Unit 3: Transformations – America from 1940 to the 21st
Century |
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The possible essay questions for the Unit tell you all
possible essay questions on the Unit exam. They show you what combinations of
facts to examine so you can notice how history changed during the Unit.
Click here for the possible essay questions for the exam
that ends Unit 3.
Parts in the Unit and Chapter #s |
Links to the Check Your Knowledge Quiz (1st
for tips and links; 2nd for recording), Resources to See Facts As
Part of the Whole, and Optional References |
Part
G: World War II; the Post-War Chapters
26-27 |
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Quiz G Check
Your Knowledge – Quiz G for Recording - Tip You want to record such things as what you missed and why,
textbook page numbers where you found the answer, and what quiz questions are
also part of essays questions. Reference ·
Study Tool: Chronological
Events of the 1939-1945 Era – with footnotes (administrations
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and of Harry S Truman) -
Notice that
this chronology covers the same issues as the one on World War I. You can see
How Fast They Went
to War and a list of World War II¾People and
Terms That Became Symbols ·
Study Tool: Chronological
Events of the 1946-1952 Era – with footnotes
(administration of Harry S Truman, including his election in 1948) -
Notice political parties, including in the election in 1952 and the
rise of the Dixiecrats. -
Notice individuals such as Joseph McCarthy. -
Notice the existence of many
new institutions and agencies at the national
level for a) domestic issues, b) our relationships with other nations,
and c) the interconnection between a and b. -
Notice the former categories of labor (usually factory workers) and
farmers. What are the laws now? |
Part
H: 1950s Transformations; the Turbulent
Years (The 1960s) Chapters
28-29 |
Quiz H Check
Your Knowledge – Quiz H for Recording
- Tip You
want to record such things as what you missed and why, textbook page numbers
where you found the answer, and what quiz questions are also part of essays
questions. ·
Snapshot from 1950s to 1970s– blank - Click here for completed Snapshots for 1950s to 1970s and 1970s to 2000+ that you
can view online or you can print. Reference ·
Study Tool: Chronological
Events of the 1953-1960 Era – with footnotes
(administration of D.D. Eisenhower, a Republican, the first since the Great Depression
started) -
Notice rippling changes from television, the interstate highway
system, and the Supreme Court. -
Notice the increase in military spending and where we are involved
militarily ·
Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1961-1968 Era – with footnotes (administration of John F. Kennedy and—following
his assassination—Lyndon B. Johnson) -
Notice the number of assassinations and of amendments to the
Constitution and the continuation of the changes from television and from the
Supreme Court. |
Part
I: The Crisis of Confidence (1969-1992
Era); Reagan to Clinton to Bush (1992-2000+) Chapters
30-32 |
Quiz I Check Your Knowledge – Quiz I for Recording - Tip You want to record such things as what you missed and
why, textbook page numbers where you found the answer, and what quiz
questions are also part of essays questions. ·
Snapshot from 1980s to about 2008 – blank - Click here for completed Snapshots for 1950s to 1970s and 1970s to 2000+ that
you can view online or you can print. Reference– With all of these, notice a) changes in
foreign policy and b) new institutions § Study
Tool: Chronological Events of the 1969-1980 Era – with footnotes § Study Tool:
Chronological Events of the 1980-1992 Era – with
footnotes ·
Study Tool: Chronological
Events of the 1992-2003 – with footnotes |
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