Preserving Freedom in an Age of Big Government

What is the job of the federal government? p 261

to protect the life and private property
                 of the individual and family

What were some saying the government
            should do by the 1960s?

should provide food, shelter, and other goods

This raises taxes for hard working Americans

    General Dwight Eisenhower

   1.  Commander of the Allied Forces in WW II . 

  2.  He became President of
            U. S. in 1952

 What was Eisenhower's main goal? p 262

 was to ensure American economic prosperity
while building up our defenses against Communism.

NATO, SEATO were country organizations
                   that banded against Communism

What's the difference between a liberal
             and conservative? p 263

conservatives: wants to preserve traditional values
liberals: wants to break away from traditional beliefs and values

John F. Kennedy President 1960-63

1.  Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic to be President         2.  Cold War tensions took center stage     Cuban Missile Crisis  3.  Peace Corps

4.  Space Program to put men in
   space and a man on the moon by
   the end of the decade.  July 1969
   1st man on the moon.

5.  JFK's New Frontier  social and welfare programs

    6.  Kennedy's Assassination  November 22,  1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald

A liberal Supreme Court

    1.  1962  ruled that prayer and Bible reading were illegal in the public schools

    2.  Roe vs. Wade legalized abortion

President Johnson  :  Welfare and Vietnam

Great Society  LBJ's larger welfare programs.

Vietnam War     1.  Pres Johnson send         thousands of troops     2.  Tet Offensive         Vietcong offensive     3.  Betrayals all around they were not allowed to fight to win     Read p 264.  What was clear about heroism and tragedy in Vietnam? Congress opposed a clear military victory

President Nixon:  From China to Watergate

    1.  Nixon pulled all American troops out of Vietnam

    2.  befriended Communist China

    3.  tried to cover-up the Watergate scandal

    President Gerald Ford VP for Nixon

    President Carter  gives the Panama Canal back to Panama

    American hostages are taken in Iran

Photo Credits:    Ike, Kennedy :  Library of Congress:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jr1947.html

 Vietnam   About.com http://americanhist.vietnampix.com%2Fintro2.htm

Iran Hostages: http://www.aspecialdayguide.com/images/bernat1.gif
                            http://www.helis.com/featured/operations/iranhostages.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.