Unit 11

Modern History

US History – Grants Pass High SchoolName: _________________________________________________________

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Homework:There are no homework assignments for this unit. Please remember to return your textbooks (unless you plan on using them to study for your final exam).

Assessments:

Modern History Exam | Date ______________________this exam will cover all of the content covered in this unit of study – you will find a review sheet for this exam at the back of this workbook

Cumulative Final Exam | Date ____________________this exam will cover all of the content for the entire semester – you will find a review sheet for this exam at the back of this workbook

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Modern Presidents

What are five qualities you think a president

should have?

Why would that quality make a person a better president?

Why might that quality not always make a person a better president?

Example: Loyalty to friends

Inspires loyalty from others, shows trustworthiness

Loyalty to the wrong person, someone that is dishonest, can hurt your credibility

Analysis (do this after completing the next page):1. Historically, in what part of the country have most presidents been born? Why do you think that is?

2. Looking at the chart you used to complete the map – how many presidents “home state” was different than their birthplace state?

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WATERGATE

Watergate background1. The first break-in took place in 1971, what were the burglars looking for?

2. What happened on June 17, 1972?

3. What was the “Saturday Night Massacre”?

4. What did the Supreme Court rule in Nixon v. U.S.?

5. What happened on August 8, 1974?

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)6. What were the three reasons that Nixon gave for refusing to turn over the White House tapes?

7. Do you agree with the analysis that United States v. Nixon expanded the power of the President? Why or why not?

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Transcript of White House Recording Note: Pat Gray is the Acting Director of the FBI, and Mark Felt is the Associate Director of the FBI. Helms is the Director of the CIA and Walters is the Deputy Director of the CIA.

8. Haldeman tells Nixon, “The FBI is not under control.” Why does the FBI need to be controlled?

9. What is Nixon’s plan for dealing with the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate break-in?

10. What does this excerpt imply about the relationship between the FBI and the CIA?

11. What does this tape reveal about Nixon’s view of his power as the President?

12. Why do you think this tape is called the “Smoking Gun” tape?

Source Was Conflicted On His Role13. Who was “Deep Throat”? Who did he work for during Watergate? What might have been his

personal motivation for talking to Bob Woodward?

14. In 1971 what did Felt refuse to do that he had been asked by the White House to do?

15. What crime was Felt convicted for in 1980? What did President Reagan do in response to this?

16. Is Mark Felt a traitor to the United States, or as many believe, a hero for helping to expose the crimes associated with Watergate?

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Presidential Web Quest

Gerald Ford and the Presidency1. Go to http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-pardons-nixon and explain how Gerald Ford

became president.

b. Why did Gerald Ford pardon President Nixon?

2. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/geraldford and answer the following questions:a. Gerald Ford was President number ____________________.

b. Two jobs that Ford had were ______________________ and ______________________.

c. Ford tried to curb ___________________ and had to deal with an economic _________________ while in office.

d. Ford was president for _________________ months.

e. List two facts about Ford.

Jimmy Carter3. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/jimmycarter and answer the following questions:

a. Jimmy Carter was president from ________ to __________ and was the (what number)

_______________ president of the U.S.

b. 2 big economic issues that Carter faced were: ____________________________ and

____________________________________.

c. 2 foreign affairs issues that Carter faced were: __________________________________ and

____________________________________________________________________.

4. Go to http://www.politico.com/story/2008/01/carter-pardons-draft-dodgers-jan-21-1977-007974 and answer the following questions.

a. Explain what Carter did with the draft dodgers:

b. Why was this controversial?

c. How many people left the U.S. to avoid the draft ________________________ and what country

did they settle in ______________________________.

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Carter and the Camp David Accords [March 1979]5. Go to http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/camp-david-accords-signed and answer the following

questions:a. The President of (which 2 countries)______________________ and _____________________

signed the accords in Washington D. C

b. Why were the accords necessary-what was going on between these two countries?

c. As a result of the Accords what happened to the President of Egypt?

d. As a result of the treaties what does the relationship between these two countries look like today?

