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Unit #13: U.S. Growing Pains II SBG
(1954—1976)
Standard #1 – History (HST)
HST 13.1. Explain the following key events/conflicts of the Cold War:
a. The Berlin Blockade
b. The Bay of Pigs Invasion
c. The Cuban Missile Crisis (including: Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro & John F. Kennedy)
HST 13.2. Explain how the Cold War impacted American technology (including space exploration).
HST 13.3. Compare the Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, focusing on the
impact both had on the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
American foreign policy
American domestic policy
American pop culture
American politics
HST 13.4. Analyze the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by explaining the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The events leading up to, during, and after November 22, 1963.
The people involved (either directly or indirectly) during the assassination.
The interpretation of the assassination by the Warren Commission.
2 conspiracy theories and whether or not they hold any substantial merit.
HST 13.5. Explain the Vietnam War by answering the following questions:
a.
b.
c.
d.
What caused the Vietnam War?
What impact did it have on American society, culture, music, and movies?
What impact did it have on American foreign affairs immediately following the war and today?
What impact did it have on the American military?
HST 13.6. Explain the following key items/battles/events of the Vietnam War:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
First Indochina War (1946-1954)
Second Indochina War (1959-1975)
Dien Bien Phu
17th parallel
“Domino Theory”
HST 13.7. Explain the following key people/items/battles/events of the Vietnam War:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Ho Chi Minh
National Liberation Front (a.k.a. Viet Cong, V-C & “Charlie”)
Gulf of Tonkin Crisis & Resolution (including USS Maddox & USS Turner Joy)
Saigon & Hanoi
William Westmoreland
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HST 13.8. Explain the following key items/battles/events of the Vietnam War:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Agent Orange & Napalm
Tet Offensive
Paris Peace Accords
Fall of Saigon
Vietnam Memorial
HST 13.9. Explain the My Lai Massacre (1968) by answering the following questions:
a.
b.
c.
d.
What happened? Who was involved?
What were the results of the court martial that followed?
What impact did the massacre have on the American public’s perception of the war?
Why do massacres of civilians often happen during wartime?
HST 13.10. Explain the roles played by U.S. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
concerning the Vietnam War by answering the following questions:
a. What did each of these U.S. Presidents do concerning the Vietnam War?
b. What was the public perception of how each U.S. President handled the conflict?
c. Did the Vietnam War have an impact on their legacies? If yes, how so? If no, why not?
HST 13.11. Explain the following “battles” of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Battle #1: “Separate but Equal”
Battle #2: Growth of the KKK
Battle #3: Rosa Parks
Battle #4: Nonviolent Resistance
Battle #5: “Sit-ins” & “Freedom Rides”
HST 13.12. Explain the following “battles” of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Battle #6: Desegregating universities
Battle #7: “Project C” & Birmingham
Battle #8: JFK Takes a Stand
Battle #9: The March on Washington
HST 13.13. Explain the following “battles” of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Battle #10: The 16th Street Bombing
Battle #11: The Civil Rights Act
Battle #12: Fighting for Voting Rights
Battle #13: A New Political Party
HST 13.14. Explain the following “battles” of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Battle #14: Watts & 12th Street Riots
Battle #15: Malcolm X & Black Power
Battle #16: MLK Assassination
Battle #17: Cold War & Civil Rights
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HST 13.15. Explain the following key items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
13th, 14th & 15th Amendments
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
HST 13.16. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
W.E.B. Du Bois
Thurgood Marshall
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus & “Little Rock 9”
HST 13.17. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Emmett Till
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
HST 13.18. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a. Montgomery Bus Boycott
b. Nonviolent resistance & “Soul Force” (including: Jesus Christ, Henry David Thoreau, A. Phillip
Randolph & Mahatma Gandhi)
c. “Sit-ins” & “Freedom Rides”
d. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
e. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
HST 13.19. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
James Meredith & University of Mississippi
Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett
Loyola of Chicago
James Hood, Vivian Malone & University of Alabama
Alabama Governor George Wallace
HST 13.20. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Eugene “Bull” Connor & “Project C”
Medgar Evers & Byron De La Beckwith
March on Washington, D.C. & MLK’s “I Have a Dream”
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing & Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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HST 13.21. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
“Solid South”
Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society”
“Freedom Summer” of 1964
Literacy tests, grandfather clause & poll tax
24th Amendment
HST 13.22. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
Selma campaign
Watts Riots
12th Street Riots
HST 13.23. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
Nation of Islam & Assassination of Malcolm X
“Black Power”
Black Panthers
HST 13.24. Explain the following key people/items/events of the Civil Rights Movement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Tommie Smith, John Carols & 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
James Early Ray, Loyd Jowers & Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sirhan Sirhan & Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Affirmative Action & Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Presidential Election of 2008
HST 13.25. Compare the beliefs and practices advocated by both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Malcolm X concerning civil rights for African-Americans by answering the following questions:
a.
