Tumultuous 60s - Present

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Tumultuous 60s - Present
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Domestic Foreign
Truman Fair Deal McCarthyism Korea
Eisenhower Military Industrial Complex National Highway Act civil rights B vs B Truce in Korea
JFK New Frontier Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis
LBJ Great Society Medicaid/Medicare Environmental protection Civil Rights legislation -Increased troops in Vietnam -Gulf of Tonkin
Nixon New Federalism -Watergate EPA (environmental protection agency) -fixed relationship with China -Paris Peace Accords -détente -SALT I
Ford WIN whip inflation now -Helsinki Accords
Carter Environmental Policies SALT II Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis
Reagan Reaganomics Conservatism New Right Evil Empire - Increased military spending SDI strategic defense initiative INF treaty Iran Contra Scandal Lebanon
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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• Vietnam War
• key events
• effects
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• the Tet offensive
• the protests and opposition to the war
• Presidential Policies
• John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon.

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Vietnam War

• When
• 1955-1975
• Who
• North Vietnam (USSR) vs South Vietnam (USA)
• Why
• Vietnam divided at Geneva Accords
• -North (communist) attacked South
• -US fear of domino theory wanted to contain
• Impact
• -US withdrew because of causalities and public
  opinion
• -War Powers Act
• -Vietnam united under Communist rule

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• Civil Rights
• racial gender equity (fairness)
• initial strategies
• landmark court cases legislation
• the roles of key civil rights advocates
• other groups seeking ethnic gender equity
  Hispanics, Native Americans..

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• US foreign policy events
• Bush - Obama
• including changes to Middle East policy
• the impact of US involvement in the Persian
  Gulf
• rise of global terrorism.

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Foreign Policy
George H Bush Berlin Wall Falls Gulf War free Kuwait
Bill Clinton Clinton New Democrat NAFTA Al-Qaeda attacked USS Cole and embassy in Tanzania
George W Bush 9/11 War on Terror Axis of Evil Operation Enduring Freedom War in Iraq Saddam Hussein
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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• US economic issues since the fall of communism
• recession
• the national debt deficit
• Laws ? organized labor labor unions,
  immigration, increases in economic disparity.

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Gulf War

• When
• 1991
• Who
• United Nations vs Iraq
• Why
• Iraq (Saddam Hussein) invaded Kuwait
• Impact
• -UN regulation of Iraq
• -Kuwait liberated

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War on Terror

• When
• 2001 - present
• Who
• US vs Afghanistan, Iraq
• Why
• -Terrorist Attacks on US (9/11)
• -Dismantle governments in support of terrorism
• Impacts
• -Bush Doctrine preemptive strike policy
• -Department of Homeland Security created
• -Patriot Act

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Tumultuous 60s - Present
-Key People Truman Eisenhower JFK LBJ Nixon Ford Carter Reagan George H Bush Bill Clinton George W Bush Nikita Khrushchev Mikhail Gorbachev Saddam Hussein Osama Bin Laden -Documents -GI Bill -Brown vs Board of Education -Paris Peace Accords -SALT I and II -INF Treaty -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -War Powers Act -Patriot Act -24 amendment (poll tax) -26 amendment (18 to vote) -Roe v Wade -Heart of Atlanta Motel vs US
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Multiple Choice
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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• A major long-term effect of the Vietnam War has
  been
• A. an end to communist governments in Asia
• B. a change in United States foreign policy from
  containment to imperialism
• C. a reluctance to commit United States troops
  for extended military action abroad
• D. a continued boycott of trade with Asia

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• C
• The US experience in Vietnam was one that left
  lasting changes to societys expectations and
  tolerance for war. The widespread protests
  against the Vietnam conflict, fueled by video and
  images of the conflict on the nightly news, left
  an indelible mark. As a result, the US has been
  reluctant to send troops into a ground conflict.
  The US military has instead increased its
  capacity to make war from the air and from a
  distance. Developments such as the stealth
  fighter, stealth bomber and long-range cruise
  missiles have taken over the roles once filled by
  American fighting men on the front lines. The
  nearly all long distance air wars in the Persian
  Gulf and Kosovo serve as examples of this new
  approach to combat.

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• The United States experience in the Vietnam War
  supports the idea that the outcome of a war
• A. is determined mainly by technological
  superiority
• B. is dependent on using the greatest number of
  soldiers
• c. is assured to countries dedicated to
  democratic ideals
• D. can be strongly affected by public opinion

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• D.

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• One reason the United States became involved in
  the Vietnam War was to
• A. prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
• B. reduce French influence in Vietnam
• C. stop China from seizing Vietnam
• D. support the government of North Vietnam

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• A.

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• The Great Society programs of the 1960s used the
  power of the Federal Government to bring about
• A. an all-volunteer military
• B. antipoverty reforms
• C. deregulation of business
• D. reduced defense spending

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• B.
• Johnson helped back the 1964 Civil Rights Act
  which was the most significant civil rights
  legislation of the ear, it protected voting
  rights, desegregated all public facilities and
  created the Equal Opportunity Commission to
  protect job opportunities. Johnsons war on
  poverty also sought to provide assistance to the
  poorest in the nation and created Medicaid
  benefits to assist with medial care.

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• Which initiative was part of President Lyndon
  Johnsons Great Society program?
• A. providing medical care to the poor and elderly
  
• B. reducing federal aid to education
• C. increasing foreign aid to the Soviet Union
• D. opposing civil rights legislation

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• A

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• The Peace Corps was established by President John
  F. Kennedy in an effort to provide
• A. support to developing nations of the world
• B. job training for the unemployed
• C. markets for consumer goods
• D. teachers for inner-city areas

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• A.

