| Date Due |
Pages |
Key Concepts to Master |
| May 8 |
802-806 |
- The priorities set by LBJ in creating his "Great Society"
- The specific steps taken by the Johnson administration to address
these priorities
- The impact of the major decisions made by the Warren Court during the
1960's
|
| May 10 |
873-877 |
- The reasons behind deepening American involvement in Vietnam
- The ways that U.S. forces got involved in actual combat between
1964-1968
- The reasons why the Tet Offensive was such a key turning point in the
course of the war
|
| May 14 |
878-885 |
- The conditions that made the Vietnam War an especially brutal conflict
- The ways that the Vietnam War adversely affected the lives of
Vietnamese Civilians
- The impact of the My Lai Massacre on public opinion and morale in the
U.S.
- The specific reasons why the war was met with so much activism and
resistance by American college students
|
| May 16 |
887-894 |
- The various forces for change that led American youth in new cultural
directions in the late 1960's and early 1970's
- The steps taken by Richard Nixon to try and end American involvement
in Vietnam
- The reaction at home to those steps, specifically the invasion of
Cambodia and Laos
- The aftermath of the Vietnam War: casualties, refugees, wounded pride,
divided public opinion, etc.
|
| May 17 |
We will take a
small test/big quiz on this material |