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Mr.Hinkin’sAPUSHistoryClass
2016-2017APUSHISTORYSUMMERREADING/ASSIGNMENTS
StudentsenrolledinAPU.S.Historywillneedtocompletesummerreadingtobesuccessfulinthecourse
whenitbeginsinthefall.PleaseunderstandthatthecourseistaughtverysimilartoaFreshman/Sophomore
levelcollegesurveycourseinU.S.History.Thereading,writing,andanalyticaldemandsplacedonthestudents
inthiscoursearesubstantial.Thiswillyougiveyouanideaofexpectationsthroughouttheyear.Wearetrying
somethingalittledifferentthisyearandstartingwithUSHistorypostWorldWarII.Thefollowingchapterswill
helpyoureviewinformationfrompostWWII1945to1992andtheendoftheColdWar.
PARTI:SuppliesandTools
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Mr.Hinkin’sAPUSHWebsite:www.hinkinhistory.weebly.com
Studentsneedtogetthefollowingforthisyear’sclass:
o 5subjectspiralnotebook–CollegeRuled
o 1-1.5”3-ringbinder
o Setofmulti-colorhighlighters
o BlackorDarkBluepens
StudentsmustcheckoutoraccessacopyofthetextAmericanPageant(13thEdition)onthewebsite
listedabove.Thetextbookwillbelistedinthefolderonthefrontpage.Studentsmusthaveread
Chapters36-40bythebeginningofschool.
PARTII:UnitedStatesMap
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Studyandbeabletolocatethe50statesandcapitalsonamap.
Usetheattacheddocumenttohelpyou.
PARTIII:ReadingandNotes
Throughoutthecourse,allnotesandwritingpracticewillbedoneinthespiralnotebook.Studentsshouldbe
familiarwiththefollowinginformationfromtheSummerReadingassignment.
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Skip5pagesforaTableofContents
Howyouunderstandthefollowinginformationisuptoyou,butyouareresponsibleforthis
informationattheendofsummer.Herearesomeoptions:
o Usethequestionsbelowtohelpguideyouthroughyourreadingandnotetaking
o Definealloftheterms
o Takebulletednotesofeachchapter
Whateverstyleaboveyouchoose,theworkmustbeHANDWRITTERNandattachedinyourspiral
notebook.IwillcheckcompletenessduringyourtestonDay2!
CHAPTER36:THECOLDWARBEGINS
PostwarEconomicAnxieties
Know:GrossNationalProduct,Taft-HartleyAct,ClosedShop,CouncilofEconomicAdvisors,GIBill
1. DescribethedownsandupsoftheeconomyintheyearsfollowingWWII.
TheLongEconomicBoom,1950-1970
2. Howdidwomenbenefitfromtheeconomicboom?
TheRootsofPostwarProsperity
Know:RandD,Productivity
3. Whatevidencecanyoucitethatshowstheyears1950-1970weregoodyearseconomically?
TheSmilingSunbelt
Know:BenjaminSpock,Sunbelt,Frostbelt,Rustbelt
4. Howdidthepopulationshiftintheyearsafterthewar?
TheRushtotheSuburbs
Know:FederalHousingAuthority,VeteransAdministration,Levittown,WhiteFlight
5. WastheshifttothesuburbsgoodforAmerica?Explain.
ThePostwarBabyBoom
Know:BabyBoom
6. HowdidthebulgeinpopulationcausedbytheBabyBoomchangeAmericanlifeoverthedecades?
MakersofAmerica:TheSuburbanites
Know:FederalHousingAdministration,Levittowns,WhiteFlight
7. HowdidsuburbsrevolutionizelifeinAmerica?
Truman:the"Gutty"ManfromMissouri
Know:"Thebuckstopshere."
8. WhatkindofamanwasHarrySTruman?
Yalta:BargainorBetrayal?
Know:Yalta,UnitedNations
9. WhywastheYaltaconferencecontroversialinthedecadefollowingit?
TheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion
Know:Communism,Capitalism,SphereofInfluence
10. HowdidsimilaritiesanddifferencesbothcausetheU.S.andtheU.S.S.R.tohavedifficultiesdealing
witheachother?
