US History

Students must complete the following to receive full credit:

• Define Terms with examples for each term.

• Write a Summary of each video (minimum 4-6 sentences per video). (ALL NOTES MUST BE HAND WRITTEN!!!) Label clearly for Mr. Smith to see work.

• Answer Important Questions after watching the videos and taking notes.

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Total pages (with exam):

5+ pages of work per credit

Unit 6: WWII

Important Questions:

1. What was the treaty that ended WWI that laid some of the unrest that would later explode into WWII?

2. Hitler became the essential dictator of Germany in which decade?

3. What war during the 1930s greatly influenced the development of military tactics that were used in WWII?

4. What was the last major attempt at a peaceful resolution with Germany prior to the outbreak of WWII?

5. What event began World War II?

6. This was a line of fortifications across the French border with Germany.

7. The Battle of Britain consisted of

8. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

9. The decisive city battle of the Eastern European Front was

10. When did Pearl Harbor occur?

11. What was the most significant early U.S. victory in the Pacific theatre?

12. Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps nicknamed 'The Desert Fox'?

13. The firebombing of this German town was a major civillian tragedy during the war.

14. The main Axis powers of WWII consisted of

15. The term "D-Day" refers to

16. The Battle of the Bulge refers to

17. Did the aftermath of WWII led directly to the collapse of Imperialism and the self-determination of former colonies?

Assessment/Final Exam:

Embedded Assessment:

Your assignment is to write a multi-paragraph essay that defines the impact of world war two on Europe and America. Explain the cause and effect of the allies and axis and how this conflict impacted the world. This essay should use the strategies of definition and different perspectives from the unit to help you develop a thesis.

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Unit 7: Postwar and the Civil Rights movement

Important Questions:

1. A new invention that changed the way Americans viewed the world was the:

2. What invention caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam?

3. Which Supreme Court Case led to the integration of public schools?

4. Rosa Parks helped lead the way for the:

5. The March on Washington is where:

6. The Voting Rights Act made it illegal for African Americans to

7. Thurgood Marshal was the

8. Which assassination caused the progress that the Civil Rights movement had made to decrease

9. Who's assassination allowed for important civil rights laws to be passed?

10. What was a method used by state governments to prevent African Americans from voting?

11. What brought major improvements to the lives of African Americans in the South?

12. How did Poll Taxes prevented African Americans from voting?

13. What did Brown v Board of Education do?

14. What is a boycott?How were they were used in the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s.

15. What was the final result of the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama?

16. President in 1960's who pushed through the Civil Rights act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

17. Court case that was finalized saying that the separate but equal law, did not violate the 14th amendment; this made segregation legal in the South.

18. Southern states and local governments passed these ___________laws in order to segregate blacks and whites in public and private facilities.

19. Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as president of the United States just two hours after who was assassinated?

20. A plan for ending poverty and bringing success and wealth to all was referred to by President Johnson as _____.

21. What is a poll tax?

22. Which constitutional amendment outlawed poll taxes?

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Unit 8: Cold War and New Nations

Important Questions:

1. During the Cold War the United States wanted the Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba. What was this event known as?

2. Who was America competing against during the Cold War that was communist?

3. The United States was involved in the Korean War and the Vietnam War because...

4. The United States changed the way it fought wars after which war?

5. What was the effect of President Johnson's decisions for the US to be a part of the Vietnam War?

6. Which program has helped over 30 million children throughout the country by providing low-income children and their parents with health, nutrition and education services?

7. The Vietnam War was between

8. He was the first person to land on the moon.

9. This was the plan to train exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro

10. The United States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should

11. U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949.

12. In the early 1970s, the Chinese government decided to improve relations with the U.S. because

13. The surprise attack launched by the NLF in January of 1968 was called

14. The Warsaw Pact sought to

15. The Berlin Wall was built in order to

16. On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew the government led by

17. The “détente” phase of relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ended with the Soviet invasion of

18. The most tense 13 days of the Cold War occurred during the event known as the _________ ________ ________.

19. The first artificial satellite to be launched into space was called

20. The _________________ stated that the U.S. would provide finances to anyone who fought against Communism.

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Unit 9: Regional Conflicts, The Developing World

Important Questions:

1. What is the full name of the first president to resign?

2. Who wanted to impeach Nixon? (hint: one of the houses of Congress)

3. What would happen if Nixon was impeached?

4. In 1973, what did the prosecuter issue so that Nixon would hand over the tapes that would show he was involved in the Watergate incident?

5. What made Nixon think he could refuse to hand over the tapes even after the subpoena? (hint: what did he believe?)

6. What is the Rule of Law?

7. Who took Nixon's place as President?

8. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its Arab members placed an embargo, or ban, on oil exports to the US

9. A ban of sales of goods to the US

10. Giving more control to state and local government

11. Granted federal funds to local and state agencies to use

12. Relaxation of tensions between the US and the communist nations of China and the USSR

13. A sustained rise in prices, across an economy

14. we did not produce enough oil to cover our needs, we needed more foreign oil

15. A listening device used to interpret telephone information

16. CRP organized a group to break into Watergate to photograph campaign documents and campaign documents and install wiretaps

17. Nixon's first Vice President , resigned because of scandal

18. New VP after Agnew who became President after Nixon resigned

19. Landmark decision by US Supreme Court on first amendment rights, which made it possible for the NY Times and Washington post to be able to post the pentagon papers

20. A peace treaty signed by Egypt and Israel, Egypt became the first star country to recognize the state of Israel, Israel, in turn, promised to return Sini Peninsula

21. Islamic Revolution in Iran and Shah was overthrown, Carter then let Shah travel to the US. For cancer treatment, terrorist group took over the US embassy in Tehran and took 52 hostages, let them go after 444 days, the day carter left office

22. Elected president in 1976

23. 35 nations signed a document that promoted greater cooperation between the nations of eastern and Western Europe

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Unit 10: The World Today

Important Questions:

1. What state was Ronald Reagan born in?

2. What was Ronald Reagan's preferred nickname until the late 1930s?

3. Reagan almost won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1941 film

4. In 1962 the US Justice Department investigated Reagan and his involvement with which television show?

5. What was Reagan's FBI code name during the Red Scare of the 1950s?

6. George Bush attacked Reagan's economic plans by referring to them with what title?

7. Many of Reagan's foreign policy goals during his first term in office centered on "containing" the influence of what foreign power?

8. Which world leader came to power in 1985 with the intention of easing tensions caused by the Cold War?

9. What was the official name for Reagan's $1 trillion "Star Wars" program?

10. Reagan's term, "window of vulnerability," referred to what?

11. Reagan authorized a bombing raid on which country after discovering that it funded anti-American terrorist movements?

12. The Reagan administration was accused of trading arms for hostages in what scandal?

13. The US Army invaded which country in 1982 to fight Communist rebels?

14. What resolution, passed by Congress in 1981, prohibited Reagan and the US military from interfering in Nicaragua?

15. Where was Barack Obama born?

16. Obama is the _______ president of the United States.

17. Before becoming president, Obama was a United States senator. He was a senator from this state

18. This is Barack Obama's political party.

19. Which president preceded President Obama?

20. Did Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?

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