The Policy of Secrecy: Watergate
I. The Context:
A. Anti-Communism
B. The Political Style of Tricky Dick
C. Tumultuous Times
II. Watergate:
A. The Break-In (June 17, 1972)
B. The Cover-Up
III. Why Watergate Matters?
A. Policy Change:
1. War Powers Act of 1973
2. 1974 Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Act
3. Fair Campaign Act of 1974
4. Freedom of Information Act in 1974
B. A Change of Mind
C. A “Conservative” Shift: Electing President Jimmy Carter
Friday, March 13, 2009
Environmental History
Rights of Nature
Origins:
The Idea: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
The Event: The Santa Barbara Spill
Effect:
Politicizing a Community
GOO
Earth Day
SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission
EPA
California Environmental Quality Act
California Coastal Act of 1976
Clean Air Act of 1990
Origins:
The Idea: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
The Event: The Santa Barbara Spill
Effect:
Politicizing a Community
GOO
Earth Day
SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission
EPA
California Environmental Quality Act
California Coastal Act of 1976
Clean Air Act of 1990
Monday, March 9, 2009
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
HISTORY 232/DR. SCHMOLL/FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
FORMAT: Two Essays
I. ESSAY ONE: SINCE THE MIDTERM (NEW DEAL TO THE 1970S) (40%)
The final exam will have one of the following essay questions:
1. What were the most important reforms of the New Deal? How effective were they in solving the problems of the Great Depression?
2. How was the American Experience of World War Two different from that of the War in Vietnam?
3. What lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the two landmark pieces of Civil Rights legislation?
4. Why was there so much radicalism in the 1960s?
II. ESSAY TWO: CUMULATIVE ESSAY (60%)
I will give you two questions on the cumulative section. You will answer one of the two questions. The questions will be taken from the following themes. Hence, these are themes that you should study; you’ll be given the actual questions on the day of the test.
1. The consequences of war(not the causes but the consequences):
What changed in the U.S. as a result of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam?
2. The effect of social reform:
What impact did progressivism, the New Deal, the social movements in the 1960s, and the Great Society have?
3. Black Boy, The Good War, and Rumor of War: Finding meaning in the modern world through the lens of these three books. This question will
YOU MUST BRING A NEW BLUE BOOK TO THE FINAL EXAM. DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BLUE BOOK SINCE YOU WILL BE HANDING IT TO ME, AND I WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGHOUT THE CLASS.
FORMAT: Two Essays
I. ESSAY ONE: SINCE THE MIDTERM (NEW DEAL TO THE 1970S) (40%)
The final exam will have one of the following essay questions:
1. What were the most important reforms of the New Deal? How effective were they in solving the problems of the Great Depression?
2. How was the American Experience of World War Two different from that of the War in Vietnam?
3. What lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the two landmark pieces of Civil Rights legislation?
4. Why was there so much radicalism in the 1960s?
II. ESSAY TWO: CUMULATIVE ESSAY (60%)
I will give you two questions on the cumulative section. You will answer one of the two questions. The questions will be taken from the following themes. Hence, these are themes that you should study; you’ll be given the actual questions on the day of the test.
1. The consequences of war(not the causes but the consequences):
What changed in the U.S. as a result of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam?
2. The effect of social reform:
What impact did progressivism, the New Deal, the social movements in the 1960s, and the Great Society have?
3. Black Boy, The Good War, and Rumor of War: Finding meaning in the modern world through the lens of these three books. This question will
YOU MUST BRING A NEW BLUE BOOK TO THE FINAL EXAM. DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BLUE BOOK SINCE YOU WILL BE HANDING IT TO ME, AND I WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THEM THROUGHOUT THE CLASS.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Professor Litzinger's Visit
This is our second former monk guest lecture this quarter. I'm not sure what that means.
Do you have comments or questions for Dr. Litzinger regarding his thought-provoking discussion of the war in Vietnam? Please feel free to add them here.
Do you have comments or questions for Dr. Litzinger regarding his thought-provoking discussion of the war in Vietnam? Please feel free to add them here.
Vietnam War Outline
Vietnam is a Country
I. Vietnam:
II. Pre-War Policy:
A. French Colony
B. Dien Bien Phu
C. Our Potential Friend:
1. The Declaration
2. The Fly-By
3. Dominoes, Dichotomies, Disaster
III. The War:
A. Advisors
--Supporting Ngo Dinh Diem--
B. Escalation
1. Johnson
2. Gulf of Tonkin
3. Rolling Thunder
C. 1968:
1. Anti-War Movement--SDS
2. The Tet Offensive--General Giap
3. TV and War
4. Nixon's War
IV. Losing a War
I. Vietnam:
II. Pre-War Policy:
A. French Colony
B. Dien Bien Phu
C. Our Potential Friend:
1. The Declaration
2. The Fly-By
3. Dominoes, Dichotomies, Disaster
III. The War:
A. Advisors
--Supporting Ngo Dinh Diem--
B. Escalation
1. Johnson
2. Gulf of Tonkin
3. Rolling Thunder
C. 1968:
1. Anti-War Movement--SDS
2. The Tet Offensive--General Giap
3. TV and War
4. Nixon's War
IV. Losing a War
Friday, February 27, 2009
Essay Assignment: Due wednesday, 3/9
Essay Assignment: Due WEDNESDAY, 3/11
Due at turnitin by midnight WEDNESDAY night
Typed, 3 pages, double-spaced
1. Compare and contrast The Good War with A Rumor of War. As you read these great books, recognize sections that might be worthy of further analysis. Remember, your essay must focus on one particular area of these two books.
2. Is the story of U.S. history one of progress? Is our country getting “better” as a nation or worse?
3. President Obama once said, “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” Judging from the shape of the nation today, and using historical examples to help you make your case, analyze this quote.
4. Choose at least two conspiracy theories from American history and discuss why they arose and what it is about people that attracts them to such theories.
Due at turnitin by midnight WEDNESDAY night
Typed, 3 pages, double-spaced
1. Compare and contrast The Good War with A Rumor of War. As you read these great books, recognize sections that might be worthy of further analysis. Remember, your essay must focus on one particular area of these two books.
2. Is the story of U.S. history one of progress? Is our country getting “better” as a nation or worse?
3. President Obama once said, “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” Judging from the shape of the nation today, and using historical examples to help you make your case, analyze this quote.
4. Choose at least two conspiracy theories from American history and discuss why they arose and what it is about people that attracts them to such theories.
civil rights outline
Social Movements: Civil Rights and Black Power
I. Civil Rights:
A. Enforcing Segregation:
1. Culturally
2. Legal: Plessy v Ferguson (1898)
B. Fighting Segregation:
1. NAACP
2. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
a. The Brown Decision
b. Brown II
c. Resisting Justice:
Little Rock Central High School(1957)
Orval Faubus
3. Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott:
4. The Sit-Ins:
5. Freedom Rides:
6. JFK:
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965
--Fannie Lou Hammer
II. Non-Violent Revolution is an Oxymoron
I. Civil Rights:
A. Enforcing Segregation:
1. Culturally
2. Legal: Plessy v Ferguson (1898)
B. Fighting Segregation:
1. NAACP
2. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
a. The Brown Decision
b. Brown II
c. Resisting Justice:
Little Rock Central High School(1957)
Orval Faubus
3. Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott:
4. The Sit-Ins:
5. Freedom Rides:
6. JFK:
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965
--Fannie Lou Hammer
II. Non-Violent Revolution is an Oxymoron
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