Chapter 30 - The 1970s - Crisis of Authority
American's optimism and trust in government is shattered by the Watergate scandal and the seemingly never-ending Vietnam war. America and the Soviet Union ease tensions during the seventies but Reagan rides a roller-coaster of diplomatic relations during the eighties. The escalated arms race of the eighties is just one of the factors that will lead to the collapse of international communism.
The specific focus of this unit will be on:
D. Beginning of Détente
E. The antiwar movement and the counterculture
A. The election of 1968 and the “Silent Majority”
B. Nixon’s challenges: Vietnam, China, and Watergate
C. Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, de-industrialization, and the service economy
Reading Assignments:
Friday -3/29 RA Youth Culture pp. 807-813 and Mobilization of Minorities pp. 813-818
- Chapter 29 Reading Quiz & Homework Due
Monday -4/8 RA New Feminism pp. 818-821 and Environmentalism pp. 821-823
Tuesday -4/9 RA Nixon, Kissinger and the War pp. 824-826 and Nixon, Kissinger and the World pp. 827-828
Wednesday -4/10 RA Politics and Economics under Nixon pp. 828-832 and Watergate Crisis pp. 832-836
Thursday -4/11
- Chapter 30 Reading Quiz & Homework Due
Wednesday- 4/10 Enrichment is Due
AP Review for 2nd Tri Final.pdf
AP Review for 3rd Tri Final.pdf
Class Notes:
Textbook Chapter:
Would you like to practice some of the vocabulary from this week's textbook chapter? Here is a quick link:
Brinkley Chapter 30 vocab
Actual Audio from the White House- the "Watergate Tapes"
http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Audio_-_Watergate
The Washington Post Investigates.pdf
A Chronology of the Watergate Crisis.pdf
Homework Assignments:
Part 1 - Terms: All terms should be used in context, underlined, and identified in your textbook notes.
Youth Culture pp. 807-813
1. Liberation
2. "New Left"
3. SDS
4. Counterculture
5. Hippies
Mobilization of Minorities pp. 813-818
6. American Indian Movement [A.I.M.]
7. Latino Activism
8. César Chávez
9. Stonewall Riot
New Feminism pp. 818-821
10. NOW
11. Failure of ERA
12. Roe v. Wade
Environmentalism pp. 821-823
13. Silent Spring
14. Earth Day
15. EPA
Nixon, Kissinger and the War pp. 824-826
16. Henry Kissinger
17. Vietnamization
18. Kent State Massacre
19. My Lai Massacre
20. Paris Accords (1973)
21. Fall of Saigon
Nixon, Kissinger and the World pp. 827-828
22. SALT I
23. Nixon Doctrine
24. 1973 Arab oil embargo
Politics and Economics under Nixon pp. 828-832
25. Bakke v. Board of Regents, Univ. of CA (1978)
26. George McGovern
27. Stagflation
Watergate Crisis pp. 832-836
28. Watergate informants
29. US v. Richard Nixon (1974)
Part 2 - Long Essay Question: Historical Reasoning Skill- Contextualization
Be sure to use at least three supporting ideas/details to support your argument in each body paragraph.
Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
- The Civil Rights movement The antiwar movement The women’s movement
Part 3 - Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz. They should be defined on the bottom of the textbook notes.
activist
deferment
détente
dissemination
environmentalist
fiscal
genocide
iconoclastic
insecticide
multiculturalism
stimulus
yuppie
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