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.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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?
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?
4/15 Intro to Nixon
Ch. 25 Sec 1
1. How did Nixon rely on handpicked “team players / yes men” to develop his policies and advise him?
2. Who were John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, John Mitchell, and Henry Kissinger?
3. What is deficit spending? Why was Nixon considering this Keynesian tactic?
4. What is OPEC? How did their embargo to the U.S. lead to a recession in 1973?
5. What was the basis of Nixon’s legislative program known as the New Federalism?
6. What was Nixon’s “southern strategy”? How did this slow down integration and the advancement of civil rights?
7. How were Nixon’s views apparent in his handling of Supreme Court appointments? How did his presidency eventually reshape the court with his nominees that did get confirmed?
1. How did Nixon rely on handpicked “team players / yes men” to develop his policies and advise him?
2. Who were John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, John Mitchell, and Henry Kissinger?
3. What is deficit spending? Why was Nixon considering this Keynesian tactic?
4. What is OPEC? How did their embargo to the U.S. lead to a recession in 1973?
5. What was the basis of Nixon’s legislative program known as the New Federalism?
6. What was Nixon’s “southern strategy”? How did this slow down integration and the advancement of civil rights?
7. How were Nixon’s views apparent in his handling of Supreme Court appointments? How did his presidency eventually reshape the court with his nominees that did get confirmed?
Monday, April 14, 2014
4/14 Proficiency Writing on Vietnam
Students will have a chance to finish the Test if they weren't done and we are also writing for the proficiencies---
Write on two of the following:
1. Identify one antiwar argument made by protesters of the Vietnam War and one prowar argument made by supporters of the war.
2. Why was the Tet offensive considered the turning point of the war?
3. Explain how the Vietnam War was an extension of our post WWII foreign policy of containment.
4. Explain how the age of student activism began and progressed. What issues were they concerned about and what methods were used to get their point across?
If all is completed--begin reading about Nixonian politics p. 826-837 in text
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