Unit Test, Part 2: A Time of Turmoil

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1. A 2009 survey of presidential rankings placed Richard Nixon 27th of 43 presidents. A 2005 survey had rated him 32nd of 43. How would you rate the Nixon presidency?

Write a brief essay describing Nixon’s achievements as president as well as an explanation of the negative impact his presidency had on the nation and why.

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2. Review the list of events below. All occurred during the 1960s and 1970s and all helped shape the future of the United States. Choose the three events that had the greatest long-term impact on the United States. Explain why you chose each of the three.

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Unit Test, Part 2: Democracy Tested

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1. Franklin Roosevelt promised the American people a new deal. Most believed that he also meant a good deal. Did America get a good deal with the New Deal? Write an essay explaining ways in which the New Deal was a success and the ways in which it was not.

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2. Franklin Roosevelt's presidency was the longest in U.S. history. He is famous for the fireside chats that informed and encouraged the American people through the Great Depression and World War II.

Suppose you were asked to give your own fireside chat about

Roosevelt's presidency. What would you say?

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Unit Test, Part 2: Postwar America

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1. "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

These words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., capture his philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience. He believed this was the best, the only, way to achieve the goals of the civil rights movement. Choose at least two events or incidents between the end of World War Il and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Explain how each exemplifies Dr. King's message.

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2. Television changed the culture of the United States and later the world. Americans began buying televisions in the 1950s, and by the end of the decade, 90% of families owned one.

In the early 1960s Newton Minow, served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Later, he was chairman of the board of PBS. He once described television as a "vast wasteland." He also said, "When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse."

Reflect on this idea as you describe the changes television brought to America during the 1950s, how TV influenced society, and the implications TV would have for the future.

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Explain the impact that President Bush had on the United States Supreme Court