April 13 2015 Please sit quietly and begin
April 13, 2015 • Please sit quietly and begin the warm-up. Homework: Read p. 670 -679, Study Guide p. 1
Today’s Agenda & Objective • • • Warm-up Election of 1960 New Frontier Speech Notes Primary Source Analysis • To what extent was Kennedy’s New Frontier effective?
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I. Nixon v. Kennedy Debates and the Election of 1960 Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy 1. Vice President to 1. Massachusetts Senator Eisenhower 2. Tanned, relaxed, smiling 2. Recently hospitalized 3. Young, handsome 3. Underweight 4. Looks into camera 4. No makeup for tv Surveys showed that 70 million viewers thought Kennedy won. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Qazm. VHAO 0 os
Kennedy’s Inauguration Speech As you analyze the following text, please complete the following: • Write at least 2 questions that were raised while you read. • Identify at least 1 allusion to the years prior to Kennedy’s Administration • Annotate what you think Kennedy’s main ideas mean. • What are some ideas discussed in Kennedy’s Inauguration Speech? • What is the significance of the speech?
II. Nation on the Edge and a New Frontier A. Economy 1. Declining – The Other America, Michael Harrington; 1/5 of Americans lived below the poverty line – Kennedy wanted to provide direct federal aid to Americans 2. Kennedy’s solution: large tax cuts to decrease government income but put money in Americans’ wallets (stimulate the economy)
B. Space Program Following the launching of Sputnik, the US’s goal was to get to space first. 1. Soviets announced Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth as the first human to travel space Americans feared our technology was falling behind 2. Sent man to space (short distance) 3. February 20, 1962: John Glenn completed 3 orbits around Earth
III. Camelot • Youngest candidate elected as president • Roman Catholic • Represented the idealistic image of the Kennedy White House: royal and romantic • Stage for high culture • Wife Jacqueline (Jacky) intelligent, fashionable, poised, • Children: Caroline and John • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=YG 6 bl. TDv 0 h s
Task: ☐ Take notes on your topic from the textbook. ☐ Read analyze the primary sources for your topic. KNOW YOUR TOPIC AND DECIDE IF IT SHOWS THE NEW FRONTIER WAS EFFECTIVE OR NOT. FIGURE OUT WHY. ☐ Either create a mini-poster (2 students) and present, Comic Strip, or newspaper based on your topic. ☐ On the back of the comic strip or newspaper, write CEL paragraph answering the following prompt: To what extent was Kennedy’s New Frontier effective?
April 15, 2015 Please sit quietly and begin working on the Warm-up. Homework: Read p. 686 -695, Study Guide p. 1 -2
Today’s Agenda • Lecture • Primary Source Analysis & BCR • Begin Homework Vietnam Memorial Today-April 19 th Free! 8150 Knott Avenue Buena Park • Analyze documents to evaluate the effectiveness of JFK’s New Frontier when tackling the Cold War.
A. Bay of Pigs Invasion • Eisenhower cut off relations with Cuba due to Communist gov. and Soviet aid • American companies were terrorized by Castro’s regime • 10% of the Cuban population were exiled • Eisenhower trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro • Kennedy learned of operation 9 days into presidency • April 17, 1961: Exiles died or imprisoned by 25, 000 Cubans • Embarrassment for JFK
B. Berlin Wall • 20% of East Berliners fled to West Berlin to escape Communism • Khrushchev wanted to close off access to West Berlin and JFK refused • “I want peace. But, if you want war, that is your problem” • Berlin wall constructed on August 13, 1961.
C. Cuban Missile Crisis • Soviet weapons sent to Cuba in 1962 • JFK sent a warning he wouldn’t tolerate nuclear weapons in Cuba • Oct. 14, 1962 photographs revealed missile bases in Cuba • Brinkmanship- brink of nuclear war • US Navy quarantined Cuba to block Soviet Union http: //www. history. com/topics/coldwar/cuban-missile-crisis
D. Eased Tensions? • Hot line between White House and Soviet Union in 1963 • Phone communications immediately • Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963) barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere
Was JFK’s New Frontier effective at tackling the Cold War? Analyze the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis and Berlin Crisis. Determine effects and other possible outcomes. • What is the Main Idea of the Document? • What parts of PERSIA are effected? • Does this show the New Frontier was effective at tackling the Cold War? Yes/No
April 17, 2015 • Please sit quietly and begin the Warm-up. Homework: Read p. 700 -716, Study Guide p. 2 -4, Quia Quiz #10
Today’s Agenda & Objective 1. Warm-up/Lecture 2. Primary Source Discussion 3. Concept Map 4. Letter to LBJ 5. Begin Homework • Analyze sources and create a concept map to analyze the successes and challenges of the Great Society.
