US History (Period 1, 4-6) Assignments

Final Exam

Period 6: Wed 6/10 8:05-10:05am

Period 5: Wed 6/10 10:35am-12:35pm

Period 1: Thu 6/11 8:05-10:05am

Period 4: Fri 6/12: 10:35am-12:35 pm

 

Study Guide attached

 

Short Answer questions (4 will be on the final):

1. What were some of the reasons Japanese & Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II (Include arguments for & against)?
2. What was happening during the 1950s Red Scare (be sure to give examples)?
3. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis, how did it end and how did US containment policy change?
4. How were the viewpoints of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King different?
5. What caused the credibility gap in the Johnson Administration?
6. What happened during the Watergate scandal?
7. What led to the election of Bill Clinton in 1992?
8. What happened on 9/11 and could it have been prevented?

 

IDs: (15 of these will be on the final, you must write about four)

1) Pearl Harbor, 2) Tuskegee Airmen 3) Manhattan Project, 4) Truman Doctrine, 5) Joseph McCarthy, 6) Great Society, 7) Malcolm X, 8) Tet Offensive, 9) Cesar Chavez 10) Roe v. Wade, 11) Harvey Milk, 12) Gloria Steinem 13) Supply-side economics, 14) Reagan Doctrine, 15) Iran-Contra Affair, 16) Clinton's Impeachment,  17) Iraq War, 18) Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Link to classzone:

#21 The Presidents Video sheet (links to all videos below - use video and your notes for positives & negatives, blank sheet also attached

 

#32 FDR (part 2 - WW II)

#33 Truman - #38 Ford

#39 Carter - #43 George W. Bush

#44 Barack Obama Democrat 2009-present

 

 

#20 1990s-2010s packet (all docs attached)

 

On Native Soil alt assignment is attached if absent Tues or Wed

 

#19 1980s packet

Stamp Wednesday for RR 25.1

Philadelphia alternate assignment attached if absent on Thursday or Friday

Unit 9 Test - 1970s

 

Chapter 24 - all sections

Chapter 22, section 5

Chapter 23, section 2

 

DBQs: Vietnam Economic Documents (LBJ Cartoon & Nixon Domestic speech)

 

IDs:Three Mile Island, Vietnamization, Roe v. Wade, Harvey Milk, Watergate

 

#18 Late 1970s packet (all docs attached)

Stamp Wednesday for Reading Review 23.2

Stamp Friday for Reading Review 24.2

Download Milk alt assignment if absent Tuesday

Download Nixon Years ALT assignment if absent Thursday or Friday

 

#17 Chapter 24.1 & 22.5 packet (all docs attached)

 

Alt assignment for Weather Underground attached if absent Thursday

#16 Vietnam DBQ - Document packet due Tuesday, in-class essay Wednesday

 

Stamp Friday - page 1

Stamp Monday - page 2

Stamp Tuesday - rest of packet

 

Docs attached

Prompt attached

 

Unit 8 Test 1960s

 

Chapter 20

Chapter 21 Sec 2 & 3

Chapter 22 Sec 1-3

Chapter 23 Sec 1,3 & 4

 

DBQs: Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail, Malcolm X on 1964 Democratic National Convention, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

 

IDs: Cuban Missile Crisis, Malcolm X, Great Society, Tet Offensive, Cesar Chavez

 

Link to Classzone:

#14 Counter-culture packet (no stamp - all docs attached)

 

Note: If absent Thursday or Friday Chicago 10 Alternate assignment is attached

 

#14  Chapter 22.1-22.3 packet (attached) - Stamp Friday for RR 22.1

 

Download Vietnam Video Alt Assignment of your absent Thursday or Friday

 

#13 Civil Rights Become Militant DBQs DBQ (attached)

#12 Chapter 21.3 packet attached (download Malcolm X alt assignment if absent on Tuesday)

# 11 Letter from Birmingham Jail DBQ (attached)

#10 Chapter 21.2 packet (attached)

 

If absent Wednesday download the Mississippi Burning video questions

#9 Chapter 20 packet (all docs attached) - stamp Wednesday for RR 20.1

 

See me if absent for film clips (Tues or Wed)

#8 Cuban Missile Crisis DBQ (attached)

 

Doc A was done in class (Thu)

Doc B is HW (Thu)

Doc C will be done in class (Fri)

Unit 7 Test (Late 1940s & 1950s)

 

Chapter 18 - Cold War & Foreign Policy

Chapter 19 - Domestic Issues

Chapter 21, Section 1 - Civil Rights

 

DBQs: 1. Truman's speech to UN regarding Korea (in HW packet) or Ho Chi Minh latter (in HW packet) 2-5 1950s Political Cartoons (Cartoons that were all analyzed in your notes. I will select four from the following: Marshall Plan, HUAC, McCarthyism, Arms Race, Space Race)

 

IDs: McCarthyism, Elvis Presley, Mutual Assured Destruction, Brown v. Board of Education, Emmett Till

 

#7 Chp 21.1 & 50s Vietnam packet (all docs attached)

#6 Chapter 19.2-19.4 packet (all docs attached)

 

If absent for videos do the following:

Tuesday - When America Was Rocked (Elvis) - download alt assignment and answer questions in packet.

Thursday - Chavez Ravine - use link below and answer questions on packet

Friday - Emmett Till - download alt assignment, answer questions and attach to packet

 

Link for Chavez Ravine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd7YJ1FVZK0

#6 Chp 18.2-18.4 packet (all docs attached) - ALT Assignment for Good Night & Good Luck attached if absent of Friday 2/20

 

Stamp Thursday for RR 18.2

 

#5 Post War America & Cold War packet (RR 19.1, 18.1 & Truman Doctrine attached)

 

Stamp Tuesday for RR 19.1

 

Unit 6 Test - World War II & Early 1940s

 

Chapters 16 & 17

 

DBQ: Statement by John DeWitt & Korematsu ruling (Internment packet), Statement by Eisenhower on A-bomb

 

IDs: General Douglas MacArthur, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tuskegee Airmen, Manhattan Project, D-Day

 

Link to classzone for flash cards & practice quizzes

#4 Chapter 17.3 & 17.4 packet (all docs attached) - Video Questions & A-Bomb analysis will be done in class

 

A-Bomb Documents (pro & anti) attached if absent on Wednesday (use these for last page of packet A-bomb analysis)

 

Stamp Friday Reading Review 17.3

 

 

#3 Japanese Internment DBQ (DBQ packet and essay rubric attached).  Essay will be written in class on Wednesday.

 

 

#2 Chapter 17.1 & 17.2 packet (attached)

#1 Chapter 16 packet (all docs attached) - stamp Thursday for page 1 (RR 16.1&2)