HOTA Assignments 2/12-3/24

DÉTENTE
Due Thursday 2/12
Background of Détente, Détente timeline. Read textbook pgs. 410-12, 414-415 & 417-421.

Due Friday 2/13
Sino-American Détente.

Due Wednesday 2/18
Berlin Accords (1971) & Nixon’s China Visit (1972). Read pgs. 156-159 in CWP. Answer #1-6 on pg. 157 and #1, 4-7 on pg. 159.

Due Thursday 2/19
ABM Treaty & SALT I (1972) & reasons for USSR/USA Détente. Read pgs. 160-165 in CWP and answer #1, 3-6 on pg. 165.

Due Friday 2/20
Vladivostok Summit (1974) & the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. Read pgs. 170-174 in CWP and answer #1-6 on pg. 172 & #2-4 on pg. 174.

Due Monday 2/23
High Point of Détente – Helsinki Final Act (1975). Read pgs. 174-178 in CWP & answer #1-7 on pg. 178.

Due Tuesday 2/24
Carter on Human Rights & Egyptian/Israeli Peace (1977-79). Read pgs. 178-185 in CWP & answer #1-13 on pg. 185. (Questions on Human Rights Doc will be asked in class).

Due Wednesday 2/25
Normalization of U.S.-Chinese Relations (1978-79). Read pgs. 185-190 in CWP and answer #1-8 on pg. 190/191.

Due Thursday 2/26
SALT II Agreement (1979). Read pgs. 191-193 – answers to #1-6 will be discussed in class. We will also discuss German/USSR Relations.

Friday 2/27
TEST on Détente

END of DÉTENTE, VIETNAM & END OF COLD WAR

Due Monday 3/2
Collapse of Détente. Read textbook pg. 424-426. Euromissile Crisis (1979). Read pgs. 194-198 in CWP & answer #1-6 on pg. 198.

Due Tuesday 3/3
Invasion of Afghanistan & Carter Doctrine (1979-80). Read textbook pgs. 390-391. Read pgs. 198-204 in CWP & answer #1, 2, 5-10 on pg. 202 & #4 on pg. 204.

Due Wednesday 3/4
Reagan’s Anti-Soviet Rhetoric (1981-83) & Arms Control Proposal (1981). Read pgs. 204-209 in CWP & answer #1-6 on pg. 206 & #1-4 on pg. 209.


Due Thursday 3/5
Impact of Cold War on Non-Aligned Countries – information given in class.

Due Friday 3/6
Vietnam. Read pgs. 444-449 in textbook. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) & Lin Biao (1965). Read pgs. 135-139 of CWP & answer #1-5 on pg. 136.

Due Monday 3/9
Johnson & the Vietnam War (1965-68). Read pgs. 139-142 in CWP & answer #1, 2, 4, 6-8 on pg. 142.

Due Tuesday 3/10
Video on Vietnam & US withdraw from Vietnam (1973). Read pgs. 166-169 in CWP & answer #1-8 on pg. 169.

Due Wednesday 3/11
Poland in the 1980s & Andropov’s Peace Offensive (1982). Read pgs. 422-424 in textbook and pgs 213-214 in CWP & answer #1, 2, 4, 6.

Due Thursday 3/12
Reagan’s Star Wars Speech (1983), Nuclear Freeze Resolution (1983), KAL 007 Incident (1983) & Soviet Boycott of 1984 Olympics. Read pgs. 214-221 in CWP & be prepared to answer questions on all four topics in class (Socratic method class – be warned!!!).

Due Friday 3/13
Poland & the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev & the Geneva Summit (1985). Read pgs. 222-226 in CWP & answer #1-6 on pg. 226.

Due Monday 3/16
Reykjavik Summit (1986) & Reagan’s Berlin Speech (1987). Read pgs. 226-231 in CWP & answer #1-7 on pg. 229 & #3-5 on pg. 231.

Due Tuesday 3/17
Gorbachev’s New Thinking on International Relations; the INF Treaty (1987). Read pgs. 232-238 in CWP & answer #1, 2, 5-7 on pg. 234 & #1, 3, 5, 6 on pg. 237-238.

Due Wednesday 3/18
Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (1988-89) & Berlin Wall. Read pgs. 238-240 & 244-245 in CWP and answer #1, 4-6 on pg. 140 & #2, 4-6 on pg. 245.

Due Thursday 3/19
NATO’s London Declaration on the End of the Cold War (1990) Read pgs. 245-250 in CWP & answer #1-6 on pg. 248 & #1, 4-6 on pg. 250.

Due Friday 3/20
The CFE Treaty (1990) & START Treaty (1991). Read pgs. 250-256 in CWP & answer #1-5 on pg. 253 & #1, 3, 5 on pg. 256.

Due Monday 3/23
Attempted Coup in USSR & Gorbachev’s Resignation (1991). Read pgs. 256-263 & be prepared to answer questions about these readings in class.

Tuesday 3/24
TEST on Vietnam & Cold War from end of Détente to the end of the Cold War.