VUS.13BCDE PART II VOCABULARY 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 10. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS – SOVIET MISSILES IN CUBA 11. ALGER HISS - PASSED SECRET DOCUMENTS TO THE SOVIETS 12. JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG - PASSED ATOMIC BOMB SECRETS TO SOVIETS 13. MCCARTHYISM – ACCUSING PEOPLE OF BEING COMMUNIST 14. GLASNOST - OPENNESS AND ENCOURAGING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 15. PERESTROIKA - ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING 16. POST-COLD WAR GOALS – FOREIGN AND HUMANITARIAN AID, SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS PERSIAN GULF WAR – MILITARY ACTION IN THE EARLY 1990’S KNOWN AS DESERT STORM NAFTA – NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 2 • TIMELINE PROJECT GOAL: CREATE A TIMELINES OF THE PRESIDENTS AND EVENTS FROM 19632009 1) CREATE A TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS AND PRESIDENTS. EVENTS ON ONE SIDE AND PRESIDENTS ON THE OTHER. REMEMBER, PRESIDENTS AND EVENTS MIGHT NOT MATCH 100%. 2) AFTERWARDS, NUMBER EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS (1-7) AND EVENTS (1-8) AND MATCH THEM WITH THEIR DESCRIPTION. • • YOU MAY USE THE VUS.13 SOL REVIEW GUIDE OR YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO FIND THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM DATES. YOU HAVE 25 MINUTES TO COMPLETE IT! Event Event Description President President Description ISIS Bombing in Iraq - 2014Present U.S. led coalition bombs ISIS targets in Iraq/Syria Barack Obama – 2009-2017 44th President, Affordable Healthcare Act key legislation passed White House Bulldozed for new Trump Towers - 2017 President Trump promises to first “Make America Great Again” by building an Executive Mansion that would rival Buckingham Palace. Donald Trump – 2017-2021 45th President, pushes the “Make America Great Again” legislation which ensures every American receives a puppy and a Colt .45. United States Nukes Iran, Iraq, China, and Russia - 2020 After Iran, Iraq, China, and Russia accuse Trump of wearing a wig, he orders a hydrogen bomb be dropped on each country. ---- ----- 3 THE VIETNAM WAR 4 THE VIETNAM WAR • THE BEGINNING • VIETNAM DIVIDED INTO NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM • DOMINO THEORY LEADS TO US INVOLVEMENT TO PREVENT NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS FROM TAKING VIETNAM 5 SOUTH EAST ASIA MAP 6 FORREST GUMP • WHAT WAS THE WAR LIKE IN VIETNAM FOR THE TROOPS? • WHAT WARS HAD MEMBERS OF LIEUTENANT DAN’S FAMILY DIED IN? • WHY WAS THERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE WAR IN THE UNITED STATES? 7 VIETNAM WAR – 1955-75 • THE WAR • US INVOLVEMENT AND TROOP LEVELS INCREASES AFTER THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION , UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LBJ • THE TET OFFENSIVE WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE US GOV. 8 TET OFFENSIVE AND DISCONTENT OVER THE WAR 9 MY LAI MASSACRE 10 COLD WAR PRESIDENTS – NIXON (37), FORD (38) • NIXON AND FORD • ”PEACE WITH HONOR” • POLICY OF DÉTENTE – ATTEMPT TO EASE STRAINED RELATIONS THROUGH TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS. • NIXON WANTED TO EXPLOIT RIVALRIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND USSR. 11 VIETNAM WAR – 1955-1975 • THE END • VIETNAMIZATION AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS AND THE EVENTUAL DEFEAT OF SOUTH VIETNAM. • IN 1975 BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM WERE MERGED UNDER COMMUNIST CONTROL. 12 FALL OF SAIGON 13 ANTIWAR MOVEMENT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR • HAWKS VS. DOVES • THE HAWKS WERE FOR INCREASING TROOP LEVELS, WHILE THE DOVES WERE AGAINST THE WAR. • THE VIETNAM WAR GREW UNPOPULAR AT HOME AND LED TO ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS. • MANY VIETNAM VETS CAME HOME TO INDIFFERENCE AND HOSTILITY. • KENT STATE UNIVERSITY KILLING 14 FORTUNATE SON/GOODNIGHT SAIGON/HEY! HEY! LBJ! • FORTUNATE SON BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. 