Thursday 4-6-17 I can explain how new movements for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of government generated a range of political and cultural responses.

I can explain how, seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward racial equality was slow.

I can explain how, responding to social conditions and the African American civil rights movement, a variety of movements emerged that focused on issues of identity, social justice, and the environment.

I can explain how liberalism influenced postwar politics and court decisions, but it came under increasing attack from the left as well as from a resurgent conservative movement.

Agenda Homework1. Review 1970s2. The Fog of War3. AP Writing Workshop: LEQ4. APUSH Review Organizer – Periods 6&7

1. AP 966-9792. Keep up with AMSCO readings3. Finish Eyes on the Prize

Prompt 1411. Explain the importance of the advertisement below in understanding the 1970s.

2. How does the car above compare with the Ford Galaxie below?

APUSH Connections – Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties

FDR (New Deal) – JFK (New Frontier) – LBJ (Great Society)(Trade Expansion Act, 1962 – Reciprocal Trade Agreements) – (Alliance for Progress – Good Neighbor Policy – Dominican Republic) – (Medicare/Medicaid – Social Security)

Berlin Airlift – Berlin Wall

Bay of Pigs – Cuban Missile Crisis

Freedom Riders – JFK

James Meredith – Little Rock

JFK – Eisenhower – Civil Rights

Michael Harrington, The Other America – (Jacob Riis – Upton Sinclair) – (Helen Hunt Jackson – Harriet Beecher Stowe – Thomas Paine)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution – (Pearl Harbor – Lusitania – Maine – Fort Sumter – Spot Resolutions)

Immigration and Nationality Act, 1965 – Quota Acts

Civil Rights Act, 1964 – Voting Rights Act, 1965

Voting Rights Act, 1965 – 24th AmendmentVoting Rights Act – Watts Riot

Voting Rights Act – Selma, ALFreedom Summer - Voting Rights Act

MLK – Malcolm X – Stokely Carmichael

Hawks – doves

Tet Offensive – LBJ

LBJ – Eugene McCarthy – Robert Kennedy – Hubert Humphrey

Richard Nixon George Wallace

Free Speech Movement – Mario Savio – SDS

Sexual revolution – the Pill

Civil Rights – Stonewall

Key Questions for the Sixties and Seventies

The Stormy SixtiesWhat was the New Frontier (examples)What was the Great Society? (examples)How successful was each? Why or why not?How was the Great Society (un)like the New Deal?

What were the major events, organizations and people of the Civil Rights Movement (pro and con)?What were the goals of the Civil Rights Movement? Was the Movement successful? How did the Movement change in the mid-1960s?

What were the goals of the USA and USSR in the 1960s? (Cold War)Describe the confrontation between the USA and USSR in Asia (Vietnam), Latin America, and Europe. Be able to describe one example for each.

What was Detente? What were the successes and limitations during the 1960s?

Describe the Anti-War Movement. Describe the American Counterculture of the 1960s

The Stalemated SeventiesDescribe the issues of the 1968 presidential election. What was the “Silent Majority”?Describe the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Why was Nixon Victorious?

Describe each of the following challenges Nixon faced. How did he deal with each issue? Was he successful?

VietnamChinaWatergate

Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidency in 1976? Describe the major issues faced by Carter; energy crisis, Middle East, Iran. Was Carter a successful president?

The Resurgence of ConservatismDescribe the New Rights (goals, organizations, individuals).What was the Reagan Revolution? How did Reagan approach the Cold War, especially in the Middle East and Latin America?How did the Cold War end? What was the impact of the Cold War ending?

APUSH Review Organizer

Purpose: The following assignment is designed to familiarize you with the content of the APUSH Exam.

Action:

1. Create an Individual google doc and share with me. This assignment needs to be your individual creation. You may consult with other students, but you should not copy from other students work.

2. You will insert 3-7 SFI each letter. You need to provide context and significance for each SFI (think A/B IDs.)

3. You will also need to paste in ONE image for each letter. The image could be a cartoon, document, painting, photograph, etc. You need to provide context and significance for each image.

4. You can use past A/B IDs, Connections, Sources, Quotes, etc.

5. For a reference point see Why Teach History website.

APUSH Period 7: 1890-1945In a NutshellAn increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role.

Key ConceptsPart 1A. Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.

B. The United States continued its transition from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban, industrial economy led by large companies.

C. In the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, Progressives responded to political corruption, economic instability, and social concerns by calling for greater government action and other political and social measures.

