• textbook --> pp. 896 - 899;  904 - 905.
• AMSCO --> pp. 593 - 597; 606.
• Heffner --> pp. 387 - 390 [Kennedy's Inaugural Address] & pp. 402 - 411 [Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"].
• Document --> Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

1. What were the factors that contributed to President Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election?
2. List the failures of the Kennedy administration's initial forays into foreign affairs in Cuba, Germany, and Vietnam.
3. Describe the events surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.  Why was Khrushchev willing to take a risk in Cuba?
4. How was JFK's policy toward Latin America similar to that of FDR's?
5. Why was the Limited Test Ban Treaty considered to be one of Kennedy's greatest achievements?
6. What was the historical significance of the 1963 March on Washington?
7. Identify the controversies surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 905 - 909.
• AMSCO --> pp. 597 - 600.

1. List the major components of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty."
2. What were the major provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?  Why was it such an important piece of legislation?
3. Identify the major events and efforts associated with "Freedom Summer."
4. List the major candidates, issues, and campaigning techniques used in the 1964 presidential election.
5. What were the events leading up to, as well as the provisions of, the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
6. Why was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution critical in terms of its impact in escalating the American involvement in Vietnam?
7. What were the major pieces of legislation enacted by Congress in the early phase of President Johnson's Great Society?
8. How did Congress attempt to improve education and health in Johnson's Great Society?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 914 - 924.
• AMSCO --> pp. 600 - 605.

1. What was the historical significance of "Operation Rolling Thunder?"
2. Define the term "search and destroy."  How successful was this American military strategy during the Vietnam War?
3. What were the factors that contributed to American protest against the policies of the Selective Service System?
4. Why was the Students for a Democratic Society an important group?  What was their political philosophy and approach as presented in the Port Huron Statement?
5. Identify other examples of grass roots political organizations that emerged in the United States during the 1960s.
6. Distinguish between the terms "youth culture" and "Counterculture," as they applied to 1960s American society.
7. How was the northern urban civil rights movement of the 1960s different from the earlier, southern rural movement?
8. What was the significance of the terms "Black Power," "Brown Power," and "Red Power?"

                         ASSIGNMENT 4:

• textbook --> pp. 924 - 927;  top of pg. 928.
• AMSCO --> pp. 607 - 611;  620 - 621.

1. What was the Tet Offensive?  How did it contribute to the political turbulence in the country in 1968?
2. Explain the impact of television on the American perception and understanding of the Vietnam War.
3. What were the factors that led to Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 presidential election?
4. Who were the Democratic candidates in the 1968 election?  What "wings" of the party did they represent?
5. Explain the meaning of the terms "Prague Spring," "Red Spring," and "The Battle of Morningside Heights."
6. What were the major domestic crises that have defined 1968 as "The Year of the Gun?"
7. What was the significance of Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine as the cornerstones of the Nixon policy in Vietnam?