ShapingthePostwarWorld
Know:InternationalMonetaryFund;WorldBank;SecurityCouncil;GeneralAssembly;UnitedNations
Educational,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization;FoodandAgriculturalOrganization;WorldHealth
Organization
11. ForwhatproblemswereinternationalorganizationsestablishedafterWWII?
TheProblemofGermany
Know:Nuremberg,HermannGoering,BigFour,IronCurtain,BerlinAirlift
12. WhatproblemsdidGermanycausebetweentheU.S.andtheU.S.S.R.?
AColdWarCongeals
Know:GeorgeKennan,Containment,TrumanDoctrine,MarshallPlan
13. DescribethepoliciesfollowedbyTrumaninrelationtotheSoviets.
AmericaBeginstoRearm
Know:NationalSecurityAct,DefenseDepartment,JointChiefsofStaff,NationalSecurityCouncil,Central
IntelligenceAgency,VoiceofAmerica,NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization
14. ListanddefinetheorganizationssetuptodealwiththeSovietUnion.
ReconstructionandRevolutioninAsia
Know:DouglasMacArthur,ChiangKai-shek,MaoZedong,H-bomb
15. OurWWIIallyChinagaveusmoretroubleinthepostwaryearsthanourenemyJapan.Explain.
FerretingOutAllegedCommunists
Know:SmithAct,CommitteeonUn-AmericanActivities,RichardM.Nixon,AlgerHiss,JosephR.McCarthy,
McCarranInternalSecurityBill,JuliusandEthelRosenberg
16. DidtheU.S.governmentgotoofartryingtopreventcommunistinfiltration?
DemocraticDivisionsin1948
Know:Dixiecrats,StromThurmond,HenryWallace,Do-nothingCongress,"DeweyDefeatsTruman,"Point
Four,FairDeal
17. HowsuccessfulwasTrumaninpassinghisdomesticprogram?
TheKoreanVolcanoErupts(1950)
Know:38thParallel,DeanAcheson,NSC-68,PoliceAction
18. WhatwastheimpactoftheKoreanWarontheColdWar?
TheMilitarySeesawinKorea
Know:PusanPerimeter,Inchon,ChineseVolunteers,DouglasMacArthur
19. WhydidTrumanfireMacArthur?
VaryingViewpoints:WhoWastoBlamefortheColdWar?
20. Whatisthecurrentopinionofmosthistoriansontheabovequestion?
CHAPTER37:THEEISENHOWERERA
AffluenceandItsAnxieties
Know:IBM,InformationAge,OzzieandHarriet,TheFeminineMystique
1. Whatwaslifelikeforwomeninthe1950's?
ConsumerCultureintheFifties
Know:Diner'sClub,McDonald's,Disneyland,Television,ElvisPresley,MarilynMonroe,Playboy,The
AffluentSociety
2. HowwaspopularculturechangingandreflectingAmerica?
TheAdventofEisenhower
Know:AdlaiE.Stevenson,DwightD.Eisenhower,CheckersSpeech
3. Describethe1952presidentialelection.
TheRiseandFallofJosephMcCarthy
Know:JosephMcCarthy
4. JosephMcCarthymayhavebeenmoredangeroustoourformofgovernmentthananycommunists
whomighthavebeeninthecountry.Explain.
DesegregatingAmericanSociety
Know:JimCrowLaws,EmmettTill,JackieRobinson,NAACP,ThurgoodMarshall,RosaParks,
MontgomeryBusBoycott,MartinLutherKingJr.
5. WhatconditionsintheSouthbroughtaboutthebeginningsoftheCivilRightsmovement?
SeedsoftheCivilRightsRevolution
Know:EarlWarren,Brownv.BoardofEducation,AllDeliberateSpeed,LittleRockCentralHighSchool,
SouthernChristianLeadershipConference,Sit-ins,StudentNon-ViolentCoordinatingCommittee
6. WhywasBrownv.BoardofEducationalandmarkcase?
MakersofAmerica:TheGreatAfrican-AmericanMigration
7. WhydidAfricanAmericansmovenorthandwestinthe1930'sand40's?
EisenhowerRepublicanismatHome
Know:DynamicConservatism,CreepingSocialism,InterstateHighwayAct,AFL-CIO
8. DidEisenhowerliveuptohisphilosophyofdynamicconservatism?
A“NewLook”inForeignPolicy
Know:JohnFosterDulles,StrategicAirCommand,MassiveRetaliation,Military-industrialComplex
