Difference between revisions of "American History Homework Twelve"
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| − | 1. Who were the main protagonists | + | 1. Who were the main protagonists in the "Cold War"? |
2. Identify the two wars that occurred between 1945 and 1980, and very briefly state your view of our involvement in them. | 2. Identify the two wars that occurred between 1945 and 1980, and very briefly state your view of our involvement in them. | ||
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3. Pick an aspect of the Civil Rights Movement that impressed you most, and explain why. | 3. Pick an aspect of the Civil Rights Movement that impressed you most, and explain why. | ||
| − | 4. President Lyndon Johnson is known best for two things. Pick one and explain. | + | 4. President Lyndon Johnson is known best for two things. Pick one and explain why. |
[[Image:Supreme Court.jpg|thumb|260px|US Supreme Court Building]] | [[Image:Supreme Court.jpg|thumb|260px|US Supreme Court Building]] | ||
5. What do you like best about the 80th Congress? Explain. | 5. What do you like best about the 80th Congress? Explain. | ||
| − | 6. | + | 6. Who do you think was the most important person between 1945 and 1980 in American history, and why? |
| − | 7. Throughout the 1960s, what was the name used to describe the people in charge of the building pictured here, and describe | + | 7. Throughout the 1960s, what was the name used to describe the people in charge of the building pictured here, and describe their approach or ideology, mentioning at least one issue as an example. |
== Honors (pick 2 out of 3) == | == Honors (pick 2 out of 3) == | ||
| − | H1. What is your view of whether Muhammad Ali was entitled to a conscientious objection | + | H1. What is your view of whether Muhammad Ali was entitled to a conscientious objection based on Islam? |
| − | H2. Write about any issue or debate in the lecture, or | + | H2. Write about any issue or debate in the lecture, or relating to the period 1945 to 1980. |
H3. Your view of the ERA, please. | H3. Your view of the ERA, please. | ||
| − | H4. Do you think | + | H4. Do you think that, overall, Americans have been becoming more conservative? Explain. |
| − | H5. General MacArthur's Inchon Landing: | + | H5. General MacArthur's Inchon Landing: unconventional thinking by a homeschooler that you've seen before? Explain. |
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Lecture - Questions - Student Answers
American History Homework Twelve
Instructor: Andy Schlafly
Read the lecture first.
1. Who were the main protagonists in the "Cold War"?
2. Identify the two wars that occurred between 1945 and 1980, and very briefly state your view of our involvement in them.
3. Pick an aspect of the Civil Rights Movement that impressed you most, and explain why.
4. President Lyndon Johnson is known best for two things. Pick one and explain why.
5. What do you like best about the 80th Congress? Explain.
6. Who do you think was the most important person between 1945 and 1980 in American history, and why?
7. Throughout the 1960s, what was the name used to describe the people in charge of the building pictured here, and describe their approach or ideology, mentioning at least one issue as an example.
Honors (pick 2 out of 3)
H1. What is your view of whether Muhammad Ali was entitled to a conscientious objection based on Islam?
H2. Write about any issue or debate in the lecture, or relating to the period 1945 to 1980.
H3. Your view of the ERA, please.
H4. Do you think that, overall, Americans have been becoming more conservative? Explain.
H5. General MacArthur's Inchon Landing: unconventional thinking by a homeschooler that you've seen before? Explain.