RUSH CHAPTERS 32-34
FRI 5/14 - pp.1000-1007 – Explain Nixon’s domestic and foreign policies - Watergate pp.1008-1023
MON 5/17 – pp.1000-1007 – What problems did Ford and Carter face?
TUES 5/18-WED 5/19 – pp.1036-1051 – Examine the Reagan years. Why and how did the country change during the 1980’s?
THURS 5/20-MON 5/24 - pp.1054-1061 – 1066-1074 – Analyze the 1990’s to 2021. Presentation – Each student will make a video of local/nation/world events since 2003. Use music/pictures/video for your presentation. DUE WED 5/26
TUES 5/25 – Work on presentations
WED 5/26-THURS 5/27 - PRESENTATIONS
FRI 5/28 – Test - ESSAY – As we look into the future, what do you believe are the 3 most critical problems/issues the U.S. faces going forward and why?
TUES 6/1-WED 6/2 - review for final exam
THURS 6/3 - FINAL EXAM - ESSAY - Who was the best president in the 20th Century? Give at least two reasons for your choice.
STUDY GUIDE
Richard Nixon, OPEC, détente, Yom Kippur War, SALT I Treaty, Watergate scandal, Nixon’s resignation, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Nixon’s pardon, human rights, Camp David Accords, Ayatollah Khomeini, Panama Canal Treaty, Soviet-Afghanistan War, EPA, Ronald Reagan, New Right, entitlement programs, Moral Majority, supply-side economics, Sandra Day O’Connor, Geraldine Ferraro, AIDS, Gay Rights, George H.W. Bush, Operation Desert Storm, Bill Clinton, Clinton’s impeachment, George W. Bush, 9/11/2001, Iraq/Afghanistan War