9. WasEisenhower'spolicyofmassiveretaliationeffective?Explain.
TheVietnamNightmare
Know:HoChiMinh,Dienbienphu,NgoDinhDiem,SoutheastAsiaTreatyOrganization
10. HowdidtheUnitedStatesgetinvolvedinVietnam?
ColdWarCrisesinEuropeandtheMiddleEast
Know:ShahofIran,GamalAbdelNasser,TheSuezCrisis,OrganizationofPetroleumExportingCountry
11. WhywastheU.S.concernedaboutproblemsintheMiddleEast?
RoundTwofor"Ike"
Know:Teamsters,JimmyHoffa,Landrum-GriffinAct,,MissileGap,NationalDefenseandEducation
Act
12. WhatlaborproblemsbecameevidentduringEisenhower'ssecondterm?
TheContinuingColdWar
Know:U-2SpyPlane
13. DescribeeffortsatdisarmamentduringtheEisenhoweradministration.
Cuba'sCastroismSpellsCommunism
Know:FulgencioBatista,FidelCastro
14. WhywasrevolutioninCubasuchaconcerntoAmerica?
KennedyChallengesNixonforthePresidency
Know:RichardNixon,KitchenDebate,JohnKennedy,NewFrontier
15. WasNixonagoodpresidentialcandidatein1960?
AnOldGeneralFadesAway
Know:Alaska,Hawaii
16. EvaluateEisenhower'spresidency.
TheLifeoftheMindinPostwarAmerica
Know:Catch-22,ArthurMiller,CatcherintheRye,GeorgeOrwell
17. Whatdothebooksandplaysofthepost-warperiodsayaboutthetimesinwhichtheywereproduced?
CHAPTER38:THESTORMYSIXTIES
Kennedy's"NewFrontier"Spirit
Know:JohnF.Kennedy,JacquelineKennedy,BobbyKennedy,J.EdgarHoover,RobertMcNamara,
PeaceCorps
1. WhatwasnewabouttheNewFrontier?
TheNewFrontieratHome
2. AssesstheeffectivenessofNewFrontierdomesticpolicies.
RumblingsinEurope
Know:BerlinWall,CommonMarket,TradeExpansionAct,CharlesdeGaulle
3. DescribeKennedy'srelationshipwithWesternEurope.
ForeignFlare-upsand"FlexibleResponse"
Know:Congo,Laos,RobertMcNamara,FlexibleResponse
4. WhydidKennedybelievethatapolicyofflexibleresponsecouldbettermeettheforeignproblemsof
the1960s?
SteppingintotheVietnamQuagmire
Know:NgoDinhDiem,VietCong
5. WhywasitdifficulttouseflexibleresponsetodealwiththesituationinSouthVietnam?
CubanConfrontations
Know:AllianceforProgress,FidelCastro,BayofPigs,CubanMissileCrisis,NikitaKhrushchev,
Quarantine,HotLine
6. HowcouldCubabeconsideredthelowandthehighofKennedy'sforeignpolicy?
TheStruggleforCivilRights
Know:FreedomRiders,MartinLutherKingJr.,SNCC,JamesMeredith,Birmingham,Marchon
Washington,"IHaveaDream,"MedgarEvers
7. WereKennedy'scivilrightsactionsmorethecauseofeventsorareactiontoeventsinthecivilrights
movement?
TheKillingofKennedy
Know:LeeHarveyOswald,JackRuby,WarrenCommission
8. WhatwasthereactiontoKennedy'sassassination?Why?
TheLBJBrandonthePresidency
Know:LyndonBainesJohnson,TheJohnsonTreatment,CivilRightsActof1964,AffirmativeAction,
WaronPoverty,GreatSociety,TheOtherAmerica
9. DidJohnsonprovidegoodleadershiptothecountryinhisfirstterm?Explain.
JohnsonBattlesGoldwaterin1964
Know:BarryGoldwater,GulfofTonkinResolution
10. Yourbooksaysthatthe1964electionwasacontestbetweendistinctlydifferentpolitical
philosophies.Explainthisidea?
TheGreatSocietyCongress
Know:DepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,Medicare,Medicaid,Entitlements,
ImmigrationandNationalityAct,HeadStart
11. Inwhatwayscoulditbesaidthat1964-68markedsomeofthemostliberalyearsforgovernmentin
Americanhistory?
