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Unit 3: Transformations – America from 1940 to the 21st
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Click here for the possible essay questions for the exam that ends Unit 3.
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Topic and Chapter #s |
Links to the Reading Quiz for the Topic,
Resources to Help You See the Facts As Part of the Whole, and Optional
References |
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World
War II; the Post-War Chapters
26-27 Click here for what we will cover in class. |
Resources and Reading Quiz ·
Reading
Quiz G –- printable
for back-to-back use with the version with answers – Form to use to record your answers or handwritten
if looks exactly like this ·
Snapshot from 1920s to 1940s
– blank - Click here for completed Snapshots for 1920s to 1940s,
1950s to 1970s, and 1970s to 2000+ that you can view online or you can print. Reference – Chronologies with footnotes to answer your own questions ·
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? |
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1950s
Transformations; the
Turbulent
Years (The 1960s) Chapters
28-29 Click here for what we will cover in class. |
Resources and Reading Quiz ·
Reading
Quiz H – printable for back-to-back use
with the version with answers – Form to use to record your answers or handwritten
if looks exactly like this ·
Snapshot from 1950s to 1970s– blank - Click here for completed Snapshots for 1920s to 1940s,
1950s to 1970s, and 1970s to 2000+ that you can view online or you can print. Reference – Chronologies with footnotes to answer your own questions ·
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. |
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The
Crisis of Confidence (1969-1992
Era); Reagan to Clinton to Bush (1992-2000+) Chapters
30-32 Click here for what we will cover in class. |
Resources and Reading Quiz ·
Reading
Quiz I - printable for back-to-back use with the version
with answers – Form to use
to record your answers or handwritten
if looks exactly like this ·
Snapshot from 1980s to about 2008 – blank - Click here for completed Snapshots for 1920s to 1940s,
1950s to 1970s, and 1970s to 2000+ that you can view online or you can print. Reference – Chronologies with footnotes to answer your own questions– 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 |
>>> TEMPORARY link of questions with answers: Answers for Reading Quiz H for Reading Quiz I – Test yourself with the quiz without answers at the top. Grade yourself with these answers. Read what you do not know.
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