vietnam. SUBMIT RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS Vietnam War TH –4/30 Was Nixon a failure as President? F – 5/1 DBQ DUE 1970s Malaise M – 5/4 Read Reagan First Inaugural Reagan Revolution T– 5/5 Read Clinton First Inaugural American Politics and Society, 1990 to Present W – 5/6 EXAMINATION F – 5/8 AP EXAM Presidential Grades assignment - Due Mon. 5/11Preview - Amsco Chapter 28Preview - Amsco 26 and 27 (Quiz 4/25)PREVIEW - WORLD WAR II - QUIZ ON FRIDAY 4/11READING FOR WED. 4/9 FDR Quarantine Speech |
REVIEW SHEET AND ESSAYS FOR Monday, 4/30 EXAM
|