BattlingforBlackRights
Know:VotingRightsActof1965,TheTwenty-fourthAmendment,FreedomSummer,Mississippi
FreedomDemocraticParty,Selma
12. WhatforwardstepstowardvotingforAfrican-Americansweremadeinthemid-1960s?
BlackPower
Know: Watts,MalcolmX,ElijahMuhammed,BlackPanthers,StokelyCarmichael
13. WhydidAfrican-Americansturnfromnon-violenceinthelate1960s?
CombatingCommunisminTwoHemispheres
Know:OperationRollingThunder,GuerrillaWarfare
14. WhydidPresidentJohnsonincreaseAmerica'smilitarypresenceinVietnam?
VietnamVexations
Know:Six-DayWar,Teach-ins,WilliamFulbright,CredibilityGap,Cointelpro
15. DescribethenegativeconsequencesoftheVietnamWar.
VietnamTopplesJohnson
Know:TetOffensive,EugeneMcCarthy
16. WhydidPresidentJohnsondecidenottorunforre-electionin1968?
ThePresidentialSweepstakesof1968
Know:HubertHumphrey,RobertKennedy,DemocraticConvention,RichardNixon,GeorgeWallace
17. Whywasthe1968presidentialelectionaninterestingone?
VictoryforNixon
18. "Nixonhadreceivednoclearmandatetodoanything[inthe1968election]."Explain.
TheObituaryofLyndonJohnson
19. ItcouldbesaidthatfewpresidentswereasgreatasuccessorasgreatafailureasLyndon
Johnson.Assess.
TheCulturalUpheavalofthe1960s
Know:Berkeley,SexualRevolution,StonewallInn,StudentsforaDemocraticSociety,LSD
20. Whydida1960scounterculturedevelopandhowwasitexpressed?
VaryingViewpoints:TheSixties:ConstructiveorDestructive?
21. Howdoyouanswerthequestioninthetitleofthissection?Explain.
CHAPTER39:THESTALEMATEDSEVENTIES
SourcesofStagnation
Know:Productivity,Inflation
1. DescribetheeconomicproblemsfacedbytheUnitedStatesinthe1970s.
Nixon"Vietnamizes"theWar
Know:LiberalEstablishment,Vietnamization,SilentMajority,NatteringNabobsofNegativism,MyLai
2. WhatwasPresidentNixon’splanforgettingtheUSoutofVietnam?
CambodianizingtheVietnamWar
Know:Cambodia,KentStateUniversity,Twenty-sixthAmendment,PentagonPapers,DanielEllsberg
3. Whatdevelopmentscausedmanypeopletobecomeevenmorecriticalofthewarin1970and1971?
Nixon'sDetentewithBeijing(Peking)andMoscow
Know:HenryKissinger,Détente,ABMTreaty,SALTTreaty,MIRVs
4. Whatwasthe“ChinaCard,”andhowdidNixonuseit?
ANewTeamontheSupremeBench
Know:JudicialActivism,Miranda,Engelv.Vitale,WarrenBerger,Roev.Wade
5. WhywasNixonunhappywiththeSupremeCourt?
NixonontheHomeFront
Know:AidtheFamilieswithDependentChildren,ReverseDiscrimination,EnvironmentalProtection
Agency,OccupationalHealthandSafetyAdministration,SilentSpring,CleanAirAct,Endangered
SpeciesAct,SouthernStrategy
6. HowconservativewasPresidentNixon?Explain.
TheNixonLandslideof1972
Know:GeorgeMcGovern
7. HowdidthesituationinVietnamhelpNixonwinalandslideinthe1972election?
TheSecretBombingofCambodiaandtheWarPowersAct
Know:PolPot,WarPowersAct
8. WhatdidCambodiahavetodowiththeWarPowersAct?
BombingNorthVietnamtothePeaceTable
9. "Theshaky`peace'wasinrealitylittlemorethanathinlydisguisedAmericanretreat."Explain.
TheArabOilEmbargoandtheEnergyCrisis
Know:OPEC
10. ExplainthecauseandeffectsoftheArabOilEmbargo.
WatergateandtheUnmakingofaPresident
Know:Watergate,CREEP,EnemiesList,Plumbers,JohnDean,ExecutivePrivilege,SpiroAgnew,
