5/30/14

Advanced U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981-93")
2)  Video: "1981-89: A New World"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 912-914 ("Foreign Policy Under Reagan and Bush")
Focus your reading on:  a) 1988 campaign and election  b) Clarence Thomas  c) Collapse of the Soviet Union  d) Persian Gulf War  e) Characteristics of Gulf War troops


Honors U.S. History:

1)  Notes ("The Long Road Home, 1968-75")
2)  Video: "1971-75: Approaching the Apocalypse"
--Take 1 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 880-887 ("The Nixon Years") and ("An Economy of Diminished Expectations")
Focus your reading on:  a) George McGovern  b) Divisions in the Democratic Party  c) Spiro Agnew  d) Watergate cover-up  e) "Smoking gun"/"The tapes"  f) Pardon of Nixon  g) Rising oil prices  h) OPEC oil embargo  i) Impact of embargo on the U.S.