Tuesday May 11, 2010

Just found out decades project is only extra credit! Whoot!

Last assigned blog of the year-

Research the following topics and describe what happened in each from beginning to end. Be sure to include at least one picture per topic:

1. Watergate
2. Persian Gulf War(1990-91)
3. 9-11 and the War on Terror- invasion of Afghanistan
4. Invasion of Iraq-2003

Mr. Bruns’ helpful info-

The next and last website grade of the year will be during the week starting Monday, May 24. All blogs, message board posts and website updating will be due on Sunday, May 23.

Here is what you need to do until then:

1. Get your Cold War project done.
2. Due daily blogs up to Friday, May 21.
3. Do five message board posts per week up to Sunday, May 23.
4. Get you final assigned blog done by Sunday, May 23.
5. Start doing your Semester test blog and prepare for the semester test.


Extra Credit Opportunities:

1. Do the teacher/class evaluation if you have not already done so(up to 10 points)-Due May 23
2. Three extra credit points for every 50 message board posts(up to 21 points)-Due May 23
3. Do the Decades project(up to 25 points)-Due May 23

Presentations

Fear of Communist- Many Americans were concerned for the safety of the US

The House Un-American Activities Committee- communist were sneaking propaganda into films

HUAC were friendly but hearings were un-constitutional

Black List- if you were communist you would be on this list and people would come after you, it was a bad thing! You would not get jobs ect..

Cuban Missile Crisis- Argument between Cuba and the US

Due to the Bay of Pigs invasion, this was the closest we have come to a nuclear war

Soviet Union was helping Cuba

The US wanted to quarantine Cuba- almost like a blockade but couldn’t call it that

Had nuclear war heads in turkey pointed to the Soviets

After Cuba removes their war heads the US removed theirs

US promised to never invade Cuba

Joe McCarthy-short temper, good speaker, he claimed the communist were taking over the gov’t. McCarthy accused people to be communist. McCarthyism-attacking on people who were suspected to be communist!

*Note to self!

- remember to add the background of Nixon to Cold War project!

- include audience

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