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    Monday, 06 September 2010
    Recent foreign and domestic policy objectives
    The student understands domestic politics from Nixon to Carter.
    1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations in addressing social and environmental issues. [Assess the importance of the individual in history] 
    2. Assess the efforts of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations to combat recession and inflation. [Compare and contrast differing policies] 
    3. Explain the Nixon administration’s involvement in Watergate and examine the role of the media in exposing the scandal. [Formulate historical questions] 
    4. Analyze the constitutional issues raised by the Watergate affair and evaluate the effects of Watergate on public opinion. [Examine the influence of ideas] 
    The student understands domestic politics in contemporary society.
    1. Explain the conservative reaction to liberalism and evaluate supply-side economic strategies of the Reagan and Bush administrations. [Compare and contrast differing sets of ideas] 
    2. Examine the impact of the “Reagan Revolution” on federalism and public perceptions of the role of government. [Examine the influence of ideas] 
    3. Analyze constitutional issues in the Iran-Contra affair. [Identify issues and problems in the past] 
    4. Explain why labor unionism has declined in recent decades. [Interrogate historical data] 
    5. Evaluate the impact of recurring recessions and the growing national debt on the domestic agendas of recent presidential administrations. [Compare and contrast differing policies]
    The student understands major foreign policy initiatives.
    1. Assess U.S. policies toward arms limitation and explain improved relations with the Soviet Union. [Examine the influence of ideas] 
    2. Assess Nixon’s policy of detente with the USSR and the People’s Republic of China. [Analyze multiple causation] 
    3. Examine the U.S. role in political struggles in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships] 
    4. Evaluate Reagan’s efforts to reassert American military power and rebuild American prestige. [Hypothesize the influence of the past] 
    5. Explain the reasons for the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR. [Analyze multiple causation] 
    6. Evaluate the reformulation of foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships]
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