Unit 3: Transformations – America from 1940 to the 21st Century

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Possible Essay Questions for This Unit

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.

3 Parts of the Unit, Resources, and Check Your Knowledge Quizzes G, H, and I

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

 

·         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)
Purpose:

-       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)
Purpose:

-       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)
Purpose:

-       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)
Purpose:

-       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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