b.
c.
d.
How did the two men differ in their approach?
How were both men perceived by American society?
Why is the “Black Power” perception of Malcolm X incorrect?
What happened to both leaders?
HST 13.26. The 1960s have often been called “revolutionary”. Determine if this is a valid assessment
by answering the following questions:
a. What is a revolution? (Be sure to include political and social revolutions in your explanation.)
b. What are some examples of political and social events during the 1960s that could be
categorized as “revolutionary”?
c. How did the “Counterculture Revolution” result from the social and political factors of the 1950s?
(In other words, how did the suppression of ideas and culture during the 1950s result in a cultural
explosion during the 1960s?)
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HST 13.27. Explain the other major protest movements of the 1960s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Student Movement
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
Women’s Movement
Gay Rights Movement
Environmental Movement
HST 13.28. Explain the impact the music of the 1960s had on society by analyzing the songs of the
decade and completing the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Pick 3 artists/bands from the 1960s and explain how they represented the decade.
Pick 3 songs from the 1960s and explain the significance of their lyrics and beats.
Pick 3 songs from the 1960s and explain their impact on society.
Pick 3 songs from the 1960s and explain their impact on the music industry/music itself.
HST 12.29. Explain life during the 1960s by discussing the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The role of men and women during the 1960s.
Entertainment and sports during the 1960s.
Fads and fashions of the 1960s.
Every-day life during the 1960s.
Comparisons to today’s fads, fashions, entertainment, sports, and every-day life.
Standard #2 – Geography (GEO)
GEO 12.1. Print off a blank map of Vietnam and correctly identify the following items:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
17th parallel
North Vietnam & Hanoi
South Vietnam & Saigon
Da Nang
Dien Bien Phu
GEO 12.2. Print off a blank world map and identify/color the following items:
a. The U.S. and its allies during the Cold War
b. The Soviet Union & its allies during the Cold War.
Standard #3 – Economics (ECO)
ECO 13.1. During the 1950s, war generated the U.S. over $80 billion/year. In short, war = $$$. It has
been noted that President John F. Kennedy wanted the U.S. out of Vietnam because he felt we
couldn’t win and shouldn’t be involved. After JFK’s assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson fully
involved the U.S. in Vietnam. Answer the following questions:
a. Why do you think conspiracy theorists point to these facts when discussing JFK’s assassination?
b. What does this say about what drives many American policy decisions?
c. How does information like this contribute to the negative view of the Vietnam War?
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Standard #4 – Government (GOV)
GOV 13.1. Explain the following U.S. Supreme Court cases and how they’ve impacted the rights of
teenagers and students:
a.
b.
c.
d.
In re Gault case (rights of minors)
Goss v. Lopez (student suspensions)
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (student searches)
Tinker v. Des Moines School District (free speech)
GOV 13.2. Explain the following U.S. Supreme Court cases and how they’ve impacted the rights of
teenagers and students:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (student censorship)
Board of Education v. Pico (library censorship)
Ingraham v. Wright (corporal punishment)
High v. Zant (death penalty)
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