MemriseEarly Christmas present: I will not check Memrise today. I will check Memrise next week on Monday. You need to have 225 words learned by Monday of next week. That is two weeks between checks to learn 35 words. The Schedule for Memrise will continue as follows: December 7 -- 225 words due December 14 -- 250 words due January -- 4 -- 300 words due Book Project DatesEssential QuestionsDid American presidents have good reasons to fight a war in Vietnam? Did the “Great Society” programs fulfill their promises? Is violence or non-violence the most effective means to achieve social change? Do the ideas of the 1960s still have relevance today? Did the Warren Supreme Court expand or undermine the concept of civil liberties? VocabularyLyndon B. Johnson -- Vice president who was quickly sworn in after the assassination of the president. President for most of the 1960's. War on Poverty -- President Lyndon B. Johnson's program in the 1960's to provide greater social services for the poor and elderly Great Society -- LBJ's platform; increased the size and involvement of the government in society. Extension of New Deal programs and Civil Rights (24th amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964.) Medicare -- A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older Medicaid -- A federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them. HUD -- Department of Housing and Urban Development Warren Court -- the Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights and free speech Earl Warren -- Chief Justice during the 1950s and 1960s who used a loose interpretation to expand rights for both African-Americans and those accused of crimes. NotesWarren Court CasesYou will go to this Google Slides presentation and follow the instructions there. Each person must complete their own and submit it on Schoology. This is due by the end of Class.
You will be assigned a case. The options are:
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