Name: ______United States History-1950’s to 1960’s
SSUSH 20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War
on the United States.
c. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis.
d. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive and growing opposition to the war.
SSUSH 21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States
1945-1970
a. Describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Describe the impact television has had on American culture, including the presidential
debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960) and news coverage of the Civil Rights movement.
c. Analyze the impact of technology on American life, including the development of the personal computer and the cellular telephone.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President Eisenhower’s actions.
SSUSH 22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SSUSH 23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments
between 1945-1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision.
b. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including the impact on Civil Rights legislation.
c. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare.
d. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention.
SSUSH 24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and
organizations of the 1960’s.
a. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics, including sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
b. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern
women’s movement.
c. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
d. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
e. Explain Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, Earth Day, the creation of the EPA, and the modern environment
SSUSH 25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
Essential questions:
Ø How did the Civil Rights Movement change American society?
Ø How did the race define America and Russia as competitors?
Ø How did the brinkmanship of the Cuban Missile crisis change American politics and socirty?
Ø How is an issue characterized as either liberal or conservative?
Ø How have the courts shaped the liberal or conservative nature of the nation?
Ø What did the Great society programs hope to achieve?
Ø How has technology affected the American political process?
Ø How did the cultural revolution of the 1960’s change America?
Ø How did domestic and international events affect the presidencies of John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush?
Ø How is Richard Nixon’s presidency evaluated by the present?
Ø How did the Warren Court change the fabric of American society?
Ø How has the Constitution been tested by controversy during the terms of presidents since Lyndon B. Johnson?
Ø Why does the United States have such a powerful influence on the world economy?
Ø Why is there disagreement about economic alliances such as the North American Free Trade Treaty?
Ø How do wars affect the economic prosperity of a country?
Ø How does a democracy need to be strong and self-sustaining and insure that all of its citizens have equal rights?
Vocabulary:
Robert KennedyMartin Luther King, Jr.
William Clinton
Hilary Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Contract with America
Impeachment
Boycotts
Rosa Parks
Civil rights movement
Richard Nixon
New Federalism
Stagflation
Henry Kissinger
China
Gerald Ford
Watergate
Impeachment
Roe vs. Wade
A. Philip Randolph
Jackie Robinson / Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
War on Poverty
Economic Opportunity Act
Medicare
Medicaid
Immigration Act of 1965
Warren Court
Silent majority
Democratic National Convention
Richard Nixon
Miranda Rights
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights Act of 1965
Welfare state
Reapportionment
Baker vs. Carr
Civil rights
Assassination
Freedom riders / Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missle Crisis
Havanna
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Domino Theory
Dien Bien Phu
Geneva Accords
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tet Offensive
I. America after WWII
II. Civil Rights Timeline:
1941 A. Philip Randolph-
1947 Jackie Robinson-
1948 Truman and integration of what?
1954-
1960-
1961-
1962-
1963-
Compare and contrast:
SNCC / SCLCMartin Luther King
I have a dream speech / Letter from a Birmingham jailMalcolm X and Black Power
1963 March on Washington
Solutions to civil rights problems-
1964-
1965-
1967-
Assassination of M.L,King, Jr.
Why did so many civil rights actions succeed? ______
______
III. Election of 1956 and Year of the Great Advent (ask me)
Minimum wage
AFL-CIO
Alaska
Hawaii
GNP
Election of 1960
Democrats
Republicans
“New Frontier”
Who won?
WHY DID HE WIN?
New Frontier
Space Program
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
NASA
IV. Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Crisis
Soviet demands
August, 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 14
October 22
October 24
October 28
Assassination of JFK
November 22, 1963
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
V. Lyndon Johnson
Administration focus
1.
2.
3.
Election of 1964
Democrats
Republicans
Who won?
The Great Society
1.
2.
3.
4.
VI. Vietnam War
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
American Involvement
Why?
1957
1960
1963
Gulf of Tonkin
War in Vietnam
# of troops in Vietnam by 1966
Tet Offensive
What was the result of Tet on America?
VII. The Cultural Revolution
Hippies
The Hog Farm
Student Revolts
Berkeley
Teach-ins
burning draft cards
Columbia
Women’s Movement
NOW-
ERA-
Cesar Chavez
Warren Court
Rachel Carson wrote what?
Why?
Earth Day
EPA
Election of 1968
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
1968 Democratic Convention
VIII. Growth of Conservatism
What is Conservatism?
Reaction to ?
Barry Goldwater
Election of 1968
Democrats
Republicans
3 issues
Space
1969- Woodstock
Richard Nixon 1969-1974
Vietnam-
Soviet Union
Watergate-
Resignation-
Gerald Ford
Pardon of ______
1969-
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
The 1970’s are next!!