Friday, May 21, 2010

8th Grade Test

The last 8th Grade Social Studies Test will be Tuesday, May 25th. The last 15 minutes of class students will be allowed to use their notes. The material will also be on the final, so preparation for this test is preparation for the final. We will be reviewing this material on Monday, then spend the rest of the week reviewing.


Material Covered

Politics 1945-1970

The Vietnam War

Social Change in the 1960s

Format

10-10-10-1

Key People, Events, Terms

Earl Warren Court

How were they different?

1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate

Political Leaders

John F. Kennedy

Assassination

Advisors to Vietnam

Lyndon B. Johnson

Medicare

War on Poverty

Escalates Vietnam

Barry Goldwater

1964 Election

George Wallace

1968 Election

Southern Strategy

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Vietnam War

French Indochina

Cambodia / Laos

Gulf of Tonkin

The Draft

Guerilla Warfare

Tet Offensive

My Lai

Role of Media

1968

Olympics, Black Power

DNC, Yippies, Pigasus

MLK, RFK

Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

Rachel Carson

Environmentalism

EPA

Earth Day – 4/22

Cesar Chavez

United Farm Workers

Anti-Vietnam War

Kent State

Draft-Dodging

Draft-Resisting

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