FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
5/18: 1st, 2nd, 7th
5/21: 5th, 6th (early release)
5/22: 3rd, 4th (early release)
US
HISTORY STUDY GUIDE for FINAL TEST
SSUSH20 Analyze U.S.
international and domestic policies including their influences on technological
advancements and social changes during the Truman and Eisenhower
administrations.
a. Analyze the
international policies and actions developed as a response to the Cold War
·
Containment
·
Marshall Plan
·
Truman Doctrine
·
Korean War
b. Connect major domestic issues to their social
effects
·
G.I. Bill
·
Truman’s integration policies
·
McCarthyism
·
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
·
Brown v.
Board of Education
·
U.S. technological innovations and education (Sputnik I)
SSUSH21 Analyze U.S.
international and domestic policies including their influences on technological
advancements and social changes during the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations
a. Analyze the
international policies and actions taken as a response to the Cold War
·
U.S. involvement in Cuba
·
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
·
escalation of the war in Vietnam
b. Connect
major domestic issues to their social effects
·
Civil Rights legislation
·
Johnson’s Great Society
c.
Describe the impact of television on American culture
·
presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960)
·
news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement
·
moon landing
·
war in Vietnam
d.
Investigate civil rights groups
·
Martin Luther King, Jr.
·
Letter from Birmingham Jail
·
I Have a
Dream Speech
·
Cesar Chavez
e.
Describe the turmoil of 1968
·
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
·
assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
·
Tet Offensive
·
Presidential Election
SSUSH22 Analyze U.S.
international and domestic policies including their influences on technological
advancements and social changes during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter
administrations.
a. Analyze the
international policies and actions taken as a response to the Cold War
·
opening of and establishment of diplomatic relations
with China
·
end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
·
War Powers Act
·
Camp David Accords
·
Carter’s response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and
hostage crisis
b. Connect
major domestic issues to their social effects
·
creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
·
emergence of the National Organization for Women
·
Nixon’s resignation due to the Watergate scandal
·
pardon by Ford
SSUSH23 Assess the
political, economic, and technological changes during the Reagan, George
H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama
administrations.
a. Analyze
challenges faced by recent presidents
·
collapse of the Soviet Union
·
Clinton’s impeachment
·
attacks of September 11, 2001
·
war against terrorism
b. Examine
economic policies of recent presidents
·
Reaganomics
c. Examine the
influence of technological changes on society
·
personal computer
·
Internet
·
social media
d. Examine the historic nature of the
presidential election of 2008