Period 8 and 9 Study Guide

AP United States History

AMSCO Chapter 26- Due 3/15

AMSOC Chapter 27- Due 3/26- NO QUIZ MUST DO NOTES

AMSCO Chapter 28- Due 3/29

AMSCO Chapter 29- Due 4/5

AMSCO Chapter 30- Due 4/12

Part I: Reading Notes

Read each of the chapters and complete the Amsco notes form.

Part II: Unit Terms

Define each of the terms

Period 8 and 9 Study Guide

AP United States History

  1. Teheran Conference
  2. Yalta Conference
  3. Potsdam conference
  4. Truman Doctrine
  5. Domino Effect
  6. Marshall Plan
  7. National Security Act
  8. Wagner Act
  9. Taft-Hartley Act
  10. HUAC
  11. McCarthyismStagflation
  12. Six-Day War
  13. Engel v. Vitale
  14. Supply- side economics
  15. Iran-Contra Scandal
  16. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  17. Keynesian economics
  18. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
  19. Great Society Programs
  20. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  21. Immigration Act
  22. U.S. v. Richard Nixon
  23. Gideon v. Wainwright
  24. Miranda v. Arizona
  25. Bakke v. Board of Regents of California

Period 8 and 9 Study Guide

AP United States History

Part III: Presidential Charts

Complete presidential charts for Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, H. W. Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, and Obama

Part IV: Concept Questions

To review the unit and prepare for the unit test, answer the following questions.

Themes / Concept Questions
Beliefs, Ideas, and Cultures / Explain the ways in which the youth culture of the 1960s challenged traditional American value systems.
America in the World / Explain the impact of the war in Vietnam on U.S. foreign relations during the 1960s.
Geography and Environment / Explain how the growing concern over the environment led to specific pieces of legislation designed to remedy those concerns.
Migration and Settlement / Explain the changes in migration patterns brought on by increased affluence, white flight, and the baby boom.
Identity / Explain the impact of the Cold War on perceptions of American identity, particularly, relating to the second Red Scare.
Politics and Power / Explain the impact of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal on the American people’s perception of government. Explain why the elections of 1964, 1968, 1972showed such varied results.
Work, Exchange, and Technology / Explain economic problems associated with stagflation, the Arab oil embargo, and deindustrialization of the American economy.

Period 8 Study Guide

AP United States History

Themes / Concept Questions
Beliefs, Ideas, and Cultures / Discuss the ways in which and the degree to which political and religious movements in the 1980s affected American’s beliefs and values
America in the World / Explain consequences of the extreme polarization of the American party system on the ability of government to resolve critical issues.
Geography and Environment / Explain the reasons for increased concerns over global warming and the role the United States has played in international environmental protection.
Migration and Settlement / Explain why migration to the South and West occurred and explain how that migration affected the regions’ political clout.
Identity / Explain how the new wave of immigration has led to conflict over American identity.
Politics and Power / Explain consequences of the extreme polarization of the American party system on the ability of government to resolve critical issues.
Work, Exchange, and Technology / Explain the principles of “Reaganomics” and compare and contrast it to economic policy during the Gilded Age and the 1920s. Explain the impact of economic policies of the 1980s on various socioeconomic groups.

Part V: Short Answer Question Lottery (optional)

Look over these questions, ONE of these SAQs will randomly appear on your Unit Exam.

1. Use your knowledge of United States History to answer a, b, and c.

a) Provide ONE example of how the United States sought to stem the growth of Communist ideological influence in the years after World War II.

b) Use ONE piece of historical evidence to support your explanation.

c) Analyze ONE way in which the example you provided was successful or not successful in preventing the spread of Communist ideologies

2. Use your knowledge of United States History to answer a, b, and c.

a) Describe ONE of the rapid economic and social changes in American society that fostered a sense of optimism in the years following World War II.

b) Briefly explain the impact of this change on ONE of the following.

  • Identity
  • Politics
  • Environment

c) Provide ONE piece of historical evidence to support your explanation.

3. Use your knowledge of United States History to answer a, b, and c.

a) Describe ONE example of the use of federal power to address social issues in the Great Society era.

b) Use ONE piece of historical evidence to support your opinion.

c) Briefly describe ONE result of the use of federal power you described.

Write those letters [to your members of Congress] now, call your friends and tell them to write. If you don’t, this program I promise you, will pass just as surely as the sun will come up tomorrow and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country until one day, as Norman Thomas said, we will wake to find that we have socialism, and if you don’t do this and I don’t do this, one of these days we are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.

Ronald Reagan’s comments about Medicare, c. 1961

4. Use this passage and your knowledge of the history of the United States to answer questions a, b, and c.

a)Explain the main point of this passage in the context of ONE of the following.

  • The Great Society
  • The rise of a new conservative movement
  • Debates over federal power

b)Provide ONE piece of evidence to support your explanation in (a) above.

c)Choose one of the other options and explain the main point of the passage in that context.