D. During the 1930s, policymakers responded to the mass unemployment and social upheavals of the Great Depression by transforming the U.S. into a limited welfare state, redefining the goals and ideas of modern American liberalism.

Part 2E. Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.

F. Popular culture grew in influence in U.S. society, even as debates increased over the effects of culture on public values, morals, and American national identity.

G. Economic pressures, global events, and political developments caused sharp variations in the numbers, sources, and experiences of both international and internal migrants.

Part 3H. Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.

I. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, new U.S. territorial ambitions and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific accompanied heightened public debates over America’s role in the world.

J. World War I and its aftermath intensified ongoing debates about the nation’s role in the world and how best to achieve national security and pursue American interests.

K. U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the U.S. into a position of global, political, and military leadership.

Period 6: 1865-1898In a NutshellThe transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.

Key ConceptsPart 1A. Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.

B. Large-scale industrial production — accompanied by massive technological change, expanding international communication networks, and pro-growth government policies — generated rapid economic development and business consolidation.

C. A variety of perspectives on the economy and labor developed during a time of financial panics and downturns.

D. New systems of production and transportation enabled consolidation within agriculture, which, along with periods of instability, spurred a variety of responses from farmers.

Part 2E. The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.

F. International and internal migration increased urban populations and fostered the growth of a new urban culture.

G. Larger numbers of migrants moved to the West in search of land and economic opportunity, frequently provoking competition and violent conflict.

Part 3H. The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.

I. New cultural and intellectual movements both buttressed and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age.

J. Dramatic social changes in the period inspired political debates over citizenship, corruption, and the proper relationship between business and government.

APUSH Period 8: 1945-1980

A. The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and working to maintain a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

B. United States policymakers engaged in a Cold War with the authoritarian Soviet Union, seeking to limit the growth of Communist military power and ideological influence, create a free-market global economy, and build an international security system.

C. Cold War policies led to public debates over the power of the federal government and acceptable means for pursuing international and domestic goals while protecting civil liberties.

D. New movements for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of government generated a range of political and cultural responses.

E. Seeking to fulfill Reconstruction-era promises, civil rights activists and political leaders achieved some legal and political successes in ending segregation, although progress toward racial equality was slow.

F. Responding to social conditions and the African American civil rights movement, a variety of movements emerged that focused on issues of identity, social justice, and the environment.

G. Liberalism influenced postwar politics and court decisions, but it came under increasing attack from the left as well as from a resurgent conservative movement.

H. Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching consequences for American society, politics, and culture.

I. Rapid economic and social changes in American society fostered a sense of optimism in the postwar years.

J. New demographic and social developments, along with anxieties over the Cold War, changed U.S. culture and led to significant political and moral debates that sharply divided the nation.

Reading about post WW II Foreign Affairs (Due Friday 4-7-17)

1. Read each of the following articles. What is the main argument? In your mind, what puzzlements does the article raise? What historical connections can you make? Explain your thinking.

2. Join the Google doc discussion Mr. Johnson sends. You must make ONE original contribution (either a puzzlement or a connection) and you must make ONE response to another student.

3. Do NOT make thoughtless comments. Think about what you are going to say before you say it. Do NOT confuse doing stuff with THINKING .

Article One: The Vietnam War and the My Lai Massacre

Article Two: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy

Article Three: Iran and the United States in the Cold War

Reading Schedule for AP US History March, April, & May 2017

Readings are due on the day they are listed. All pages are from the American Pageant unless otherwise noted. 3/22 – 3/26 Read American Pageant 36 & US History Review Book AMSCO 26M 3/27 AP 36 & AMSCO 26T – 3/28 AP 882 – 890W – 3/29 AP 890 – 897Th – 3/30 AP 897 – 908 (chapter 37) & AMSCO 27F – 3/31 Test #16 (36-37)M – 4/3 AP 909 – 924T – 4/4 AP 924 – 937 (chapter 38) & AMSCO 28W – 4/5 AP 938 – 952Th – 4/6 AP 952 – 965 (chapter 39) & AMSCO 29F – 4/7 AP 966-979M – 4/10 AP 979-988 (chapter 40)T – 4/11 AP 989-998 (chapter 41) & AMSCO 30W – 4/12 Test #17 (38-41)Th – 4/13 ReviewF – 4/14 HOLIDAYM – 4/17 ReviewT – 4/18 ReviewW – 4/19 ReviewTh – 4/20 APUSH Final Exam Part 1F – 4/21 APUSH Final Exam Part 24/24 to 5/4 APUSH Review