Vietnam: Moving towards Conflict

Today we discussed the beginning of US involvement in Vietnam

Topics discussed include

- French Conflict

- Ho Chi Minh

- Vietminh

- Conflict against the Japanese

- Dien Bien Phu

- Geneva Accords

- Ngo Dinn Diem

- Vietcong

- Gulf of Tonkin = WMD

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/5.%20Vietnam/2.%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict/Viet%20Nam%20-%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict.pdf

Link to assignment

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/5.%20Vietnam/2.%20Moving%20Toward%20Conflict/Entry%20to%20Viet%20Nam%20Worksheet.doc

Cold War: Unit Test Pt 2

Today the students took the second part of the cold war test.

Cold War: Johnson and the Great Society

Today we talked about Johnson's transition to president, as well as some of his domestic policies.

Topics discussed

- LBJ Treatment

- War on Poverty

- 1964 Election

- "I will send no troops to Vietnam"

- Medicare & Medicaid

- 1964 Civil Rights Act

- Warren Court

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/7.%20The%20Great%20Society/Cold%20War%20-%20Johnson%27s%20Presidency.pdf

Test review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/8.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Unit%20Test/Cold%20War%20PT%202%20Review.doc

Cold War: Kennedy's New Frontier and Death

Today we talked about Kennedy's domestic agenda, as well as his assassination.

Topics discussed

- Peace Corps

- Alliance for Progress

- Race to the Moon

- Assassination in Dallas

- Lee Harvey Oswald

- Jack Ruby

- Magic Bullet

- Conspiracy

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/6.%20The%20New%20Frontier/Cold%20War%20-%20Death%20of%20a%20President.pdf

Cold War: Kennedy and the Cold War

Today students continued discussing the cold war - today's discussion focused on Kennedy and his interactions

Topics discussed

- Election of 1960

- 1st Televised Debate

- White House = Camelot

- New Military Policy

- Bay of Pigs

- Cuban Missile Crisis

- Formation of the Berlin Wall

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/5.%20Kennedy%20and%20the%20Cold%20War/JFK%20The%20Early%20Years.pdf

Cold War: Part 1 Unit Test

Today the students took the assessment for the first part of the Cold War Unit.

Link to review

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/8.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Unit%20Test/American%20Studies.doc

Cold War: Two Nations Live on the Edge

Today we talked about ratcheting tension between the two great superpowers, and it's effects.

Topics discussed

- Brinkmanship

- Warsaw Pact

- Eisenhower Doctrine

- Nikita Khrushchev

- Sputnik

- U-2 Incident

Link to notes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/3.%20The%20Cold%20War/4.%20Two%20Nations%20Live%20on%20the%20Edge/Cold%20War%20-%20Two%20Nations%20Live%20on%20the%20Edge.pdf