​Unit 9: Passage to a New Century

​Critical Vocabulary: Viet Minh, Geneva Accords, Vietcong, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Operation Rolling Thunder, Napalm, Agent Orange, Search & Destroy Missions, Credibility Gap, Hawks, Doves, Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, Silent Majority, My Lai Massacre, Kent State Shooting, Pentagon Papers, New York Times v. Sullivan, War Powers Act, United Farm Workers, La Raza, American Indian Movement, Wounded Knee Occupation, Model Minority, National Organization for Women, Equal Rights Amendment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Gray Panthers, Southern Strategy, New Federalism, Busing, Stagflation, Oil Embargo, Realpolitik, Detente, SALT I, Impeachment, Watergate, Committee to Reelect the President, Saturday Night Massacre, U.S. v. Nixon, OPEC, National Energy Act, Camp David Accords, SALT II, Iran Hostage Crisis, Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency, Three Mile Island, New Right, Conservative Coalition, Moral Majority, Reaganomics, Supply-Side Economics, Deregulation, Social Issues, Reagan Doctrine, SDI,  Evil Empire, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF Treaty, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square Massacre, Iran-Contra Affair, Gulf War

Lesson 1: The Vietnam War

We will analyze the reasons for American involvement in Vietnam, & we will determine whether or not those actions were justified.
  • This means we will evaluate the military strategies the U.S. pursued in Vietnam, & we will explain what made the war so difficult to win.
  • It also means we will discuss the growing opposition to the war, & we will summarize the government’s response to it.
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Lesson 2: The Era of Social Changes

We will analyze why and how the civil rights movement expanded.
  • This means we will identify which groups were involved in the expanded fight for civil rights, & we will summarize their experiences.
  • It also means we will evaluate how these events shaped our understanding of the “American Dream.”
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Lesson 3: The 1970s

We will analyze the social, political, and economic problems Americans faced in the 1970s.
  • This means we will discuss the events that influenced Richard Nixon’s rise to and fall from power, & we will assess their impact on American society.
  • It also means we will summarize the challenges Americans faced in the 1970s, & we will evaluate the impact of each.
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Lesson 4: The 1980s

We will analyze the causes and effects of the conservative movement that developed in the 1980s.
  • This means we will summarize the policies that made up the Reagan Revolution, & we will assess the effectiveness of each.
  • It also means we will explain the Reagan Doctrine, & we will assess its impact on global affairs.
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