5/12-13 Iranian Hostage Crisis

Iranian Hostage Crisis:
1970s Writing Assignment

5/7-9 1970s Era

Economics Overview

Ford/Carter Wkst.
Trends of the 1970s
Iranian Hostage Crisis

5/6 Stagflation--Economics

4/28-5/5 Skits on Issues of 1960s and 1970s

4/23 Nixon/Watergate Exam

Scantron in class.

Essays in your notebooks---Notebooks due on Thursday.

IV. Essay
Answer one of the following on a separate sheet of paper. Make sure to be very thorough in your answer in order to get complete credit (5 pts.).

a. Consider Richard Nixon’s presidency. Using specific examples, explain why you believe Nixon was a good or bad president. Be sure to include reasons for both sides, and then a summation of your opinion.

b. Explain the Watergate Affair. How did this effect the nature of the relationship between the people and the president. Make sure to provide specific examples of events (hint: legislative measures) that were influenced by this scandal in the post-Nixon era.

4/17-22 Watergate

Video and Reading Guide
Ch. 25 S3

4/16 Nixonian Foreign Policy

Ch. 25 Sec 2
1. What role did Henry Kissinger play in shaping Nixon’s foreign policy?
2. What is realpolitik? What is détente?
3. What were the five steps that were taken in relation to China?
4. How was China seen as a bargaining chip with the Soviet Union?
5. Where did Nixon go to after China? What was talked about there?
6. What did SALT I do? When was it signed? What were the two countries involved?