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Second Semester US students survey the Progressive Era, World War I, Roaring Twenties,
Depression, World War II, Cold War and Civil Rights Eras (chapters 23-34). Listed below are the assignments that students
will complete over the semester. Please let your instructor know of any broken links, and sk questions of you do not
understand something!!!
Current Events - just like last semester, students will present 2 short, oral current events to enhance their own and the class' knowledge
of current US policies on the environment, economics and politics.
Cold War Web Quest links! These do work! Remember - this is worth 60 points in your test category and is due May 15!
Civil Rights Task Menu - this should be a fun activity with a good deal of choice. This is worth 30 points in your test category. Due May
26.
Study Guide ch31-33:
CHAPTER
31 – US Government 1945-1960
GI
Bill of Rights
Employment
Act of 1946
Inflation
Taft-Hartley
Act
Closed
shop
Atomic
Energy Commission
National
Security Act
22nd
Amendment
Fair
deal
Harry
Truman
Social
programs
Discrimination
Jim
Crow Laws
National
Housing Act of 1949
Communism
Joseph
McCarthy
Dwight
Eisenhower
Internal
Security Act
Landslide
Balanced
budget
Sputnik
I
National
Defense Education Act
Space
race
CHAPTER
32 – Cold War
Cold War
NATO
Berlin blockade
Berlin airlift
communism
Truman
Doctrine
Marshall
Plan
free
market economy
Warsaw
Pact
Chiang
Kai-shek
Maong
Korean
War, 1950s
38th
Parallel
General
MacArthur
Stalemate
Vietnam
War, 1958-1973
Eisenhower
Doctrine
Cuban
Missile Crisis
CHAPTER
33 – Civil Rights
March
on Washington
John
F. Kennedy
Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
bus
boycott
civil
rights
nonviolent
resistance
Civil
Rights Act of 1964Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Freedom
rides
Nonviolent
resistance
Separate
but equal
Malcolm
X
Rosa
Parks
Sit-ins
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Students will study American history
from the birth of the nation up to the modern era. This course is required for Juniors.
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Semester Final:
Will be given on June 14 at 8am. Will consist of 100 Multiple choice questions, and cover chapters 23-34.
This counts as 15% of your final semester grade.
Extra Credit (+10 on Semester Final):
Correct all of this past semester's tests & turn the corrections in to Mrs. Fine by the day of the test. You
may take notes on the tests and questions, but may NOT copy or take the tests home to study.
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