JFK Assassination • November 22, 1963 in Dallas, TX • Lee Harvey Oswald • Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson takes oath of office on Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) • Used the “Johnson Treatment” to persuade senators to support his bills • 5 days after JFK’s death, promised to fulfill JFK’s New Frontier on the home front • Great Society, Vietnam War, and Civil Rights Movement • Election of 1964 - needed to be elected as president https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d. DTBns qx. Z 3 k
What is the Great Society? May 22, 1964
Analyze Documents A and B and determine • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=r. De. Bd 1 j 7 s. CM
• Use p. 686 -691 and 714 in your textbook to locate information about each Great Society program. • Create a concept map of at least 10 Great Society Programs. • There must be one program from each area of reform: Education, Health, War on Poverty, Civil Rights, Environment, Immigration, Culture. • Include the name of each program, the year it was established, and its purpose. • Place a “+” if program was successful or a “-“ if the program was not successful.
April 22, 2015 Homework: Complete Primary Source Packet
Today’s Agenda & Objective 1. Warm-up & Discussion 2. Lecture 3. Primary Source Analysis 4. Documentary • How effective were nonviolent protests from 1955 -1961?
A. The Spark • The Story of a Young Boy in Money, Mississippi (1955) • Emmett Till from Chicago, Illinois • Till was lynched for not abiding Jim Crow Laws of the South • Till’s Mother put his body on display to show the ugliness of the South.
B. Montgomery Bus Boycott • Started with Rosa Parks • What it was: • Significance:
C. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Reverend from Atlanta, GA
D. SCLC • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Ministers and civil rights leaders met to repeat strategies of Montgomery Bus Boycott • Raised money in churches to gain community support • President- MLK
E. SNCC • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=QZE 0 a 5 -p 9 pg
Please read Documents A and B • Please analyze Documents A and B. • Identify P/S/E of the document. • Answer the questions.
April 27, 2015 Homework: Read p. 717 -723, Study Guide p. 4
Today’s Agenda & Objective 1. Warm-up 2. Lecture 3. Primary Source Analysis • What is the true story of the March on Washington?
A. Freedom Summer • CORE members rode buses across southern states to challenge segregation • Buses were met with lynch mobs, KKK, attacked, arrested • Freedom Summer- integrated buses rode through the south and saw same reactions. • Supported by attorney general Robert Kennedy who sent federal marshals • ICC banned segregation in travel facilities, waiting rooms, restrooms, and lunch counters.
B. Protests in Birmingham, AL • Tested the power of nonviolence in most segregated city of the US • SCLC & MLK organized peaceful protests in April 1963 • May 2, 1963 - 1, 000 African American children marched the streets and were met with police who swept them away with fire hoses • Activity caught on tape • Led to city ending segregation
April 28, 2015 • Please sit quietly and begin the Warm-up. Homework: No Homework
Today’s Agenda & Objective 1. Malcolm X’s Philosophy 2. Eyes on the Prize Video 3. Black Panther Party Platform • Which strategy was more effective: MLK’s non-violence, Malcolm X’s Black Nationalism or Black Panther Party?
Please read “The Ballot or the Bullet” by Malcolm X (1964) • How is Malcolm X’s philosophy similar to and different than the philosophy of MLK? • What is the economic and political philosophy of black nationalism?
I. After the “Dream” • Two weeks after the March on Washington 4 girls were killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, AL • Two months after the March on Washington, JFK was assassinated • President LBJ Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination and ended de jure segregation (by law) • 24 th Amendment- prohibited poll taxes • The US still experienced de facto segregation- segregation by custom. (Literacy Tests) • Attempts to register voters in the South resulted in Klansmen and police murdering volunteers
II. Selma Campaign • SCLC Voting Rights Campaign in Selma, AL to support SNCC • Met with protests/violence • 50 mile protest from Selma to Montgomery with 25, 000 marchers • Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminating literacy tests
III. Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 to help African American communities gain power. • Identify specific ways African Americans will achieve power as stated in the Black Panther platform. • Then, write which strategy you think was more effective for African Americans in the 1960 s: MLK’s, Malcolm X’s or the Black Panthers? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LGi 2 ET 3 s. W 5 M
April 29, 2015 • Please take out your Study Guide packet and write your name on it. Homework: Read p. 781 -785
April 30, 2015 Homework: Read p. 730 -735, Study Guide p. 5
Today’s Agenda & Objective 1. Warm-up 2. Lecture 3. Primary Source Analysis 4. CEL Paragraph • Was the US planning to go to war with Vietnam before 1964?
