8 MINUTES A DAY!
APUSH: UNIT 11 OVERVIEW
LIBERALISM and CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE: 1960 – Present Period!
TEXT REFERENCES:
KCB: CHAPTERS 38-41
“The answer is to rely on youth — not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will,
a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for
adventure over the love of ease. The cruelties and obstacles of this swiftly changing planet
will not yield to the obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. They cannot be moved by those
who cling to a present that is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the
excitement and danger that come with even the most peaceful progress.”
Robert F. Kennedy 6 June 1966 Capetown, South Africa
Key Concepts
23. Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and
especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid-1960s and generated a
variety of political and cultural responses.
24. Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American
society, politics, and the environment.
25. A new conservatism grew to prominence in U.S. culture and politics, defending traditional social values
and rejecting liberal views about the role of government.
26. The end of the Cold War and new challenges to U.S. leadership in the world forced the nation to
redefine its foreign policy and global role.
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27. Moving into the 21 Century, the nation continued to experience challenges stemming from social,
economic, and demographic changes.
CHAPTER 41 VOCABULARY
Vietnamization
Nixon Doctrine
silent majority
My Lai Massacre
Kent State University
Pentagon Papers
détente
Miranda warning
Philadelphia Plan
Environmental Protection Agancy
Earth Day
southern strategy
War Powers Act
Watergate
“smoking gun” tape
Equal Rights Amendment
Roe v. Wade
malaise speech
SALT II
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Henry Kissinger
Warren Burger
Rachel Carson
George McGovern
Gerald Ford
John Dean III
James Earl Carter (“Jimmy”)
Leonid Brezhnev
CHAPTER 40 VOCABULARY
Proposition 13
boll weevils
supply-side economics
Reaganomics
Strategic Defense Initiative
Sandinistas
contras
glasnost
perestroika
Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty
Iran-Contra Affair
Moral Majority
Black Monday
Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS)
Operation Desert Storm
Americans with Disabilities Act
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Saddam Hussein
Jerry Falwell
Sandra Day O’Connor
George H.W. Bush
Boris Yeltsin
Nelson Mandela
Manuel Noriega
Norman Schwarzkopf
Clarence Thomas
Weapons of mass destruction
(WMD)
Democratic Leadership Council
Oklahoma City Bombing
Contract with America
Welfare Reform Bill
North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
McCain-Feingold Act
Whitewater
Lewinsky Affair
Kyoto Treaty
9/11
Al Qaeda
USA Patriot Act
Department of Homeland Security
Guantanamo Detention Camp
Abu Ghraib prison
No Child Left Behind Act
Hurricane Katrina
William Jefferson Clinton
H. Ross Perot
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Robert Dole
John McCain
Sara Palin
Monica Lewinsky
George W. Bush
Richard Cheney
John Kerry
Nancy Pelosi
Barack Obama
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New Frontier
Peace Corps
Apollo
Berlin Wall
European Economic Community
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Freedom Riders
Voter Education Project
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act
affirmative action
Great Society
Freedom Summer
Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black Panther Party
Black Power
Six-Day War
Stonewall Rebellion
Students for a Democratic Society
Robert Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Ngo Dinh Diem
James Meredith
Lee Harvey Oswald
Malcolm X
Eugene McCarthy
George C. Wallace
CHAPTER 39 VOCABULARY
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CHAPTER 38 VOCABULARY
“Say what we will about the Sixties’ failures, limits, disasters,
America’s political and cultural space would probably not have
opened up as much as it did without the movement’s divine
delirium . . . This side of an ever-receding millennium, the
changes wrought by the Sixties, however beleaguered, averted
some of the worst abuses of power, and made life more decent
for millions. The movement in its best moments and broadest
definition made philosophical breakthroughs which are still
working themselves out.”
-- Todd Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (1987)
WE’RE STILL ARGUING
ABOUT THAT IN 2015!
THE 1960s
CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE?
“Though much in the counter-culture was attractive and valuable,
it was dangerous in three ways. First, self-indulgence frequently
led to self-destruction. Second, the counter-culture increased
social hostility. The generation gap was one example, but the
class gap another. Working-class youngsters resented the
counter-culture. The counter-culture flourished in cities and on
campuses. Elsewhere, in Middle America, it was hated and
feared. The result was a national division between the counterculture and those adults who admired or tolerated it, and the
silent majority of workers and Middle Americans who didn’t.
The tensions between these groups made solving social and
political problems all the more difficult and were, indeed, part of
the problem. Finally, the counter-culture was hell on standards.”
-- William O’Neill, Coming Apart (1971)
“We can easily forgive a child
who is afraid of the dark; the
real tragedy of life is when men
are afraid of the light.”
-- Plato
“Holy National Exam,
Batman! We better start
revving up the Batmobile for
some action!”
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You will have roughly 30 minutes of review
time at the start of most class periods for
review between now and the exam. That will
be for work on the REVIEW OF REVIEWS! or
other review applications! Beyond that, we will
continue to work on our writing techniques
and building knowledge of the period from
1960 to present!
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We have reached an important point in the
course. We are 40 days away from the National
Exam and we will use this unit of study to
continue our pursuit of the content, while at
the same time bringing more energy to bear on
becoming “exam-ready.” The review plan we
will follow is on the next page! We will follow
it as closely as we can!
Monday
A
3.30
Tuesday
B
3.31
TRANSITION FROM UNIT 10 TO 11/ WHERE ARE WE GOING?!!
1980s
and 90s
foreign
and
domestic
4.1
Thursday
B
4.2
Friday-TUESDAY
OFF FROM SCHOOL
Wednesday
A
4.8
Thursday
B
4.9
Friday
A
4.10
Monday
B
4.13
Tuesday
A
4.14
Wednesday
B
4.15
Thursday
A
4.16
Friday
B
4.17
Monday
A
4.20
Tuesday
B
4.21
Wednesday
A
4.22
Thursday
B
4.23
Friday
A
4.24
Monday
B
4.27
Tuesday
A
4.28
Wednesday
B
4.29
Thursday
A
4.30
Friday
B
5.1
Monday
A
5.4
Tuesday
B
5.5
Wednesday
A
5.6
Thursday
B
5.7
A
5.8
FRIDAY
REVIEW #1
READ CHAPTER 38
Practice MC Exam!
REVIEW #2
REVIEW #3
Rykken speaking at WIEA Conference
REVIEW #4
FR: ND and GS Essay!
REVIEW #5
READ CHAPTER 39
APPROACH THIS
CHALLENGE AS IF
YOU’RE PREPARING
FOR A BIG FINAL.
REMEMBER! WE’RE
PRACTICING FOR
COLLEGE!
REVIEW #6
REVIEW #7
FR: Containment Essay!
Rykken speaking at Green Bay Convention
REVIEW #8
READ CHAPTER 40
TIME MANAGEMENT IS
THE KEY TO MAKING
THIS PROCESS WORK!
REVIEW #9
REVIEW #10
DBQ: Rise of Reagan Essay!
REVIEW #11
READ CHAPTER 41
AP PSYCH EXAM (p.m.)
AP CALC EXAM (a.m.)
REVIEW #12
AP ENGLISH EXAM (a.m.)
D-DAY! AP US HISTORY NATIONAL EXAM! (7:45!)
“Do not
forsake
me, oh
my
darlin!”
Friday, May 8th is a late start
day and also a FUEL-UP TO
PLAY 60 DAY!
WE WILL NOT BE DISTRACTED
BY EITHER BECAUSE WE ARE
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.
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1970s
foreign
and
domestic
A
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1960s
foreign
and
domestic
Wednesday