4/7/2025

Answer the following questions in no more than 3-4 complete sentences for each question.

  1. Why did the US go to war in Vietnam?

  2. How many people were killed during the war?

  3. How many Americans were captured during the war?

  4. What effects did the war have on the US economy?

  5. When did the US leave Vietnam?

  6. Did the US win the Vietnam War?

Entry 1 - 4/9/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 31 Pg 921

  1. What were the “roots” of the youth movement in the 1960s?

  2. Why did students form the SDS?

  3. Why did many young Americans adopt the ideals of the “Hippie Culture”

Entry 2 - 4/10/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 31 Pg 927

  1. Identify some of the concerns women had during the 1960s that fueled the women’s movement.

  2. What were some of the achievements that women made during this time period?

  3. What is Betty Friedan’s book, The Feminine Mystique about?

Friday 4/11/2025 Assignment

1960s WebQuest

open up the pdf and then click on the URL links to open the websites you’ll use to find the answers. Write your answers on a separate sheet and turn in to the folder.

 

Entry 3 - 4/14/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 32 Pg 953

  1. What did Nixon mean by the term Silent Majority?

  2. What did Nixon target as a problem in the US during his first few years in office?

  3. What was New Federalism under the Nixon administration?

  4. What did Nixon do that was declared unconstitutional?

4/15/2025 Vigilante Parade is coming up - 2 weeks

101 years after the first parade

http://helenahistory.org/

Parade Float Topics

15 point assignment today.

Choose a topic and write a 150-word paragraph on that topic and it’s importance to Helena

 

Entry 4 - 4/16/2025 - Ol Blue CH 32 Pg 956

  1. What was Detente?

  2. What was the SALT I agreement?

  3. Why did Nixon supporters break into the Watergate complex?

  4. What was Nixon’s role in the Watergate scandal?

4/17/2025 - Assignment

Nixon WebQuest

4/22/2025 - Assignment

Watergate Timeline

Entry 5 - 4/24/2025 0 Ol Blue Ch 32 Pg 964

  1. Why did economic problems begin in the mid 1960s?

  2. What is OPEC?

  3. Why did OPEC place an embargo against the United States?

  4. What is Stagflation?

Friday 4/25/2025 - Assignment

70s Energy Crisis WebQuest

Entry 6 - 4/28/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 32 Pg 967

  1. Why did President Carter have a difficult time solving the nation’s economic problems?

  2. How did Carter respond to the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan?

  3. What happened in Iran in November 1979?

Entry 7 - 4/29/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 33 Pg 981

  1. What’s the difference between liberals and conservatives?

  2. What do liberals believe that most of our social problems come from?

  3. Why do conservatives generally oppose higher taxes?

  4. How did religion become a part of the Cold War?

4/30/20205 - Assignment

Liberal vs Conservative T-Chart

Entry 8 - 5/6/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 33 Pg 987

  1. Identify Supply-side economics, Reaganomics, and Budget Deficit

  2. What is the result of cutting taxes?

  3. How was Reagan different from his predecessors regarding Cold War policies?

Entry 9 - 5/7/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 33 Pg 989

  1. Who were the Mujahadeen?

  2. Why did the US send military aid to the Mujahadeen?

  3. Where in Central America did the US send aid to?

Entry 10 - 5/8/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 33 Pg 990

  1. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

  2. What was the INF Treaty?

20 facts from the 1980s

  1. 5 facts about American politics from the 80s

  2. 5 facts about international events from the 80s

  3. Identify 5 new fashion trends - and/or pop culture facts from the 80s

  4. Identify 5 non-political news worthy events from the 1980s - sports, music, health/science

Entry 11 - 5/14/2025 - Ol Blue Ch 33 Pg 998

  1. How was the NASA Space Shuttle different from earlier spacecraft?

  2. How did Mikhail Gorbachev try to save the Soviet economy? Pg 1002

  3. Why were there protests in Beijing China in 1989?

Friday 5/16/2025 - Assignment

1990s Questions

Friday 5/22/2025 - Assignment

1990s Timeline

Not a PowerPoint slide show - just place the events in to chronological order and provide a brief description

I will collect entries next week and will assign you the final project

OMG - It’s finally here!

The Final Project Cold War Timeline

Due on June 4 by 4pm - Late projects will suffer 20% each day that it is late