Ronald Reagan6. Go to http://www.ushistory.org/us/59b.asp and answer the following questions:

a. Reagan wanted to fix the nation’s economy, what three problems did he list as the issues he was trying to solve (because they hampered economic growth)?

b. How did Reagan propose to fix the issues, and which group of Americans did it specifically affect?

c. Reaganomics is also called? ___________________ or _________________________.

7. Go to http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-reagan-doctrine-is-announced and answer the following question.

a. What is the Reagan Doctrine?

8. Go to http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/page20.shtml to answer the following questions.a. What does SDI stand for, and what was its nickname

b. What was the intent of this program? Was it successful, explain…

9. Google two more facts about Ronald Reagan

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George HW Bush10. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgehwbush to answer the following questions.

a. What years was George H.W. Bush president and what president number was he?

b. What war ended while Bush was President?

c. Explain 2 other foreign issues that occurred while Bush was president.

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Bill Clinton11. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/williamjclinton to answer the following questions.

a. List two positive things that happened under Clinton’s presidency.

b. List 2 legislative actions Clinton took while he was President.

c. Describe the impeachment process for Clinton.

d. List 2 foreign affair issues Clinton dealt with while President.

Gore v. Bush – Election of 200012. Go to http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3377 to answer the following

question.a. Provide details on the election of 2000 Gore vs. Bush

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George W Bush13. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewbush to answer the following questions.

a. What major even occurred the first year of Bush’s presidency?

b. In response to this event what 3 things did President Bush do?

c. Explain the controversial action Bush took while President.

Barack Obama14. Go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/barackobama to answer the following questions.

a. When was Obama elected?

b. Provide two details on his life between law school and being elected president.

Analysis15. Which of the previous Presidents do you think faced the greatest challenges and why?

16. Which of the previous Presidents do you think has the best lasting legacy and why?

17. If you could pick one of the previous Presidents to spend the day with who would you pick and why?

18. When you are able to vote what qualities and/or characteristics will you look for in a future President?

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Iranian Hostage Crisis

As you read, write a short description for each event. Not every date will be explicitly mentioned in the text.

1953 Jan. 16, 1979

Jan. 30, 1979

Oct. 1979 Nov. 4, 1979

Nov. 11, 1979

Apr. 11, 1980

Jan. 21, 1980

Memo to President Carter

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Analysis Questions:1. What does the following quote mean? What does it say about the sentiments of the American

people at the time? ““(Americans) ally around the president in a crisis…what Carter didn't foresee is, this enormous

investment means you have to have a resolution to the issue."

2. Why did Carter not take direct military action in the first months of the hostage crisis?

3. What actions did Carter take to try and get the hostages returned to the US?

4. What finally caused the Iranians to release the hostages, why didn’t they do it sooner?

5. Could this crisis have been avoided, was there anything that Carter could have done differently?

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The Persian Gulf WarBackground Information

• Iraq• 18 Million People

• Slightly Larger than __________

• 1 million-man-army

• 4th Largest in the world

• Lead by ___________________

• Brutal Dictator

• Promised “Mother of All Battles”

Iraq-Iran War• US _________________ Hussein

• Saw him as “lesser of two evils”

• Given weapons by ___________

__________________________

• 1988 Last Major Battle of War

• Hussein killed ____________ Iranians

Kuwait• Feb. 1990:

• Told Arab Cooperation Council they owed ____________________to cover Gulf States’ share of the war

• _______________

• US Ambassador meets with Hussein

• Reported that Iraq wouldn’t use force against __________________

• August 2, 1990:

• Iraq invades and _______________ Kuwait

• President George H.W. Bush declared it an act of aggression

• Sent war ships to the Persian Gulf

• UN Demanded immediate withdrawal

• Set out to build “______________________________” to liberate Kuwait

War Begins August 1990:

• General Norman Schwarzkopf named commander of “Operation Desert __________”

• Defensive phase of the war

• ___________________ all shipments of Iraqi oil

• Iraqi Gov. announces that citizens of “___________ _______________” would be used as human shields.

