SPRING BREAK ASSIGNMENTS
There have been two History Labs assigned. The one on Containment is due on Friday, April 7, 2017. The one on Vietnam War is due on Monday, April 17, 2017. All sources are found on previous posts (scroll down).
TOPIC:
Modern United States: Global Leadership and Domestic Issues: Evaluating the success of the 1960s-era presidents’ foreign and domestic policies. Also Assessed:
OBJECTIVES:
Analyze the significance of Vietnam and Watergate on the government and people of the United States.
Analyze the attempts to extend New Deal legislation through the Great Society and the successes and failures of these programs to promote social and economic stability.
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Essential
Questions (as journals) (IGNORE THE FIRST PAGE)
Directions: Read the packet given in class. Highlight the main idea of each section and make necessary annotations as you see fit. After you're done reading, answer the essential questions below as journals.
Journal 72 -How did the
Civil Rights movement in the U.S. contribute to the Cold War anti-Communist
mission?
Journal 73 -How did the
Cold War help further the Civil Rights movement in the United States?
Journal 74 -What methods
did the United States use to control its image abroad?
Journal 75 -What was the relationship between the United States’
civil rights record and its Cold War objectives?
QUIZ QUESTIONS:
1. What was the name given to President Kennedy’s foreign policy agenda?
2. What was the name given to President Johnson’s domestic policy agenda?
3. What was the name of the document that granted President Johnson the authority to “take all
necessary measures…” in Vietnam?
4. What was the name of the Supreme Court case that ended legal segregation of the races?
5. Which statement best describes the position of the United States regarding decolonization after World War II?
a. As a former colony of a European power, the United States always favored decolonization
b. The United States did not encourage the decolonization of its allies’ empires
c. The United States encouraged the decolonization of only those empires it saw as belonging to friendly powers
d. It generally supported decolonization, unless it was strategically damaging to the policy of containment.
6. Why did Cuba pose a significant threat to American national security during the Cold War
era?
7. Which of the following consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis had the GREATEST impact on future relations between the United States and the Soviet Union?
a. the creation of a “hot line” to improve communication between both the American and
Russian governments
b. The United States’ decision to remove its missiles from Turkey.
c. The Russian decision not to run the American naval blockade of the island.
d. The American government agreeing it would never invade Cuba.
8. Why did Russian Premier Khrushchev decide to build the Berlin Wall?
9. What conclusion can be drawn from the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin?
a. The North Vietnamese provoked American involvement by attacking the USS Maddox without just cause.
b. The United States military was too close to the North Vietnamese coast.
c. The North Vietnamese were acting in self-defense.
d. The Diem government wanted the United States to get involved in the crisis.
10. “The integrity of the U.S. commitment is the principal pillar of peace throughout the world…”
What was Secretary of State Dean Rusk making reference to in the above quote?
a. The United States has an obligation to defend its nation’s interests around the world.
b. The United States has a responsibility to defend its allies whenever they are threatened.
c. The United States is primarily responsible for maintaining world peace.
d. The United States must be willing to surrender some vital national security concerns
in order to promote world peace.
11. Which of the following U.S. allies posed the greatest threat to its ability to build post-colonial anti-communist alliances?
a. South Africa
b. Japan
c. France
d. Mexico
12.“That…war [Vietnam],” Johnson later admitted, “killed the lady I really loved – The Great
Society.”
What was President Johnson making reference to in this statement?
a. As a result of the media scrutiny over the events in Vietnam, the Great Society never received the congressional support it needed to become law.
b. As a result of the economic and financial burdens of the Vietnam War, Johnson’s Great Society programs were unsustainable.
c. Due to an increased number of Vietnamese immigrants coming to the United States, Johnson’s Great Society programs would not last.
d. Johnson was implying that the Tet Offensive was to blame for the demise of his Great Society initiative.
DBQ: Questions 13-15 are based on Edwin Starr’s song War (1969).
War, it ain't nothing
But a heartbreaker
War, friend only to the undertaker
Ooooh, war
It's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind
13. In the above excerpt, why is war “friend only to the undertaker?”
a. because of the number of enemy North Vietnamese American soldiers will kill in battle
b. because in war, only undertakers benefit from the number of soldiers killed in battle
c. undertaker is being used as a metaphor for President Johnson.
d. because American undertakers wanted to see the United States defeat the North Vietnamese communist government.
14. What is the main theme of Edwin Starr’s song, War?
a. Wars should be fought to achieve any foreign policy goal.
b. American involvement in the Vietnam conflict was a mistake.
c. Despite disagreeing with the concept of war, he argues that the United States must do all it can to contain the spread of communism in Vietnam.
d. Wars are a destructive and pointless endeavor that leaves only destruction in its wake.
15. According to Starr, what must be present in order to avoid war?
a. love, peace, and understanding
b. justice and responsibility
c. God, faith, and prayer
d. luck and good fortune
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