AP American History =^^=
Assignment Sheet #8…The end! World War I, the Roaring 20s, The Great Depression, World War II Due Tuesday 3/31: World War I; Read 696-702 and 705-707 Written homework: (1) What was Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy and how did he attempt to implement it? (2) What were the causes of WWI in Europe? (3) How did United States neutrality “in thought as well as deed” prove difficult? (4) How did both England and Germany violate the neutral rights of the United States? (5) Identify/explain the importance of: The Lusitania, the Arabic Pledge, the Sussex Pledge, the Zimmerman note. (6) How did Wilson put a moralistic spin on the United States decision to go to war? (7) What were the purposes of Wilson’s 14 points? Due Wednesday 4/1: World War I—the Domestic Impact; Read 707-718; Written homework: (1) How did the Creel Committee help the war effort? (2) Identify/explain: Espionage Act, Sedition Act, Scheck v. United States. (3) What difficulties did the United States face in mobilizing for war? (4) Briefly explain each: War Industries Board, “work or fight” rule, National War Labor Board, the Black Migration, Food Administration, Fuel Administration, Liberty/Victory Loans, Draft Act (5) Why did Wilson finally support Women’s suffrage? (6) How did the AFL and the IWW react to the war differently? Due Thursday 4/2: WWI; Read “Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield” by Thomas Bailey Written homework: (1) How was Wilson politically diminished when he went to Paris to negotiate the Treaty? (2) How did Wilson snub Republicans when forming his peace delegation? (3) How did Wilson sacrifice some of the principles of his 14 Points to save the League of Nations? (4) In what ways did the Treaty disappoint both liberals and “illiberals” in America? (5) What were the Lodge Reservations? (6) Based on Bailey’s essay, write a thesis statement for the following prompt: Who was to blame for the failure of the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles? Due Friday 4/3: The Post WWI era and the decline of Progressivism—Read in text 754-756; 758-761;728-732. Written homework: (1) What was the overall goal of the “Old Guard” Republicans in the post WWI era? (2) How did each of the following help to chip away at some of the accomplishments of the Progressive Era: (a) Supreme Court decisions (b) Executive enforcement of anti-trust laws (c) attitude toward labor (c) new tariff (d) the Teapot Dome scandal. (3) Why did a farm depression begin after WWI? (4) What was the McNary Haughten Bill? (5) Explain the reasons for the Red Scare of the post WWI era and the impact that it had. (6) Identify/explain: The New Klan, The Emergency Quota Act of 1921, the Immigration Act of 1924, Prohibition. 4/6 through 4/13: Spring Recess—Warning: the AP exam is only 4 weeks away; you should be actively studying at this point. Due Tuesday 4/14: In class—discussion of the 1920s: Social, Political, Economic developments. You have 3 things due today. A. DBQ on Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles (follow my DBQ rules—first outline your answer and shape your thesis, then read the documents and place your analysis of them into your outline, then write the essay). Refer to the documents parenthetically; make sure you analyze them and weave in your outside information. DO NOT QUOTE or paraphrase the documents. More than 3 words of quoting/paraphrase will cost you 10 points on your essay grade. I recommend that you take this DBQ as a timed essay—outline for 5 minutes, analyze documents for 10 minutes, write the essay in 45 minutes. After that, please type it (have mercy on my eyes and use 12 font or equivalent); feel free to edit it as you type. When you hand it in, include your outline and handwritten draft. B. Practice AP exam #4—counts as a homework grade, not a test grade. It is your choice how you do this one. If you want to take it as a timed exam, that’s fine. If you’d rather use it as a study tool (looking up answers and/or working with a friend) that’s fine too. Just do not try to find an online answer sheet; that’s counterproductive. Write on your scantron whether you took it as a timed exam or not. C. Regular homework Read “Scopes: The Battle for America’s Soul” and be prepared for a class discussion of cultural changes of the 1920s. Written homework on this reading : (1) What were some of the cultural changes of the 1920s and how can the surge of Fundamentalism in the decade be seen as a backlash against these changes? (2) What was the role of the ACLU in the Scopes case? (3) Why did William Jennings Bryan become involved in the case and what did he think was the central issue of the case? (4) Why did Clarence Darrow become involved and what strategy did he pursue? (5) What impact did the Scopes trial have on America? (6) What does author mean when he says that this trial was the first battle in a “culture war” that continues to this day? Due Wednesday 4/15: Cultural tensions of the 1920s. Skim through pages 736-752 Identify and explain the importance of each of these things you should know about in relation to the 1920s…I’ll even give you the page numbers: Scopes Trial (738); Henry Ford/Fordism (740); Charles Lindbergh (743); Birth of a Nation (744); Flappers (745); Langston Hughes (748); Marcus Garvey (748); H.L. Mencken (749); F. Scott Fitzgerald (749/50); Harlem Renaissance (750); Margin Buying (751) Due Thursday 4/16: Read “Under Hoover the Shame and the Misery Deepened” by T.H. Watkins. Written homework: (1) Describe the impact of the Great Depression on the American economy; on the American people. (2) Why do you think so many people refused to openly accept the gravity of the economic situation? (3) What demographic group made up the majority of transients drifting about the nation during the Great Depression? (4) What did Hoover value as the core of Americanism and how did his beliefs affect the way he handled the economic crisis? (5) Why were so many of the unemployed selling apples on city streets? (6) What were some of the ways that local governments and private organizations attempted to help? (7) What happened to tens of thousands of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression? Due Friday 4/17: The Great Depression and the New Deal; Read 777-791 and 794-798 Written homework: (1) What characteristics of FDR appealed to voters? (2) How did FDR and the New Deal affect Black voter alignment? (3) Identify/explain the significance of: the bank holiday, 100 days, the three R’s, Emergency Banking Relief Act, Fireside chats, Glass Stegall/FDIC, managed currency, CCC, FERA, AAA, HOLC, CWA, WPA, Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, NRA, Schechter Poultry v. United States, AAA, Soil Conservation Act, Dust Bowl, Grapes of Wrath, Indian Reorganization Act, SEC, TVA, FHA, Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, John Lewis/CIO, Fair Labor Standards Act Due Monday 4/20: An evaluation of the effects of the New Deal; Read 798-805. Written Homework due: (1) What was the “Roosevelt coalition” that helped FDR win re-election by a landslide in 1936? (2) What was FDR’s Court Reform plan and what was the outcome of his proposal? (3) What is thought to have caused the “Roosevelt Recession”? (4) Explain the principles of Keynesian Economics. (5) What do critics of FDR have to say about the New Deal? (6) What do FDR’s defenders argue about the New Deal? (7) What arguments can be made that the New Deal programs offered by FDR helped America during the Great Depression? (8) What arguments can be made that the New Deal did not, in fact, lead to economic recovery? Due Tuesday 4/21 : Make a chart that compares/contrasts the Progressive Era, the New Deal, The Great Society (Hey, this is great review for the AP exam, as these 3 eras are often compared/contrasted by historians). Categories to address: goals, major legislation passed, long term impact (political, social, economic). Due Wednesday 4/22: In class, we will discuss interwar foreign policy and the road to United States entry in World War II; Written homework due: Read 762-764 and 806-825…Use the reading to fill out the handout on interwar foreign policy! Due Thursday 4/23: World War II; Read 832-838. Written homework: Identify/explain the importance: (1) Get Germany First (2) Japanese Internment (3) Korematsu v. United States (4) Impact of WWII on most New Deal programs (5) War Production Board, Office of Price Administration, War Labor Board (6) WACs, WAVEs, (7) Braceros, (8) Rosie the Riviter, (9) A. Phillip Randolph, (10) Fair Employment Practices Commission, (11) Double V, (12) 2nd Great Migration, (13) The Sunbelt (14) Demographic impact of the war (15) Code Talkers (16) Economic impact of the war Due Friday 4/25: World War II; Read 838-855. Identify/explain the importance of: (1) Bataan Death march, (2) Battle of the Coral Sea (3) Midway (4) Japanese to American casualty rate during the war (5) Island hopping strategy (6) German Enigma code (7) Soviet Front (8) North African Front (9) Tehran Conference (10) D-Day, (11) Yalta Conference (p 867) (12) VE Day (13) Potsdam Conference (14) Hiroshima and Nagasaki (15) The impact of World War II on America Due Monday 4/27: (1) AP Exam #5 is due today. Counts as homework only; your choice—timed exam or work with a partner. (2) Make an outline that compares and contrasts the ways that The Great Depression/New Deal and World War II impacted American society—politically, socially, economically. Essay prompt: Which of these two eras had the greatest impact on America and WHY? Write a thesis statement to address that prompt. Due Tuesday 4/28: Study!! In class—Review Post WWII America: Truman, Eisenhower, JFK Due Wednesday 4/29: Study!! In class—Review 1960s and 1970s Due Thursday 4/30: Study!! In class—Review 1980s and 1990s Due Friday 5/1: Study!!—In-class AP multiple choice exam (AP Exam #6). Due Monday 5/4: AP Exam #7 is due today. In class—Review 1600s: Colonial Period—Compare/contrast English, Spanish, French colonies; English colonies in New England vs. Chesapeake Due Tuesday 5/5: Study!! In class: Review 1700s: Revolutionary War, Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution. After school review 2:15-3:00 Due Wednesday 5/6: AP exam #8 is due today! In class—we will review the 1800s: Early National Period, Age of Jackson, 19th century reform, Manifest Destiny, Slavery, Civil War, Gilded Age. After school review 2:15-300 Due Thursday 5/7: Study!! In class—we will review the 1900s: Progressive Era, 1920s, 1930s, WWI and WWII. After school review 2:15-3:00 Friday May 8, 2008: The Big Day…AP Exam 7:30 AMà location(s) TBA…pay attention for announcement!! |