1. 2. WHY IS THIS SONG KNOWN AS A VIETNAM PROTEST SONG? WHY DOES THE WRITER OF THE SONG SAY “I AIN’T NO FORTUNATE SON”? • GOODNIGHT SAIGON BY BILLY JOEL 3. 4. • WHY IS THIS SONG KNOWN AS A VIETNAM PROTEST SONG? HOW DOES THIS SONG PORTRAY LIFE IN FOR SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM? HEY! HEY! LBJ! BY BILL FREDERICK 5. 6. WHY IS THIS SONG KNOW AS A VIETNAM PROTEST SONG? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THIS SONG? 15 THE WATERGATE SCANDAL (1972-74) • THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS AT THE WATERGATE HOTEL IN D.C. WERE BROKEN INTO. • THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS A COVER-UP. • UNDER PRESSURE, NIXON RESIGNS. THIS FURTHERED A DISTRUST IN GOVERNMENT 16 WATERGATE NBC LEARN CLIP 17 FROST/NIXON INTERVIEW - 1977 ‘YOU CHOOSE’ ACTIVITY • CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: • WRITE A SONG THAT PORTRAYS MAJOR EVENTS IN THE U.S. DURING THE COLD WAR AND THEIR EFFECT. • DRAW A POLITICAL CARTOON THAT ACCURATELY REPRESENTS MAJOR EVENTS IN THE U.S. DURING THE COLD WAR AND THEIR EFFECT (MUST BE ARTISTIC FOR THIS ONE). • CREATE A FOLDABLE OF MAJOR DOMESTIC EVENTS OF THE COLD WAR THAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS. INCLUDE THE EFFECTS OF THE EVENT AND DRAW A SIMPLE PICTURE TO REPRESENT EACH EVENT. 19 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. 2. 3. WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR ON AMERICANS AT HOME? WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM WAR ON AMERICANS AT HOME? HOW DID AMERICA’S MILITARY FORCES DEFEND FREEDOM DURING THE COLD WAR? 20 COLD WAR PRESIDENTS – REAGAN (40) • REAGAN • RETURN TO “HARD LINE” (NOT GIVING IN TO COMMUNISM, SEEING COMMUNISM AS MONOLITHIC AND EVIL) • INCREASED US MILITARY AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE USSR • SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN COLD WAR • AT THE BERLIN WALL - “MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.” 21 “TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!” 22 FAILURE OF THE SOVIET UNION 23 FALL OF THE USSR BUBBLE MAP • USING THE VUS.13 SUMMARY AND VUS.13 PART II NARRATIVE, CREATE A BUBBLE MAPS OF THE FIVE REASONS FOR THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION. 24 WHY DID THE USSR FAIL? • BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PRESSURES CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION 1. 2. INCREASING SOVIET MILITARY EXPENSES TO COMPETE WITH THE US RISING NATIONALISM IN THE SOVIET REPUBLICS 25 WHY DID THE USSR FAIL? 3. 4. 5. FAST-PACED REFORMS (MARKET ECONOMY) – ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE COMMUNIST ECONOMY WITH A MARKET ONE. ECONOMIC INEFFICIENCY – TOO MUCH MILITARY SPENDING. GORBACHEV “GLASNOST” (OPENNESS) AND “PERESTROIKA” (ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING) – THESE REDUCED THE POWER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. 26 POLICIES • WHAT IS THIS CARTOON SAYING ABOUT THE POLICIES OF GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA? 27 THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL • THE BERLIN WALL CAME DOWN ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 1989. • EVEN THOUGH THE USSR DIDN’T COLLAPSE UNTIL DECEMBER 26TH, 1991, MANY VIEW THE FALL OF THE WALL AS THE END OF THE WAR. 28 BILLY JOEL’S LENINGRAD • WHILE WATCHING THE VIDEO, WRITE DOWN PARTS OF THE SONG THAT INCLUDES EVENTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE COLD WAR. • WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS SONG? 29 30 PRESIDENTIAL BASEBALL CARDS • GOAL: CREATE A BASEBALL CARD FOR EIGHT OF THE PRESIDENTS FROM THE 1953-2008. • CUT OUT EACH CARD AND ON THE BACK WRITE DOWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THAT PRESIDENT (USING INFORMATION FROM THE SOL PACKET). • AFTER YOU ARE DONE, STAPLE THE CARDS TOGETHER, IN THE CORRECT ORDER, AND SHOW THEM TO ME SO THAT YOU CAN BE ASSIGNED A GRADE. • YOU ONLY HAVE 20 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS! 31 US FOREIGN POLICY – 19812009 32 RONALD REAGAN – 1981-1989 • SELECTED POST-COLD WAR ERA GOALS AND POLICIES • FOREIGN AID • HUMANITARIAN AID • SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS 33 GEORGE H.W. BUSH – 1989-1993 • FALL OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE • REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY • COLLAPSE OF YUGOSLAVIA • BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET STATE • PERSIAN GULF WAR 1990-1991 • FIRST WAR WHERE AMERICAN WOMEN SERVED IN COMBAT ROLE. • OPERATION DESERT STORM – AIR/GROUND CAMPAIGN NAME. 34 BREAKUP OF YUGOSLAVIA 35 BILL CLINTON – 1993-2001 • NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) • FREE TRADE BETWEEN THE US, CANADA, AND MEXICO. WOULD HELP US ECONOMICALLY. • FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM • LIFTED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA WHEN ITS GOVERNMENT ENDED THE POLICY OF APARTHEID • NATO ACTION IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA 36 GEORGE W. BUSH – 2001-09 • TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES SOIL (9/11/2001) • WAR IN AFGHANISTAN • TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND THE TALIBAN. • WAR IN IRAQ • WMD’S – WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 37 CBS EVENING NEWS – 9/11/01 38 VUS.13 CROSSWORD • COMPLETE THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE USING YOUR NOTES, NARRATIVE, AND THE VUS.13 SOL RECAP. 39 VUS.13 PART II VOCABULARY QUIZ • AFTER THE VOCABULARY QUIZ, COMPLETE THE VUS.13 TEST REVIEW. 40 LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR 41 THE GREAT BUTTER BATTLE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. WHY DID THE ZOOKS AND THE YOOKS NOT GET ALONG? WHAT CAUSED THE CONFLICT TO GET WORSE? WHAT COULD THE ZOOKS AND YOOKS HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO PREVENT THIS CONFLICT? HOW IS THE STORY A METAPHOR FOR THE COLD WAR? IN THE STORY, BOTH SIDES USE PROPAGANDA TO MAKE THEIR SIDE SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT SIDE. HOW DID THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION USE PROPAGANDA TO ADVANCE THEIR BELIEFS DURING THE COLD WAR? 42 OLD ACTIVITIES 43 TREE MAP • CREATE A TREE MAP OF EACH OF THE BELOW EVENTS OF THE COLD WAR: • COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF CHINA • KOREAN WAR • BAY OF PIGS • CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS • VIETNAM WAR • FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION • WRITE THREE BITS OF INFORMATION UNDER EACH EVENT. 44 TIMELINE OF COLD WAR EVENTS AND AFTERMATH • 1962 – CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS • 1945 – WWII ENDS • 1948-49 – BERLIN BLOCKADE/AIRLIFT • 1949 – CHINA FALLS TO COMMUNISM • 1950-53 - KOREAN WAR • 1954 – MCCARTHY HEARINGS • 1955 – BEGINNING OF VIETNAM WAR (US NOT YET INVOLVED) • 1959 – CUBA FALLS TO COMMUNISM • 1961 – BAY OF PIGS INVASION • 1965 – FIRST US GROUND TROOPS IN VIETNAM • 1973 – US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM WAR ENDS • 1975 – SOUTH VIETNAM FALLS TO COMMUNISM • 1989 – FALL OF BERLIN WALL • 1990-91 – PERSIAN GULF WAR • 1991 – FALL OF SOVIET UNION • 2001 – 9/11 ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES 45 PRESIDENTIAL TREE MAP • USING THE SOL PACKET, YOU WILL CREATE A TREE MAP FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PRESIDENTS: • • • • • • • • EISENHOWER KENNEDY JOHNSON NIXON REAGAN GEORGE H.W. BUSH BILL CLINTON GEORGE W. BUSH • WRITE DOWN ALL THEY ACCOMPLISHED WHILE IN OFFICE. 46
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