Cold War - JFK-Nixon–
1.
How did the US stance on communism lead to involvement in Vietnam? What was President
Eisenhower’s explanation of the domino theory?
2.
Explain the role of television in the 1960 presidential election, and describe the election outcome?
3.
Why did President Kennedy authorize the Bay of Pigs invasion? What were the consequences of
its failure? Who was the leader of Cuba? of the United States during the invasion?
4.
What was Kennedy’s goal for the space program?
5.
What goals did the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps attempt to fulfill?
6.
Why did tensions reignite over the division of Germany? Why was the Berlin Wall built? Who
were the leaders of the USSR and the US during the crisis?
7.
Why did tensions reignite between Cuba and the United States? Why did Kennedy propose to
blockade the island? What did Kennedy threaten to use if the crisis was not resolved? What was
the outcome of the crisis?
8.
On three separate sheets of paper draw three original political cartoons describing three landmark
decisions, Baker v. Carr; Griswold v. CT; Gideon v. Wainwright; Escobedo v IL; Miranda v.
AZ handed down by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren concerning the rights of
the accused. On the back write a description of your cartoons.
9.
What was the "Domino Theory" first espoused in the Eisenhower Administration? When did the
US 1st get involved in the Vietnam War? Why? Who was president? How did JFK increase
involvement in Vietnam?
10.
During the Vietnam War the executive branch assumed increasing power. What legislation did
Congress pass in 1964 to increase the power? Why? What powers did the president receive? Who
was the President? What steps did Congress eventually take to safeguard its constitutional powers
in 1973? Why? Who was President?
11.
Why was the Tet offensive the turning point in the war in Vietnam? Who was President? Why was
Vietnam called a ‘living room war’?
12.
How did the war influence the election of 1968? Who won?
13.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail? Why did Richard Nixon authorize the bombing of Cambodia in
1970? How did the violence at Kent State and Jackson State affect American public opinion?
Why was the 26th amendment passed?
14.
Explain the process of Vietnamization. What happened in Southeast Asia after American
withdrawal from Vietnam? Is Vietnam still divided today?
15.
What differing views of the counterculture emerged from the Woodstock and Altamont festivals?
16.
What is the meaning of détente? What did the term ‘ping-pong’ diplomacy refer to in the Nixon
administration? What was SALT I?
17.
Why did Vice President Agnew resign/Who replaced him as VP? What famous phrase did Nixon
use to defend himself during the Watergate scandal? What did Nixon do as a result of the
Watergate investigation? Who became president?
18.
What events fueled the growth of the environmental movement in the 1970s?
19.
What effect did Unsafe at Any Speed have on auto safety? Who wrote the book?
20.
Explain how Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring concern with DDT initiated the environmental
movement. What was the Environment Protection Agency’s purpose?
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22.
Why was the US vulnerable to OPEC? How did the 1973 oil embargo affect the US?
What happened to the economy during the Ford administration?
On a map of North America (which includes the Caribbean) locate the following places: Unless
directed otherwise use a black star. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL EVERYTHING!!!
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Shade Cuba red.
Draw a pig on the Bay of Pigs.
Draw five nuclear missiles on Cuba
Draw ships depicting Kennedy’s blockade of Cuba.
Label Guantanamo Bay
Label Kent State University
Label Jackson State
Draw Watergate in Washington
Label Chicago
On a map of Southeast Asia locate the following places: Unless
directed otherwise use a black
star. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL EVERYTHING!!!
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Shade Vietnam Red
Locate the 17th parallel (use pink really lightly)
Shade Cambodia Orange
Shade China Red
Shade Laos Orange
Label Hanoi
Label Saigon
Label the Gulf of Tonkin
Draw the Maddox and a little boat in the Gulf of Tonkin
Color the Ho Chi Minh Trail brown.
Label Ho Chi Minh City