20th Century II

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Monday, February 13, 2017

Monday February 13

Great Society Power Point- Scroll to slide 35

Exam on Thursday/Friday

1. Define the term mandate. Explain its significance in the presidencies of BOTH Kennedy and Johnson, using specific examples from each.

· Mandate

· Election results

· New Frontier

· Economic plans

· Social programs

· Space programs

Executive order

2. Analyze the goals of the Great Society and explain how specific programs attempted to achieve these goals. What impact have these programs had on U.S. society since they were implemented in the 1960s?

· Head Start

· War on Poverty

· Medicaid

· Medicare

· VISTA

· Education Act

· Clean Water Act

· Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

· National Debt

Government assistance

3. To compensate for a weak domestic program Kennedy projected a powerful presence in foreign policy, with only limited success. Evaluate his foreign policy and explain the international crises he faced.

· Bay of Pigs

· Fidel Castro

· Berlin Crisis

· Berlin Wall

· Cuban Missile Crisis

· Embargo

· Alliance for Progress

· Peace Corps

Test Ban Treaty

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Thursday Feb 9

JFK Assassination Paper- Complete in Google Classroom.
Class Code: aq7wxy

Due Monday before class.

Tuesday Feb 7

JFK Conspiracy Video

Watch the video and take notes of the interesting evidence given as if you are a CSI investigator. Think about finding answers to the following questions:
Motive?
Ability?
Witnesses?
Evidence tampering?

Next week you will be writing down what you think really happened and giving your reasoning why

Monday, February 6, 2017

Monday February 6

Storyboard-
Complete a storyboard using the following terms

Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Crisis

For each term do the following:
1. Create a catchy title using the term
2. Write a 2-3 sentence summary of what that term means
3. Draw a picture of what you think it would look like
4. Write a question that you have about the term

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Thursday February 2

Bay of Pigs Notes

Cuba Missile Crisis Worksheet