• January 1991:

• Negotiation between US and Iraq end in Stalemate

• Congress grants Pres. Bush authority to __________ ___________

• Enforce UN resolution against Iraq

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Stormin’ Norman• January 17th, 1991:

• Operation “______________ _____________” begins

• Air strikes of Radar Control Stations

• Goal was to bring “_____________” to Iraq’s ability to wage war

• February 27th, 1991:

• Kuwait _________________

• By war's end, more bomb tonnage had been dropped on Iraq than had been dropped by U.S. forces during all of _____________________________

Document 1:Was the Middle Ease a place where the US needed to be? Include at least 3 reasons to justify your answer.

Document 2:Did the United States conduct the war in a reasonable and honorable manner? Remember Your Evidence!

Document 3:Did the United States fail in not overthrowing Saddam Hussein when they had the chance in 1991? Why?

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September 11, 2001Details – General

• ______ militants associated with al-Qaeda

• ____________________ four airliners

• Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the

_____________________________________ in New York City

• A third plane hit the ___________________ just outside Washington, D.C.

• The fourth plane crashed in a field in ___________________________

• Nearly ______________________ people were killed

• including more than _________ police officers and firefighters

Details – Hijackers

• Islamic terrorists from _______________________________ and several other Arab nations

• Supported by ________________________________ and al-Qaeda

• Acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and

its continued military presence in the Middle East

• Some of the terrorists had lived in the _______________________________________ for more than a

year

• Some had taken _____________________________________ at American commercial flight schools

• Others had slipped into the country in the months before and acted as the “muscle” in the operation.

• The flights were bound for ________________________, chosen because the planes were loaded with

___________ for the long transcontinental journey.

• Soon after takeoff, the terrorists took over the four planes

Details – NY – North Tower

• American Airlines Flight ______

• Boeing 767, 92 people on board (5 hijackers)

• From _________________ en route to Los Angeles

• 7:59am – take off

• 8:14 – flight attendants alert ground personnel that plane has been hijacked; AA alerts the ____________

• 8:46 – plane crashes into floors ___________________ of the North Tower of the WTC

• Everyone on board is killed along with hundreds in the building

• 10:28 – North Tower ______________________

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Details – NY – South Tower

• United Airlines Flight ______

• Boeing 767, 65 people on board (5 hijackers)

• From _______________ en route to Los Angeles

• 8:14 – take off

• 9:03 – crashes into floors _____________ of the South Tower of the WTC

• Everyone on board is killed along with hundreds in the building

• 9:59 – South Tower _______________________

Details – Pentagon

• American Airlines Flight ______

• Boeing 757, 64 people on board (5 hijackers)

• From _________________ (Washington DC) to Los Angeles

• 8:20 – take off

• 9:24 – FAA notifies NEADS (NorthEast Air Defense Sector) that they suspect the plane has been

hijacked

• Some ___________________________________________ were able to alert family on the

ground

• 9:37 – crashes into the ____________________________ side of the Pentagon

• Kills all on board and _________ people in the building

Details – Pennsylvania

• United Airlines Flight ______

• Boeing 757, 44 people on board (4 hijackers)

• ________________ (New Jersey) en route to San Francisco

• 8:41 – take off

• Scheduled to depart around 8:00

• Passengers and crew learn from family on the ground about the attacks in New York and

Washington

• Passengers and crew mount an attempt to retake the plane

• 10:03 – hijackers deliberately ______________________________ into a field in Somerset, Pennsylvania

• All on board are killed

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Details – Timeline

• 9:02 – Port Authority orders evacuation of _________________________________

• 10-14,000 were already in the process of evacuating

• 9:08 – FAA bans all flights going to or through ___________________________

• 9:21 – all ______________________________________________ in NY are closed

• 9:31 – ____________________, in Florida, calls the events an “apparent terrorist attack on our country”

• 9:42 – all flights over or bound for the US are _______________________

• 9:45 – White House and US Capitol are __________________________

• 11am – Mayor Giuliani calls for evacuation of Lower ___________________ (more than 1 million

people)

• 2:51 – US Navy sends ___________________________________________________ to NY and DC

• 5:20 – _____________________ WTC collapses

• 47 story building

• _______________________________________ for Ground Zero

• 8:30pm – President Bush addresses the nation

ActivityChoose 15-20 events from above, events that you think are critical to understanding what happened that day, and list them and their time below.