5. Use your knowledge of United States History to answer a, b, and c.

a) Describe ONE development that contributed to the rise of a new conservatism in the 1980s.

b) Describe ONE political or policy goal of this new conservative movement.

c) Briefly assess how successful the new conservative movement was at achieving this particular goal during the 1980s.

Civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 1965

6. Use this image and your knowledge of the history of the United States to answer a, b, and c.

a)Explain the main point of this image in the context of ONE of the following.

  • The role of federal power
  • The fulfillment of Reconstruction-era promises
  • The growth of African-American political and social movements

b)Provide ONE piece of evidence to support your explanation in (A) above.

c)Choose one of the other options and explain the main point of the image in that context.

Part VI: Reading Questions Optional

The Cold War

  1. Analyze the reasons for the development of tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.
  2. Analyze the degree of success the policy of containment achieved between 1945 and 1953.
  3. Analyze the reasons for the grown of anti-labor sentiment following World War II.
  4. Analyze the reasons for and results of the second Red Scare.
  5. Analyze the ways in which the United States prepared to avoid a serious economic recession following World War II.
  6. Compare and contrast the response of the American people to the end of World War II to the American people’s response to the end of World War I.
  7. Analyze the political debates over the uses of atomic technology in the post-World War II era.
  8. To what degree and in what ways did post-World War II foreign policy represent a fundamental change from previous foreign policy?

The Affluent Society

  1. Analyze the reasons for the development of a prolonged and robust economy during the 1950s.
  2. Analyze the factors that led to the homogenization of American society during the 1950s.
  3. Analyze the reasons for the growth of the civil rights movement during the 1950s and the degree of success it achieved.
  4. Analyze the continuity and change in migration patterns in the United States during the 1950s.
  5. Analyze the positive and negative effects of increased scientific and technological development during the 1950s.
  6. Evaluate the reasons for and the success of American foreign policy during the 1950s.
  7. Analyze how mass media influenced traditional perceptions of gender roles during the 1950s.
  8. To what degree and in what ways did post-World War II American society mirror post-World War I society politically, economically, and socially.

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

  1. Analyze the reasons for the realignment of political parties during the 1960s.
  2. Analyze the impact of growing militancy in the civil rights movement.
  3. Analyze the political, social, and economic impact of the war in Vietnam on American society.
  4. Analyze the degree to which the civil rights movement of the 1960s resolved issues left unsettled by Reconstruction.
  5. Analyze the factors that led some moderate Americans to abandon the liberal agenda by the late 1960s.
  6. Analyze the degree to which the Great Society was successful in accomplishing its goals and the degree to which it failed to achieve lasting change
  7. To what degree and in what ways could the year 1968 be considered a turning point in U.S. history?

The Crisis of Authority

  1. Analyze the success of the youth movement in challenging traditional American values.
  2. To what degree and in what ways were attempts by minorities (including women, Latinos, American Indians, and gay rights advocates) successful in realizing their goals?
  3. Analyze the political, social, and economic causes that led the United States to withdraw from Vietnam.
  4. To what degree and in what ways was American foreign policy during the 1960s and early 1970s a continuation of past U.S. foreign policy and to what degree and in what ways was it a departure from previous U.S. foreign policy?
  5. Analyze the degree to which the new conservative movement challenged the policies of the Great Society.
  6. Compare and contrast the elections of 1964, 1968, and 1972.
  7. Analyze the impact and ramifications of the Watergate scandal on Americans’ perception of government.

Age of Limits

  1. Analyze the relative success of the Ford and Carter administrations in both domestic and foreign policy.
  2. To what degree and in what ways were the economic policies of the Reagan administration similar to the economic policies of the Gilded Age and the 1920s?
  3. Analyze the reasons for the rise of the new conservatism and party realignment between 1968 and 1992.
  4. To what degree and in what ways did American foreign policy in the 1970s and 1980s intensify Cold War Conflict and to what degree and in what ways did it reduce Cold War tensions?
  5. To what degree and in what ways did the election of Ronald Reagan constitute a “revolution”?
  6. Analyze the positive and negative aspects of deregulation on the economy and the environment.
  7. Analyze the impact and ramifications of U.S. entry into the Gulf War.

The Age of Globalization

  1. Analyze the conflict over liberalism and conservatism in the 1990s and cite specific examples of conflict and accommodation.
  2. Analyze the reasons for and the results of the highly contested elections of 2000 and 2004.
  3. Analyze the impact of an increasingly aging demographic on the political, economic, and social aspects of American society.
  4. To what degree and in what ways did American foreign policy respond to direct and indirect threats to American security from terrorist organizations?
  5. Analyze the controversy over global warming and environmental issues in defining party alignment.
  6. Analyze the reasons for and the results of the extreme polarization of political parties after 2008.
  7. Assess the impact of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan on American public opinion.