US HISTORY Unit 25 Mr.

Torrance
Prep Contemporary: 1972 to Present

HW 25 A INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: One person per topic – first come first serve
*** One Written Double ID and Oral Presentation with Visuals***
*** Must include Video if appropriate and/or Slides/Pictures ***
Some Students presented during last Unit 24 – Others during this Unit 25
All students will take notes

HW 25 B Read pp 854-856
Definitions: (50 to 100 words each)
1. Henry Kissinger
2. Détente
3. Nixon Visits China
4. US Soviet Tensions Ease

HW 25 D Read pp 857-862
Definitions: (50 to 100 words each)
5. The Watergate “Break in” (Mounting a Re-election Fight)
6. The Cover-up
7. “The Tapes” and Archibald Cox
8. The “Saturday Night Massacre” and Nixon Resigns
9. Impact of Watergate

HW 25 E Read pp 868, 888, 897-898

Definitions: (50 to 100 words each)
10. President Carter’s handling of the Soviet Union
11. Conservatism and the Cold War
12. Aid to Afghan Rebels
13. Nicaragua, Contras and Granada

HW 25 F Read pp 898-899, 916

Definitions: (50 to 100 words each)
14. START and “Star Wars”
15. Mikhail Gorbachev and INF
***Identification: (100 to 200 words)
16. The Cold War Ends (Gorbachev’s Reforms, East Europe and Collapse of USSR)