GeraldFord,SaturdayNightMassacre
11. OfwhatwrongdoingwastheNixonadministrationguilty?
TheFirstUnelectedPresident
12. DidPresidentdotherightthingwhenhepardonedNixon?Explain.
DefeatinVietnam
13. Whatwasthecost(notinjustmoney)oftheVietnamWar?
FeministVictoriesandDefeats
Know:TitleIX,ERA,Roev.Wade
14. WhydidtheEqualRightsAmendmentfail?
MakersofAmerica:TheVietnamese
15. WhatdifficultiesdidVietnameseimmigrantsexperiencewhentheycametoAmerica?
TheSeventiesinBlackandWhite
Know:Desegregation,whiteflight,affirmativeaction,UnitedStatesv.Wheeler
16. ExplainthesignificanceoftheBakkecase.
TheBicentennialCampaignandtheCarterVictory
Know:JimmyCarter
17. WhydidJimmyCarterwinthepresidencyin1976?
MakersofAmerica:TheFeminists
18. Compareandcontrastthefirstandsecondfeministwaves.
Carter'sHumanitarianDiplomacy
Know:AnwarSadat,MenachemBegin,CampDavidAccords
19. DescribeCarter'sforeignpolicyachievements.
EconomicandEnergyWoes
Know:ShahofIran
20. HowdidCarterreacttotherenewedenergycrisis?
ForeignAffairsandtheIranianImbroglio
Know:LeonidBrezhnev,SALTII,AyatollahKhomeini,Afghanistan,HostageCrisis
21. WhatforeignpolicyproblemsplaguedthesecondhalfofCarter'spresidency?
CHAPTER40:THERESURGENCEOFCONSERVATISM(1980-1992)
TheElectionofRonaldReagan,1980
Know:NewRight,MoralMajority,neoconservatives,“ABC”movement
1. Whatfactors(social,political,andeconomic)contributedtoReagan’svictoryin1980?
TheReaganRevolution
Know:Iranianhostagerelease,Prop.13,“welfarestate,”“bollweevils”
2. WhatchangesdidReaganmaketothenationalbudgetandhowdidthesecontrastwithprevious
spendingprograms?
TheBattleoftheBudget
Know:recessionof1982,supply-sideeconomics,“yuppies”
3. WhatpracticescontributedtofederalbudgetdeficitsunderReagan’sadministration?
ReaganRenewstheColdWar
Know:StarWars/SDI,armsrace,ColdWar,“Solidarity,”Olympicboycott
4. WhatwereReagan’sattitude,strategy,andrationaletowardnegotiatingwiththeSoviets?
TroublesAbroad
Know:WestBank,IsraelandLebanon,“Teflonpresident,”Sandinistas,“contra”rebels
5. SummarizeReagan’sinternationalpolicyintheMiddleEastandCentralAmerica/Caribbean,
identifyingwhichsidetheU.S.supportedandwhichsideitopposed.
RoundTwoforReagan
Know:GeraldineFerraro,MikhailGorbachev,glasnost,perestroika,INFtreaty
6. WhatchangesintheSovietUnioncontributedtotheendoftheColdWar?
TheIran-ContraImbroglio
Know:Iran-contraaffair
7. DescribetheflowofmoneyandarmsinvolvedintheIran-contrascandal.
Reagan’sEconomicLegacy
Know:“Reaganomics”
8. HowwasReagan’seconomicpolicybothafailureandavictory?
TheReligiousRight
Know:JerryFalwell,MoralMajority,“identitypolitics”
9. HowdidthetacticsofthereligiousrightparallelthoseofthemovementsoftheNewLeftduring
the1960s?
ConservatismintheCourts
Know:SandraDayO’Connor,affirmativeaction,Roev.Wade,PlannedParenthoodv.Casey
10. HowdidtheSupremeCourtdecisionsinWebsterandCaseycurtailRoev.Wade?
ReferendumonReaganismin1988
Know:“BlackMonday,”“SevenDwarfs”
11. Whatfactorscontributedtotheruinofsavingsandloaninstitutions?
GeorgeH.W.BushandtheEndoftheColdWar
Know:GeorgeH.W.Bush,TiananmenSquare,BerlinWall,CIS,Yugoslavia,“ethniccleansing,”Nelson
Mandela
12. WhatweretheunexpectedconsequencesofthedemiseoftheSovietUnion?
ThePersianGulfCrisis
Know:SaddamHussein,“OperationDesertStorm”(“hundred-hourwar”)
13. “Theenemyofmyenemyismyfriend.”Howdidthisphilosophyhaveanegativeoutcomein
America’sinvolvementwithIranandIraq?
BushontheHomeFront
Know:AmericanswithDisabilitiesAct,ClarenceThomas,AnitaHill,“readmylips…”
14. HowdidreactiontotheThomasconfirmationreflectthechangingpoliticalattitudesofsome
women?
VaryingViewpoints:WhereDidModernConservatismComeFrom?
Know:CharlesandMaryBeard,HueyLong,CharlesCoughlin,SugrueandEdsall,GeorgeWill
15. IdentifythreebroadinfluencesthatcontributedtomodernConservatismanddefendtheoneyou
thinkwasmostinfluential.