Vietnam War September 2, 1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares an independent Vietnam called the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. July 1950 - The United States pledges $15 million worth of military aid to France to help them fight in Vietnam. (Eisenhower’s Presidency) May 7, 1954 - The French are defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. (Loss for Democracy) July 21, 1954 - The Geneva Accords declares a cease-fire for the withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and creates a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17 th parallel. Divided N= Communist/ S= Non-Communist
October 26, 1955 - South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam (GVN). December 20, 1960 - The National Liberation Front (NLF), a. k. a. the Viet Cong, is est. in South Vietnam. (US provides increased economic aid) November 2, 1963 – During a coup, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is executed. North Vietnamese fire at USS Maddox, shots fired! August 2 and 4, 1964 - North Vietnamese attack two U. S. destroyers in international waters, which becomes known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. August 7, 1964 - The U. S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Was the U. S. planning to go to war in Vietnam before August 1964?
Please analyze documents B-D and answer the questions. • What evidence do the documents offer that the U. S. was planning to go to war with North Vietnam before the Gulf of Tonkin incident? • Is this strong evidence that the U. S. was planning an attack? • What were some of the reasons why the U. S. was hesitant about attacking North Vietnam? • Is there evidence that the U. S. was planning a full-scale war?
May 1, 2015 • Please sit quietly and wait for further instructions. Homework: Read p. 736 -741, Study Guide p. 5 -6 Quia Quiz #11
Vietnam War • Johnson opposed sending troops though Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Johnson increased US involvement in Vietnam • Americans supported Johnson’s determination to contain communism with sending troops
A. Election of 1964 • Johnson wins election based on promise to not send troops • March 1964 LBJ dispatched thousands to Vietnam • 61% of Americans support the war • Government officials stressed escalation to protect US future • General Westmoreland requests more troops (1965) because ARVN cannot support itself
B. From High to Low Morale US enters war with superior complex (victory? ) Assumption: War will end quickly Vietcong used hit and run/guerrilla war tactics American morale declines Americans believe in containing Communism Declined support for Johnson- Increased taxes for war and decreased funding for Great Society Programs • Napalm • Agent Orange • • •
May 4, 2015 • Please sit quietly and begin the Warm-up Activity. Homework: Read p. 742 -747, Study Guide p. 6
Today’s Agenda & Objectives 1. Primary Source Analysis 2. Lecture 3. Video Notes 4. HW packet
Please read the Student for a Democratic Society Manifesto • Identify how the American Youth describe themselves. • Identify the “troubling” events that disturb them. • Identify the paradoxes in the US and world that bother them. • Think about the above compare/contrast to your life today.