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What is the main idea of this cartoon from the
Watergate era?

• A. The Supreme Court presides over a presidential
  impeachment trial.
• B. Congress has to obey the Constitution.
• C. The president has the final word involving
  constitutional issues.
• D. No person or group is above the law.

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• D

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• The abolitionist movement, the womens suffrage
  movement, and the 1960s civil rights movement
  are all examples of reform efforts that
• A. succeeded without causing major controversy
• B. developed significant popular support
• C. achieved their goals without government action
  
• D. failed to affect the nation as a whole

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• B.
• The abolitionist movement gained popular support
  prior to and during the Civil War, fueled in part
  by exposes on the conditions of slavery like
  Harriet Beecher Stowes novel Uncle Toms Cabin .
  The womens suffrage movement gained popular
  support due to the efforts of women advocates
  like Lucrecia Mott, Elizabeth Caty Stanton and
  Susan B. Anthony. The womans suffrage movement
  culminated with the successful passage of the
  19th amendment (also known as the Anthony
  amendment) in 1919. Finally, the 1960s civil
  rights movement gained popular support in the
  1950s and 60s due in part to efforts such as
  the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as well as leadership
  from Martin Luther King jr. and the NAACP.

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• Which generalization can most accurately be drawn
  from a study of Supreme Court cases Plessy v.
  Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?
• A. The Supreme Court has issued consistent
  decisions in cases involving rights of the
  accused.
• B. Supreme Court decisions are accepted without
  public controversy.
• C. The Justices believe that social issues are
  best left for state courts to decide.
• D. The Supreme Court has helped to determine
  public policy.

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• D.
• The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
  established that separate but equal facilities
  were legal (thereby upholding the Jim Crow laws
  of Southern states) and was later overturned in
  the Supreme Courts 1954 Brown v. Board of
  Education of Topeka Kansas ruling.

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• The major goal of the civil rights movement of
  the 1960s was to
• A. establish a separate political state for
  African Americans
• B. gain passage of an equal rights amendment to
  the Constitution
• C. end segregation based on race
• D. permit unlimited immigration to the United
  States

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• C.
• Jim Crow laws were legalized segregation. Upheld
  as legal in the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896,
  Jim Crow laws would persist in the South up until
  the culmination of the black civil rights
  movement in the 1950s and 60s.

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• Unlike the Camp David Accords in 1978, the Camp
  David Accords of 2000
• A) succeeded in establishing peace between Libya
  and Egypt.
• B) failed to bring about a plan for peace in the
  Middle East.  
• C) were protested by the United States for its
  political overtones.
• D) allowed the U.S. to gain valuable allies in
  the War on Terrorism.

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• B
• Regardless of political opinions, the current war
  in Iraq has nothing to do with restoring
  self-rule to Kuwait. As is often the case, the
  establishment of a democratic, free state
  involves war (though this was not the case with
  the Velvet Revolutions following the fall of
  the Soviet Union).

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• The primary cause of the first Gulf War
  (1990-1991) was
• the Iraqi army's sudden invasion of Kuwait.  
• Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction.
• repeated attacks by the Iraqi navy on civilian
  targets within Israel.
• Iraqs testing of a nuclear device as part of a
  test of its weapons program.

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• A.
• Months after the Iraqi army's sudden invasion of
  Kuwait in 1990, the US- and allied forces-
  invaded Kuwait to drive out the Iraqi army. The
  fear was that Hussein would next invade Saudi
  Arabia, affecting regional alliances with the
  United States. There was never, at that time, any
  talk of Husseins support of terrorism or his
  alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• In the mid-1980s, the United States was involved
  in an illegal shipment of arms, illegal funding
  of Central American anti-revolutionaries, and
  illegal negotiations with hostage-takers. This is
  generally referred to as the
• Triangular Trade.
• Iran-Contra Affair.  
• Eisenhower Doctrine.
• North American Free Trade Agreement.

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• B

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• Strong economic growth led to federal budget
  surpluses during the Clinton administration.
  During those years, the national debt
• A) was eliminated.
• B) remained stable.
• C) increased due to budget surplus.
• D) decreased due to budget surplus.  

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• D
• During the Clinton administration, the national
  debt decreased due to budget surplus. Of course,
  these years were not marked by an ongoing war and
  economic "downturns."

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What is the main idea of this 1997 cartoon?

• A. Investors believe the stock market may crash
  in the near future.
• B. Illegal aliens are trying to come to the
  United States in record numbers.
• C. Workers still suffer from dangerous conditions
  on the job.
• D. Workers are being laid off to keep corporate
  profits high.

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• D.

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Tumultuous 60s - Present

• President Bill Clintons decision to send troops
  to Bosnia in 1995 and to participate in the
  bombing of Kosovo in 1999 were both in response
  to international concern over
• A. trade agreement violations
• B. access to world oil reserves
• C. human rights violations
• D. monetary policies

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• C.

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• President Bill Clinton supported the North
  American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) primarily
  as a way to
• A. normalize trade relations with Cuba
• B. stimulate economic growth in the United States
  
• C. restrict the flow of drugs into the United
  States
• D. increase the United States trade deficit

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• B

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Political Cartoon 1

• Identify the time period.
• Significant people/person or documents.
• Explain the cartoon?

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Political Cartoon 2

• Identify the time period.
• Significant people/person or documents.
• Explain the cartoon?