4th+Quarter+E-Texts

**E-Text: Due June 5th/6th**
  E-Text: Due Tuesday/Wednesday   1. Why did Osama Bin Laden start his attacks on the United States?   2. Why was the war in Afganistan started? What have the outcomes been?   3. Why was the second war in Iraq started? What have been the outcomes?   4. List 3 reasons for the economic recession that started in 2008. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and what does it do? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**E-Text: Due May 28th/29th**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. Who were the Little Rock 9?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. What were the Freedom Rides?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. Who was Martin Luther King? What role did he play in the Civil Rights Movement?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. Who was Malcom X? What role did he play in the Civil Rights Movement?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. What was the difference between the way Martin Luther King and Malcolm X worked for Civil Rights?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**E-Text: Due May 24th/25th**
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. What was the background of the conflict in Vietnam?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. How/Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. What were some of the problems the U.S. faced in Vietnam?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. What was Nixon's "Peace with Honor" Plan?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. How did the war end?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**E-Text: Due May 8th/9th**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. What was the Manhattan Project?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. Why were the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki targeted?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. What were some of the justifications used for dropping the bombs by the U.S.?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. What was the Japanese Instrument of Surrender?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. Describe the damage in life, environment, and infrastructure that the atomic bombs caused.

E-Text-Due Thursday/Friday

1. What was the Battle of Britain?

2. What was the U.S. initial reaction to the war in Europe?

3. Why did Japan attack the U.S.?

4. What was D-Day?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**E-Text: Due April 24th/25th**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">E-Text: Beginning of the Great Depression

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. Please briefly summarize the 6 reasons the website gives for the causes of the Great Depression.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">General Internet Search

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. What happened in the Bonus Army Strike of 1932?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. What were "Hoovervilles"? Why did they have this name?

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">E-Text: Due April 17th/18th **
E-Text-1920's

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1. How did alcohol become illegal in the United States?

2. What were some of the problems that arose when alcohol was made illegal? What were speakeasies?

3. What were some of the reasons alcohol was made legal again?

Other Questions (General Internet Search)

4. What was the Immigration Act of 1924?

5. What was the League of Nations? Why did it eventually fail?

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">E-Text: Due April 10th/11th **
Please go to the following site

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1. What are Mutual Defense Alliances? How did they help lead to war?

2. Define the following terms: Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism. How did these help lead to war?

3. What was the immediate cause of World War I? Why did this event lead to greater conflict?

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4. How did France, Russia, and Germany get involved in the war?

5. How did Great Britain become involved in the war?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**E-Text: Due March 29th/30th**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">E-Text: Please go to the following website and answer the following questions [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. What was the Progressive Movement? What were some of their main aims? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. What was Social Darwinism? Why did many of the rich accept this? Why did many of the Progressives reject this? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. What were the main goals of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. Who were the Muckrakers? What were an example of some famous Muckrakers?