Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Regents Review Class 5/5/09 - The Constitution

Here's your assignment for the day!

1. CLICK HERE. Complete the interactive multiple choice section. Please copy each question that you get wrong.

2. CLICK HERE Read each DBQ question carefully. In your notebooks, please complete the short answer questions only.

3. CLICK HERE. Please complete an outline of the thematic essay.

Tonight's HW - The Cold War "HOT 24"

Listed below are terms, and concepts related to the Cold War, which I've called the "Hot 24." These terms, concepts, etc. are the most common subject of mult. choice questions, essays, etc. on the Regents exam.

Your mission: For each term,

1. Identify what it is.
2. Its purpose: What/why it was done.
3. Its significance: Why was it important?

Here's the list

1. Truman Doctrine
2. Marshall Plan
3. Berlin Airlift
4. NATO
5. Warsaw Pact
6. Korean War
7. H.U.A.C.
8. Rosenberg Trial
9. McCarthyism
10. Domino Theory
11. CIA
12. Eisenhower Doctrine
13. Sputnik
14. Bay of Pigs
15. Cuban Missile Crisis
16. Tonkin Gulf Resolution
17. Vietnam War
18. War Powers Act of 1973
19. 26th Amendment
20. Iron Curtain
21. NY Times vs. United States
22. Alger Hiss
23. General Douglas MacArthur
24. Joseph McCarth