A. Living Room War • Combat Footage shown daily • Johnson Administration lost credibility
B. Draft • Escalation- increased number of troops needed for draft • Young men looked to deferment- college! • White affluent men attended college • Most drafted were low-class minorities
C. Students Are Proactive • Want political and social changes • New Left= demanded change • Students for a Democratic Society & Free Speech Movement – Protested school issues – Hosted teach-ins to protest war • Believed: – US had no business in Vietnam – Neither Northern or Southern Vietnamese governments were good – US needs to stop being world police – unjust
• 1965 organized a march on Washington with 20, 000 protesters • Johnson Administration required students to be in good academic standing to avoid draft • Increased student protests and anti-war movement
May 5, 2015 • Please sit quietly and wait for further instructions. Homework: Read p. 748 -753, Study Guide p. 6
Today’s Agenda & Objectives • Primary Source Analysis • Vietnam in HD • Essential Questionss
May 6, 2015 Please sit quietly and begin the Warm-up. Homework: Read p. 754 -761, Study Guide p. 7 http: //www. biography. com/people/richard-nixon-9424076#synopsis
I. “Peace With Honor” • Campaigned on a promise of peace and end war in Vietnam • Adviser Henry Kissinger • Vietnamization- gradual withdrawal of troops to allow S. Vietnamese to fight. 25, 000 soldiers returned home • Ordered the increased bombing campaign of Cambodia and Laos
A. Kent State University Shootings • Student protesters reacted to increased bombings • National Guard shot at crowd after students threw rocks at officers • Four students killed B. Congress repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • Prevents president from increasing involvement in Vietnam • Pentagon Papers showed LBJ lied and never planned to end the war
C. Foreign Policy Triumphs 1. realpolitik- foreign policy based on consideration of power, not ideals or morals. (Opposite of containment) 2. détente- aimed to ease Cold War tensions by visiting Communist China and Soviet Union 3. War Powers Act- President must notify Congress within 48 hours that he has sent troops. Forbids remaining in a state of conflict for more than 60 days. 4. Ping Pong Diplomacy https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=wv. J 4 wh 1 kw. R 8 5. SALT I Treaty (1972)- Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty, 5 year agreement limiting number of missiles
D. Domestic Policy Triumphs 1. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring ignites awareness over pesticides a. Earth Day April 20, 1970 2. Environmental Protection Agency (1970) set and enforces pollution standards 3. Clean Air Act 4. Endangered Species Act
II. Watergate • Break in of Democratic Party’s room at Watergate Hotel • Leaked by Woodward and Bernstein of Washington Post • Nixon denied knowing about incident • “Nixon Tapes”
May 7, 2015 **1920 s vs. 1960 s Homework: Read p. 768 -780, Study Guide p. 7
The Counterculture • Please use the handout on “The Counterculture” to answer the questions on your handout. • Then, create a visual representation about the counterculture.
May 8, 2015 • Please sit quietly and read through the Dear Reader Letter Instructions. Homework: Work on Project
Portfolio Task • Please put together the following assignments together with a paper clip: – Reconstruction Performance Task – New Deal Performance Task – Final Essay – Project Essay – BCRs – Scan Sheet • You MUST choose 3 -4 points to brainstorm for your letter
May 11, 2015 Please sit quietly and begin working on the Warm-up. Homework: 1. Catch up on Study Guide packet & Quia Quizzes
Today’s Agenda & Objectives 1. Do Now 2. Lecture 3. HW packet p. 7 • Explain how the African American fight for civil rights influenced civil rights movements by analyzing the goals, strategies and support of 2 new aspects of civil rights in the 1960 s.
I. Chicanos A. History • Largest group of Latinos in the United States • Less educated and found it harder to succeed • Chicano Movement Claim: Whites undermined Mexican Americans and controlled their lives 1. economic pressure 2. media 3. schools Chicano Movement Solution: organize against discrimination in education, employment and the legal system.
B. Results • Conditions of barrios- schools overcrowded and run down, high drop out rates, students tracked • Response: East LA Walkouts
C. United Farm Workers • Improve conditions for farm workers (California and Southwest) • Farmers were most exploited- long hours doing back-breaking work for low pay • Children had little educational opportunities • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. FRpgj. GLgxs •
1. Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized and created the UFW increased membership practiced collective bargaining nonviolence protests fought for higher pay, better working conditions and union recognition • Boycott on Grapes from nonunion farms • • •
II. Japanese American Citizens League • Interned Japanese south compensation for losses of farms, homes and businesses during WWII – $20, 000 apology payment for internment – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=NZUZKtko 4 R 0
III. Gay Rights Movement • Stonewall Riots (1969) • Gay and lesbians fought openly for civil rights through nonviolent protests • Faced discrimination/backlash during AIDS crisis in late 1980 s and early 1990 s
IV. Women’s Rights Movement A. Feminism • Political, economic and social equality of men and women. • Fight the 1950 s housewife stereotype! (Many really had to work) • Increased number of women attend college and receive a BA. • Employers do not hire qualified women (they will leave to have children!) • Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystiquehousewives are dissatisfied with home life
B. National Organization for Women • Take actions for women • Attacked false image of women • Fought for better job opportunities, childcare facilities and shelters for women • Result: increased number of women in politics C. Higher Education Act- admittance of women in universities D. Roe v. Wade- (1973) legalized abortion. Gave women the right to personal privacy. Allowed states to restrict abortions during later stages of pregnancy. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=81 Nr. Wq 3 p 5 Ag E. Equal Rights Amendment- (1972)- discrimination based on a person’s sex is illegal. Guarantees rights for women
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