Name:______Class Period:____ Unit 8, Period 8
Continuity/Change over Time, 1945-1989 – Truman through Reagan
Skill Type 1: Chronological Reasoning Historical thinking involves the ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate the relationships among multiple historical causes and effects, distinguishing between those that are long- term and proximate, and among coincidence, causation, and correlation. Skill 2: Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time Historical thinking involves the ability to recognize, analyze, and evaluate the dynamics of historical continuity and change over periods of time of varying lengths, as well as the ability to relate these patterns to larger historical processes or themes. Proficient students should be able to Analyze and evaluate historical patterns of continuity and change over time. Connect patterns of continuity and change over time to larger historical processes or themes
Prompt: To what extent did Cold War era presidents from Harry Truman in 1945 to Ronald Reagan in 1989 maintain continuity and foster change in American foreign policy?
1. Define your parameters.
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2. Review the notes on the following page, and then answer the questions below.
Explain the historical context of “Cold War”
Was there more continuity or more change from Truman to Reagan? Explain…
Explain your opposing view…
Extension: On a separate sheet of paper, write your thesis and categorize evidence lists.
Historical Analysis Activity written by Rebecca Richardson, Allen High School using the 2012 College Board APUSH Framework, images from whitehouse.gov Unit 8, Period 8 Continuity/Change over Time, 1945-1989 – Truman through Reagan Cold War Era Presidential Policies Review Containment , United Nations, & Support for Israel - ALL of them
Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953, Democrat John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963, Democrat Fair Deal New Frontier Conservative “Do Nothing Congress” Peace Corps Wanted Civil Rights legislation, against lynching and poll taxes Civil Rights Bill McCarthy Era March on Washington Wanted federal funds for public education Bay of Pigs invasion Taft Hartley Act Cuban Missile Crisis Fear of communism – Alger Hiss/Rosenbergs , Alger Hiss, HUAC Acceleration arms race Truman Doctrine Alliance for Progress Potsdam Conference Test Ban Treaty Atomic Bombs Advisors to Vietnam United Nations founded Flexible Response Cold War with Soviet Union begins Kennedy Doctrine Marshall Plan Berlin Crisis U.S. policy of containment Green Berets Berlin Blockade and Airlift Assassination Occupation of Germany and Japan Plans Moon Landing Formation of NATO Point Four Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969, Democrat Korean War (1950-1953) Great Society U.S. support of Israel Civil Rights Act, 1964 Economic and military assistance to French in Vietnam when China began supplying arms to rebels War on Poverty (1945-1953) Economic Opportunities Act Job Corps Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961, Republican Community Action Programs McCarthy Era/Army-McCarthy hearings Head Start Brown v. Board of Education Medicare/Medicaid Montgomery Bus Boycott t Elementary and Secondary School Act National Guard to Little Rock Central High Immigration Act of 1965 Continuation of containment Women's movement Dulles – liberation Chicano movement Eisenhower Doctrine in Middle East Red Power movement Containment in Southeast Asia Black power movement Domino theory Student protest - Civil Rights and Vietnam Suez Crisis Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) Massive foreign aid Death of Malcolm X, MLK, & RFK Ends Korean War Americanization of the War Continued support South Vietnam Tet Offensive New Look/Massive Retaliation Operation Rolling Thunder Operation Wetback Johnson Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Indian Termination Dominican Republic SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) Voting Rights Act, 1965 Cuba becomes communist Housing Act, 1968 U2 Affair Gun Control Act
Historical Analysis Activity written by Rebecca Richardson, Allen High School using the 2012 College Board APUSH Framework, images from whitehouse.gov
Unit 8, Period 8 Continuity/Change over Time, 1945-1989 – Truman through Reagan Cold War Era Presidential Policies Review Continued Containment , United Nations, & Support for Israel - ALL of them
Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974, Republican Fights inflation James Carter, 1977-1981, Democrat Devaluation of the dollar Carter Doctrine Kent State Fuel Shortage Busing slows down Human Rights Détente Inflation/Malaise/Stagflation Curtails domestic spending Panama Treaty Increased bombing to No. Vietnam Official recognition Communist China Man on Moon SALT II (failed) Watergate and impeachment hearings Camp David Accords War Powers Resolution Iranian Crisis New lottery draft system Tries to reduce Imperial presidency Vietnamization Conserving energy (response to OPEC) Nixon Doctrine Pardoned all Vietnam draft evaders 26th Amendment Soviets invade Afghanistan (grain embargo and boycott of Olympics in Moscow) Extends war to Cambodia Pentagon Papers SALT I Treaty Kissinger/Shuttle Diplomacy Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989, Republican Armistice in Vietnam (1973) Reaganomics Oil Embargo Tax cuts and reduction social programs Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act "evil empire" War on Drugs Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977, Republican INF Treaty Pardoned Nixon Invasion of Grenada Struggles with inflation (WIN) and unemployment Trade imbalance Fall of Vietnam Iran- hostages returned Communist - Cambodia Lebanon hostage crisis Helsinki Accords Reagan Doctrine 2 women tried to assassinate him Star Wars / SDI Iran Contra Affair AIDS End of Cold War START I Assassination attempt Brady Bill Immigration Reform and Control Act Diplomacy with Mikhail Gorbechev
Historical Analysis Activity written by Rebecca Richardson, Allen High School using the 2012 College Board APUSH Framework, images from whitehouse.gov