APUSH/HONORS US II-Textbook/Unit Assignment
The Vietnam War & The Sixties
Directions: Complete the following assignment by explaining the term, listing the key
ideas, taking notes, completing the sentence, and/or answering the questions. Each
section is worth 5 to 10 points for a total of 50 points. We will be reading parts of chapter
24, 25, and 26 in the Foner textbook.
1-Origins of the Vietnam War (Page 1013)
There are no questions, but be sure to read the section.
2- The Conservative Sixties (Pages 1046-1047; 5 points)
A) The founding of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) in 1960 signifies…
B) Describe the parallels between the Sharon Statement (conservative) and the Port
Huron Statement (liberal).
C) List the new constituencies Goldwater brought to the conservative cause.
D) What is the “southern strategy”?
E) What did conservatives try to appeal to in the 1960s?
3- The Rising Tide of Protest (Pages 1053-1055; 10 points)
A) The rise of the protest movement came from ___________________________. Why did this
surprise many Americans?
B) What made the New Left new? Was it as “new” as it claimed?
C) What was the Old Left?
D) From where did the New Left draw its inspiration?
E) What was “the unlikely combination that created the upheaval known as The
Sixties”?
F) Explain the main idea of each of the following books:
a. The Fire Next Timeb. Silent Springc. The Other Americad. The Death and Life of Great American CitiesG) Where and when did the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) form?
H) The Free Speech Movement
a. Locationb. Date Foundedc. Reason Foundedd. Leader4-The Vietnam War (Pages 1056- 1057 and Pages 1060-1061; 5 points)
A) What event transformed student protest into a “full-fledged generational” rebellion?
B) What was the crucial mistake (made by the government) made in terms of the
Vietnam War?
C) Why did JFK and LBJ decide not to remove the U.S. from Vietnam?
D) Diem was assassinated in 1963 because…
E) Explain the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-
F) Although Johnson campaigned in 1964 against sending U.S. troops to Vietnam,
troops….
G) John McCain’s war experienceH) Chemical warfare in Vietnam5- Primary Sources (Pages 1058-1059 and Page 1063; 5 points)
A) Read The Sharon Statement and The Port Huron Statement and answer the three
questions.
B) Examine the “Voices of Freedom” photograph and answer the two questions.
6- The Antiwar Movement, the Counterculture, and Personal Liberation and the Free
Individual (Pages 1061-1062 and 1064 to 1065; 10 Points)
A) Situation in the U.S. by 1968B) Opposition to the war became…
C) Which group of people did the burden of fighting fall upon?
D) The SDS began antiwar demonstrations in 1965.
a. April 1965b. Beliefs of Carl OgelsbyE) Events of 1967F) Which groups of people made up the counterculture?
G) Beliefs of the counterculture-
H) Identify the following people:
a. Bob Dylanb. Timothy LearyI) What did personal liberation represent?
J) The counterculture emphasized the ideal of…
K) The countercultures’ idea of personal liberation centered on the idea of the free
individual, with a particular focus on….
7-The New Movements (Pages 1065-1071)
There are no questions, but be sure to read the section.
8-The Rights Revolution (Pages 1071-1073; 5 points)
A) Red Monday (1957)B) What was the most unpopular of the Warren Court rulings?
C) Cases
a. Loving v. Virginiab. Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.c. Griswold v. Connecticutd. Roe v. WadeD) What type of rulings followed the Griswold and Roe decisions?
9-1968 (Pages 1073-1076)
There are no questions, but be sure to read the section.
10-Nixon and Vietnam (Pages 1089-1091; 10 points)
A) Explain Nixon’s policy of “Vietnamization”B) Issues in CambodiaC) What happened at Kent State and Jackson State in May 1970?
D) Why were African Americans unhappy about their role in the military?
E) In what ways did social change also reach the troops in Vietnam?
F) My Lai MassacreG) War Powers Act (1973)H) Describe the results of the Paris peace agreement.
I) Results of Wara. Causalitiesb. Expensec. Social Effectd. Final situation in Vietnam-