APUSH @ Millbrook

We will write two essay outlines on Tuesday.

Selections from The 70s: (I will select 3 - you will do 1)

Assess President Nixon's strategy of Vietnamization. Do you think that it was the best way to end the war? Why or why not?
Offer your considered judgment of Richard Nixon as president, taking into account his personal qualities, domestic program, and foreign policies. If he had not harbored such bitter personal resentments, could he have been a great president? Why or why not?>
Explain why Jimmy Carter began his presidency with such great popularity and why, by the end of his term, he was widely unpopular. To what degree was the loss of popularity his fault and to what degree was it the result of forces beyond his control?
To what extent were the social and economic problems of the 1970s a result of failed American policies and actions of the 1960s? Which of the transformations that affected America in the 1970s would likely have happened under any circumstances/.
Which of the following was the more important in creating the mood of public disillusionment in the 1970s?: Watergate, the loss of Vietnam, or economic woes?

Selections from the Reagan Years: (I will select 3 - you will do 1)

What were Ronald Reagan's goals as he entered the presidency in 1981?> How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why?
Describe President Reagan's approach to foreign affairs. Was it effective? Why or why not?
What do you think have been the three most important international developments during Ronald Reagan's two terms of office?
Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?
Compare and contrast Ronald Reagan as leader and agent of political change in the 1980s with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

Thursday, May 21, 2015