ACT Extra Credit

While I am not a proponent of testing [in general], I am an advocate of doing well on the ACT because it can help you get into the college you want, help you get scholarships, and it allows colleges to find you based on your scores and interest inventory.  For that reason, I am choosing to offer extra credit for those who take the ACT and do well.

• "20 Point Club":  50 Extra Credit Points
• "30 Point Club":  100 Extra Credit Points
• "32 Point Club":  Grade Bump (up one grade)

ACT Score must be shown to me by the last day of school.

22.2: The Ford and Carter Years

Chapter 22: Section 2: The Ford and Carter Years

• Checkpoint (p.720): How did President Ford's WIN program try to address inflation, and how successful was it?
• Running Out of Gas (p.721): Why did the scarcity of oil in the 1970s have such a strong impact on the United States?
• Checkpoint (p.722): What challenges did President Carter face?
• Immigration Changes in America (p.722): From which region did more people emigrate in the 1970s -- Southeast Asia or Latin America?
• Geography and History (p.723): Use the map and table to describe how political power shifted in the 1970s.
• Thinking Critically: 1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.725): In what ways did the United States change socially and culturally during the 1970s?
• Section 2 Assessment: 2, 4, 5, 6

22.1: Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

Chapter 22: Section 1: A Crisis in Confidence

• Inflation on the Rise (p.711): How would high unemployment make the situation even worse?
• Checkpoint: What was the goal of President Nixon's "new federalism"?
• Turmoil Over Busing (p.712): Why do you think that busing provoked such a strong reaction?
• Checkpoint (p.713): In what ways did Nixon appear to send mixed messages about civil rights?
• Note Taking (p.713): Create Chart
• Thinking Critically (p.715): How did Congress and the Supreme Court balance the role of the executive branch during the Watergate crisis?
• A Breach of Faith (p.717): Do you think these laws helped to restore the public's faith in government?  Explain.
• Checkpoint (p.717): What role did Richard Nixon and his top aides play in the Watergate scandal?
• Using the chart from page 713 and what you have read in this section, write a 5 paragraph essay explaining the Watergate scandal and its' effects on America.  Make sure to check out "What Are the Limits of Executive Privilege?" section on page 718.

21.4: The Environmental Movement

Chapter 21: Section 4: The Environmental Movement

• Map Skills (p.700): #1, 2, 3
• Checkpoint (p.700): How did the modern environmental movement grow?
• Transfer Activities (p.702): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.703): Why did some people oppose the environmental movement?
• Section 4 Assessment: #1, 3, 4

21.3: The Rights Revolution Expands

Chapter 21: Section 3: The Rights Revolution Expands

• Checkpoint (p.693): Why did Mexicans and Immigrants from other Latin American countries migrate to the United States?
• Graph Skills (p.693): Describe the growth of the Latino population from 1970 to 2020.
• Checkpoint (p.694): What were some of the demands of Latino groups in the 1960s and 1970s?
• Thinking Critically (p.695): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.696): Why did Native Americans work to expand their rights?
• Checkpoint (p.697): How did rights for consumers and people with disabilities expand during the 1960s and 1970s?
• Section 3 Assessment: 4, 5, 7

21.2: The Women's Rights Movement

Chapter 21: Section 2: The Women's Rights Movement

• Terms and People (p.686): 6 Terms
• Note Taking (p.686): Diagram
• Checkpoint (p.687): How did the women's movement of the 1960s begin?
• Checkpoint (p.688): What were the goals of the women's movement?
• Compare (p.689): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.690): What legal and social gains have the women's movement made?
• Section 2 Assessment: #2, 3, 5
• Thinking Critically (p.691): #1 & 2

21.1: The Counterculture

Chapter 21: Section 1: The Counterculture

• Checkpoint (p.683): What factors influenced the rise of the counterculture?
• Thinking Critically (p.684): Why do you think the generation of people born between 1925 and 1942 has been called the "silent generation"?
• Checkpoint (p.685): What characteristics define the counterculture?
• Checkpoint (p.685): Why did the counterculture fall apart?
• Section 1 Assessment: 1, 4, 5, 6

20.3: The War Divides America

Chapter 20 Lesson 3: The War Divides America

• African American Soldiers in Battle (p.657): Based on the line graph, why might African American recruits be unhappy with the draft?
• Checkpoint (p.658): Why did the antiwar movement grow across the nation?
• Map Skills (p.659): #1 & 2
• Can the United States Win the War in Vietnam? (p.660): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.660): How was the Tet Offensive both a victory and a defeat for the United States?
• Thinking Critically (p.661): #1 & 2
• Map Skills (p.662): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.663): What happened in the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago?
• Section 3 Assessment (p.663): #4, 5, 6

20.2: U.S. Involvement Grows

Chapter 20 Lesson 2: U.S. Involvement Grows

•  Map Skills (p.651): #2 & 3
• Checkpoint (p.652): What was the strategic aim of Operation Rolling Thunder?
• Thinking Critically (p.653): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.654): Why did the morale of American troops decline as the war continued?
• Checkpoint (p.655): What were the opposing viewpoints of hawks and doves?
• Analyzing Political Cartoons (p.655): #1 & 2
• Section 2 Assessment (p.655): 4, 5, 6

20.1: Origins of the Vietnam War

Chapter 20 Section 1: Origins of the Vietnam War

• Note Taking (p.644): Chart
  
• Vietnam Under French Rule (p.645): In 1954, what regions of Indochina were under communist control?
• Checkpoint (p.646): Why did Presidents Truman and Eisenhower support French efforts against Ho Chi Minh?
• Checkpoint (p.647): How did the United States help the South Vietnamese government resist communism?
• Checkpoint (p.648): What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
• Section 1 Assessment (p.648): #1, 2, 4, 5, 6

19.3: Johnson's Great Society

19.3: Johnson's Great Society

• Poverty and Prosperity (p.631): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.633): How did Johnson continue Kennedy's plan to eliminate poverty in the United States?
• Thinking Critically (p.633): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.633): Which immigrant groups were affected by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
• Section 3 Assessment (p.636): 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court (p.637): Summarize (in your own words) how Ernesto Miranda's case affected police procedure to this day?