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Timeline – using the 15-20 events from the previous page, create a timeline for September 11.

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The StoriesStory 1

Story 2

Story 3

Story 4

Story 5

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How has 9/11 Changed America?

Memorials

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Unit 11 | Modern HistoryStudy Guide

This test will be made up of true/false and multiple choice questions.  There will be 40-50 questions related to this final unit of study.  

Presidents Obama born where? Historically - where are most

from?

Watergate Nixon v. US - decision “Smoking Gun” tape Mark Felt Nixon - resignation Nixon - impeached?

Presidential Webquest Camp David Accords

What was it? What countries?

Carter Vietnam Draft Evaders

Reagan Reaganomics SDI

Election of 2000 What was the issue? What happened?

September 11, 2001 Department of Homeland

SecurityPresidential Anomalies

Only non-elected president Only president to resign Modern president that was

impeachedSuccession of modern presidents:

Ford, Carter, Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush. Obama

The Persian Gulf War US casualties Saddam Hussein - role and impact What country did Hussein lead? What country was invaded? How long did it last? US President during US military leader during End result

Iran Hostage Crisis Prime Minister Mossadegh - who

was he? Did the US like him? Khomeini - who was he? Did the US

like him? Shah - who was he? Did the US like

him? What happened to him? Shah and his entrance to America -

why? Impact? Situation – why were hostages

taken? Where were they at when they were taken hostage?

Hostages - how many? And where were the taken hostage at?

Ending - what event ended the crisis?

September 11, 2001 Planes - how many? supposed to be

going to? Hijackers - how many? where were

they from? background? Targets - what places were hit? how

many were killed? Impact on America

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2nd Semester | Final Exam Review Sheet

Your final consists of 100 multiple choice questions related to all content for the semester. Studying the following information will help you be prepared. There may be some questions on the test that are not directly referenced on this review sheet.

World War II – Blue Workbook Pearl HarborKristallnachtAppeasement and HitlerWWII CasualtiesWWII – Depression impactBataan Death MarchBattle of Midway – goal – success

Marshall PlanFire Bombing Campaign on JapanHitler and the JewsLend-Lease ActIwo JimaNeutrality Act of 1935Rise of Dictatorships after WWI

Civil Rights – Pink Workbook Malcolm XBlack MuslimsEisenhower and segregationLetters from a Birmingham JailCivil Rights Act 1957MLK

SCLCFreedom RidersLittle Rock NineSNCCCOREMarch on Washington

Cold War – Green Workbook Korea – TodayBay of PigsPeace CorpsNixon – Kennedy – containmentMacArthur and the Korean WarCold War/SovietsYalta ConferenceJoseph McCarthyElection of 1960Women in the 1950s

Julius and Ethel RosenbergTruman DoctrineGermany Zones of OccupationHUACKorean War – ResultsSpace RaceEisenhower Foreign PolicyKorean War – SidesTruman and MacArthur

Vietnam War – Orange Workbook Tet OffensivePresident JohnsonVietcongNgo Dinh DiemDraftSoldiers returning from VietnamEnd of Vietnam War in VietnamVietnminh and WWIITruman and France in VietnamJohnson and hesitance to enter Vietnam – why?US Entrance into Vietnam – Why?

Dien Bien PhuAgent OrangeNapalmProject VenonaOperation Rolling ThunderGI BillWarren CommissionGulf of Tonkin ResolutionCredibility GapHawks and Doves“Checkers Speech” Nixon

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