Module 7 - Twentieth Century America and Beyond - Activity 3

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Activity 3:  Readings:

• Read the following chapters in America Past and Present. These readings cover events in the twentieth century from the end of the First World War to the Watergate scandal: The “Roaring Twenties,” the Great Depression, the New Deal, the Second World War, the Korean War and the 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement, President John F. Kennedy and the 1960s, and the Vietnam War.
  • Chapter 24: “The Nation at War” (pages 461-480)
  • Chapter 25: “Wheels for the Millions” (pages 483-493)
  • Chapter 26: “The Struggle Against Despair” (pages 500-510)
  • Chapter 27: “Isolationism” (pages 522-538)
  • Chapter 28: “The Onset of the Cold War” (pages 540-560)
  • Chapter 29: “The Reaction to Sputnik” (pages 566-567)
  • Chapter 30: “The Turbulent Sixties” (pages 575-599)
  • Chapter 31: “To a New Conservatism” (pages 603-609)
  • Pay close attention to the maps on page 466, 470, 479, 530, 531, 542, 545, 549, and 589
• Log on to Thinkwell, and read:
  • Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.8 – The Causes and Outcomes of the Great Depression
  • Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.11 – The Major Causes and Consequences of World Wars I and II
  • Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.12 – The Role of the United States in World Wars I and II
  • Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.13 – The Major Events in the Post-World War II