Unit XIV FOCUS QUESTIONS

Unit XIV FOCUS QUESTIONS

The 1970 s Chapter 39 pp. 938-949 What was President Nixon s plan for getting the US out of Vietnam? What developments caused many people to become even more critical of the war? (Discuss: Vietnamization, Silent Majority, My Lai, Cambodia, Kent State, Twenty-sixth Amendment, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg) What was the China Card and how did Nixon use it? (Discuss: Henry Kissinger, Détente, ABM Treaty, SALT Treaty, MIRVs) Describe the judicial activism engaged in by the Supreme Court during the 1960 s and 70 s. (Discuss: Earl Warren, Griswold v. Connecticut, Miranda v. Arizona, Engle v. Vitale, Warren Berger, Roe v. Wade) Richard Nixon was the most environmentally friendly president since Theodore Roosevelt. Explain. (Discuss: Environmental Protection Agency, OSHA, Rachel Carson-Silent Spring, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act)

The 1970 s Chapter 39 pp. 949-957 Explain the cause and effects of the Arab Oil Embargo. (Discuss: The energy crisis, OPEC, International Energy Agency) Describe the Watergate scandal. What were the political consequences for President Nixon? (Discuss: CREEP, dirty tricks, John Dean III, Saturday Night Massacre, executive privilege, The Smoking Gun Tape, articles of impeachment, Gerald Ford-pardon) Evaluate the Feminist movement of the 1970 s. (Discuss: Title IX, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Roe v. Wade, Phyllis Schlafly) Assess race relations in the 1970 s. (Discuss: Milliken v. Bradley, Affirmative-action programs, The Bakke case, United States v. Wheeler)

The 1970 s Chapter 39 pp. 957-964 Describe President Carter's foreign policy achievements. (Discuss: human rights, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Camp David Accords) How did President Carter react to the renewed energy crisis? (Discuss: oil shocks, National Energy Act-look up online, Shah of Iran, malaise speech ) What foreign policy problems plagued the second half of Carter's presidency? (Discuss: Leonid Brezhnev, SALT II, Ayatollah Khomeini, Afghanistan, Iran Hostage Crisis)

The 1980 s Chapter pp. 966-976 What factors (social, political, and economic) contributed to Reagan s victory in 1980? (Discuss: New Right, Moral Majority, neoconservatives, ABC movement) What were the goals of Reagan s supply-side economic policies and what were their short-term and long-term effects? (Discuss: Reaganomics, Reagan recession of 1982, yuppies, window of vulnerability, national debt, welfare state) Describe Reagan s initial attitude, strategy and rationale toward negotiating with the Soviets? (Discuss: evil empire, Star Wars/SDI, Solidarity, Korean airliner, Olympic boycott) What changes in the Soviet Union eventually contributed to the end of the Cold War? (Discuss: Mikhail Gorbachev, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF treaty) Describe the flow of money and arms involved in the Iran-Contra scandal. (Discuss: Nicaragua, Sandinistas vs. Contras, Iran, weapons for hostages )

The 1980 s Chapter 40 pp. 977-986 How did the tactics of the religious right movement of the 1980 s parallel the new left movements of the 1960s? (Discuss: Rev. Jerry Falwell, Moral Majority, identity politics, New Right) How did a more conservative Supreme Court function as Reagan s principal instrument in the cultural wars of the 1980 s? (Discuss: Sandra Day O Connor, affirmative-action, abortion, Roe v. Wade, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services) Under President George H. W. Bush, what were the unexpected consequences of the demise of the Soviet Union? (Discuss: Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall, CIS, Yugoslavia, ethnic cleansing, Nelson Mandela, Panama, Persian Gulf crisis, Operation Desert Storm ) How did reaction to President Bush s mostly ineffective domestic policies reflect the changing political attitudes of the nation? (Discuss: Americans with Disabilities Act, Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, gender gap, Read my lips )

The 1990 s Chapter 41 pp. 989-996 What major challenges did President Clinton face while trying to implement his 1992 campaign agenda? (Discuss: don t ask, don t tell, health care reform, deficit reduction, Brady Bill, Oklahoma City bombing, Branch Davidians, Waco, Texas, Columbine High School shooting, NRA, Michael Moore) How did voters respond to Clinton s liberal mandate and to Gingrich s conservative mandate? (Discuss: Newt Gingrich, Contract with America, unfunded mandates, Welfare Reform Bill; government shut-down, Robert Bob Dole, Proposition 209) Describe the U.S. economy and foreign trade under Clinton. (Discuss: dot.com boom, NAFTA, WTO, globalization ) Describe the Clinton administration's most notable foreign policy objectives, achievements and failures. (Discuss: Somalia, Rwandan genocide, Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, China trade agreement, NATO, Slobodan Milosevic, ethnic cleansing, Kosovo, Yitzhak Rabin, PLO, Yasir Arafat, Madeleine Albright; peacemaking)

The 1990 s - 2000 s Chapter 41 pp. 996-1010 Did President Clinton s actions during the Lewinsky affair reach the impeachable level? Explain. (Discuss: Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, Kenneth Starr, high crimes and misdemeanors, Senate impeachment trial) Describe the presidential campaigns of Bush and Gore during the 2000 election. How do you think Bush v. Gore should ultimately have been settled? Explain. (Discuss: Albert Gore, Ralph Nader, George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, federal budget surplus, Florida, Bush v. Gore, Electoral College) Bush soon proved to be more of a divider than a uniter, less a compassionate conservative than a crusading ideologue. Evaluate this statement. (Discuss: embryonic stem cells, Kyoto Treaty, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, USA Patriot Act, Gratz/Grutter v. Bollinger, gay marriage amendment, No Child Left Behind) What reasons did President Bush give for wanting to invade Iraq? (Discuss: 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan, the Taliban, axis of evil, WMD s, weapons inspectors, Mission Accomplished, Abu Ghraib)