Consider the causes and effects of the Communist revolution of 1949.
Civil Rights
Consider the following questions as you read the article linked above
Why did the twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement emerge?
Which of the strategies employed by civil rights activists do you think was most effective?
What do you think was the most significant achievement of the Civil Rights Movement? Did civil rights activists achieve all of the goals of the movement?
How would you have reacted to segregation in the 1950s?
How do you think segregation made the United States look in the eyes of many in the larger world in the 1950s?
Are there any places in your life where you see de facto segregation present? If so, do you have ideas about what you might do?
How might schools look today if the Supreme Court had not invalidated “separate but equal” in the Brown decision?
Think about the following questions as you read the article linked above
How did the demands presented at the March on Washington reflect the evolving goals of the Civil Rights Movement?
What arguments did Dr. King make in his "I Have a Dream" speech? Why do you think the speech was so effective?
Did the March on Washington reveal a Civil Rights Movement that was united or divided?
What was the outcome of the March on Washington? Did the news media play an important role?
View the article linked about and consider the following questions
Why did the boycott succeed? Were the actions of both the citizens of Montgomery as well as those of the US Supreme Court necessary for its success?
How do you think people around the world who looked to the United States as a beacon of freedom might have felt and thought when they read about the boycott and the laws and practices that led to it?
What do you think led Rosa Parks to decide to take a stand against discrimination and segregation?
View the article linked about and consider the following questions
College-age students were principal founders of both CORE and SNCC. In what ways did student voices advance the movement for civil rights? In what ways might college-aged students’ perspectives have been limited?
What were the successes and challenges of the direct action, nonviolent protest strategy that both CORE and SNCC employed in the early 1960s?
Why did both CORE and SNCC increasingly turn away from nonviolence by the late 1960s? Do you think this turn was a good idea? Why or why not?
1960s America
Read the article linked above and think about the following questions as you read
Why did Kennedy win the 1960 presidential election?
What were Kennedy’s greatest accomplishments? What were his most significant shortcomings?
Which do you think was more successful: Kennedy’s foreign policy or his domestic policies? Why?
View the article and video linked above and consider the following questions
Why did Khrushchev decide to provide Cuba with nuclear missiles?
Were there winners and losers in the Cuban Missile Crisis? If so, who were they?
What were the positive and negative consequences of the missile crisis?
View the article and video linked above and consider the following questions
Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
What were the assumptions underlying the US involvement in Southeast Asia? Were they correct?
Was the war in Vietnam a civil war or a global Cold War confrontation?
View the article linked above and think about the following questions as you read:
Do you agree with Johnson’s decision to not run for re-election in 1968? Why or why not?
Which had a greater impact on poverty in America, the Great Society or the New Deal? Why?
What were Johnson’s greatest achievements? What were his biggest mistakes?
Who accomplished more for civil rights, Johnson or Kennedy?
Read the article linked above and consider the following questions as you read
Why did US public opinion turn against the Vietnam war?
What are the key arguments of the Port Huron Statement?
Do you think the news media turned more people against the Vietnam war or against the antiwar activists?
What were the long-term consequences of antiwar activism?
How does the government collect data on the unemployment rate?
What can the unemployment rate tell economists about the health of the U.S. economy?
Why is the employment rate the hardest to maintain?
What are the steps to calculate the GDP of a nation
Explain what the GDP of a nation can communicate about its trade rate
Real GDP Per Capita vs. Real Household Income
Explain the connection between GDP Per Capita and Real Household Income.
US Unemployment Rate vs. US Annual Rate of Inflation
Interpret the US Unemployment Rate in terms of GDP; describe how these two principals are connected
Interpret and explain American annual rate of inflation in terms of buying potential. Explain how the inflation rate of a nation would lead to less or greater consumption
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