Things to do to keep yourself busy and APUSH-Aware over Spring Break:
Do this!
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Finish Chapter 28 and read Chapter 29. Reading Guides are on the Review Help Page if
you didn’t get them in class.
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***Watch Poisoned Dreams (1960-1964 - JFK/LBJ) and Unpinned (1965-1970 –
LBJ/Nixon) in The Century series. These are my two favorite episodes, both for the
civil rights and Vietnam info and because Keith Richards makes an appearance. Links
are on my website. I will have a few questions for you to answer as you watch (see
below). These will be worth some extra credit points if you turn them in the first class
after break. Use specific examples. Work alone on this one (no sharing) ***
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If you want to get ahead, I recommend starting to look through Amsco and the concept
outline for modern America topics. I’ll post Amsco chapters on Phoenix.
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Take an hour or two over break and start reviewing your outlines for the year. The
Presidents list is a good place to start. I’ll also put a new section of exam review
materials on the Review Help Page, but your outlines are the best.
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Sleep and relax!
Do this!
Poisoned Dreams (1960-1964 - JFK/LBJ)
1. How could young African-Americans be “freed” by being arrested and put in jail?
2. What is a “cold warrior?” How were both John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon cold warriors? Do we
have a similar political idea today?
3. Do you think television influences the political scene today the way it did in the early 60’s?
4. Psycho was one of the most popular movies of the early 1960s and remains a cult classic to this
day. Why was this movie so popular? Do we have movies that play the same role today?
5. Why do you think the day of JFK’s assassination is called the day America “lost its innocence?”
What other days in American history might you give that title? (try to come up with at least three
other options and explain why)
Unpinned (1965-1970 – LBJ/Nixon)
1. The era of student protest began at University of California, Berkeley. What prompted these
student protests? Would you have joined in? Do students have a similar voice today?
2. Why and how was the Vietnam War different than any other type of war previously fought by the
United States? (think of both battlefront and homefront examples)
3. In the mid-1960s, the Civil Rights Movement began to splinter into separate factions. Why did the
movement splinter? What were the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?
4. How was the counterculture symbolic of the generational conflicts in America in the 1960s? Why
do you think this time period fascinates so many people today? Is today’s popular view of the
1960’s realistic or romantic?
5. What role did socio-economic class play in the Vietnam War and the war protests? Do you think
we face the same issue today with respect to this era’s wars in Iraq & Afghanistan?