19.1: Kennedy and the Cold War

Chapter 19 Section 1: Kennedy and the Cold War

• Note Taking (p.616): Chart
  
• Checkpoint (p.618): How did the television debates affect the 1960 presidential election?
• Compare (p.618): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.619): What strategies did Kennedy use to improve relations between the United States and developing countries?
• Map Skills (p.621): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.622): Why was the United States concerned about the missile sites in Cuba?
• Section 1 Assessment (p.622): #1, 2, 4, 5, 6

19.2: Kennedy's New Frontier

Chapter 19 Section 2: Kennedy's New Frontier

• Note Taking (p.624): Chart
• Checkpoint (p.624): Why did people feel that Kennedy was a different kind of politician?
• Analyzing Political Cartoons (p.625): #1 & 2
• Thinking Critically (p.626): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.627): Why did Kennedy change the way in which he addressed civil rights issues?
• Checkpoint (p.627): What was the purpose of the Warren Commission?
• Section 2 Assessment: #3, 4, 5, 6

18.3: New Successes and Challenges

Chapter 18 Section 3: New Successes and Challenges

• Voting Rights Legislation Takes Effect (p.602): Which state listed in the table had the greatest increase in voter registration between 1964 and 1968?
• Checkpoint (p.602): What impact did the protests in Selma, Alabama, have on the nation?
• Transfer Activities (p.603): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.604): Why was the Kerner Commission formed?
• Thinking Critically (p.606): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.607): What impact did Malcolm X have on the civil rights movement?
• Checkpoint (p.607): Why did King go to Memphis in 1968?
• Checkpoint (p.608) What gains did the civil rights movement make by the early 1970s?
• Section 3 Assessment (p.608): #4, 5, 6

18.2: The Movement Gains Ground

Chapter 18 Section 2: The Movement Gains Ground

• Protesting Segregation (p.590): How would you describe the atmosphere at this lunch counter?
• Checkpoint (p.591): How did young people energize the civil rights movement in the 1960s?
• Thinking Critically (p.591): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.592): What did the freedom rides accomplish?
• Checkpoint (p.593): How did James Meredith and Martin Luther King Jr. prompt President Kennedy to promote civil rights?
• Checkpoint (p.595): What is considered the highlight of the March on Washington?
• Thinking Critically (p.595): Why was the March on Washington a symbolic and appropriate choice for a civil rights demonstration?
• Checkpoint (p.596): How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 try to end discrimination?
• Section 2 Assessment: 4, 5, 6
• Thinking Critically (p.597): #1 & 2
• Thinking Critically (p.599): #1 & 2

18.1: Early Demands for Equality

Chapter 18 Lesson 1: Early Demands for Equality

• Note Taking (p.580): Civil Rights Movement in order.  Use this for sections 2 and 3 as well.
• Map Skills (p.582): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.582): How did segregation affect the lives of African Americans?
• Checkpoint (p.584): Why was the Brown v. Board of Education decision important?
• Integrating Little Rock Schools (p.584): How is Eckford responding to the white students?
• Checkpoint (p.585): Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock?
• Thinking Critically (p.586): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.587): What role did Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., play in the Montgomery bus boycott?
• Section 1 Assessment (p.587): #1, 4, 5, 6
• Connect to Your World (p.588): Graph and Questions

17.3: Mass Culture and Family Life

Chapter 17 Section 3: Mass Culture and Family Life

• Checkpoint (p.561): What were some reasons why consumer spending skyrocketed in the postwar era?
• Checkpoint (p.562): In what ways did family life revolve around children during the 1950's?
• Thinking Critically (p.563): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.564): How did television reflect and reinforce the ideal of the nuclear family in the postwar period?
• Checkpoint (p.565): How did rock-and-roll gain popularity?
• Section 3 Assessment: #1 (consumerism and median family income), 4, 5, 6

17.4: Dissent and Discontent

Chapter 17 Section 4: Dissent and Discontent

Assignment:

• Witness History (p.567): Why did Mr. Brown believe that "colored people" had little hope of "deliverance"?
• Note Taking (p.567): Chart
• Why did many intellectuals and artists criticize American culture during the 1950s?
• Checkpoint (p.570): How did the federal government respond to the decline of American cities?
• Graph Skills (p.570): What percentage of Americans lived below the poverty line in 1965?  Why do you think the poverty rate remains higher among minorities?
• Checkpoint (p.571): What were some of the problems that minorities had to overcome in the postwar era?
• Section 4 Assessment: #2, 4, 5, 6

Chapter Assessment:

• Focus Questions: #5 - 8
• Critical Thinking: #9 - 15
• Document Based Assessment: #1 - 4

So how is poverty today?