Today we finished the movie and went over semester test questions and format. We also went over our assigned blogs- I have Bill Clinton
- Netscape goes public-Internet starts
- Your research should focus on background, election results, and major accomplishments, scandals, etc.
This test will be worth 16% of your semester grade(100 points). You have the option to take the test orally, written(essay) or create a video documentary. You are also required to do a semester test blog over all the below topics.
Questions 1-3: One of the three-10 points
Questions 4-6: One of the three-10 points
Questions 7, 9, 10: Two of the three-20 points
Question 8: Three of the topics-30 points
Question 11: Two of the topics-20 points
Semester Test Blog-10 points
Driving Ideas for Semester Two:
1. What were the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
2. What impact did the stock market crash and Great Depression have on the lives of people in the United States?
3. What did the United States government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
4. What long lasting impact did the Great Depression have on the US and world?
5. What were the causes of WWII?
6. What impact did the United States have on WWII?
7. What were the goals for the US during the Cold War?
8. What were some of the major events that took place during the Cold War?
-Berlin Blockade/airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Red Scare/McCarthyism, Space Race, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, End of the Cold War
9. Why did the US go to war in Korea and Vietnam and what were outcome of those wars?
10. How did the Cold War come to an end?
11. Know these major major post-Cold War Events:
-JFK Assassination
-Watergate
-Iran Hostage Crisis
-Persian Gulf War(1991)
-9-11
-War in Afghanistan
-War in Iraq
-Civil Rights Issues(African Americans, Women)
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