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<p>Okay, so here's how this thing will work. You can ask a question or ask someone to briefly go over a period, or an event or a term or something, but ONLY if you answer the question/request of the person before you. </p>

<p>RULE: DOUBLE CHECK ANY INFORMATION YOU GIVE WITH A TEXTBOOK OR STUDY BOOK.</p>

<p>And if anyone sees any incorrect information, feel free to challenge.</p>

<p>So since I have no questions to answer, I'll just briefly go over the differences between the Federalists and the Antifederalists:</p>

<p>Federalists: when you think of Federalists, think of men like Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and George Washington, who wasn't actually a Federalist but was sympathetic to their policies. They were pro-British and opposed American involvement in the French Revolution. They were comprised of the richer folk, and they supported manufacturing and a strong central government. They also supported tariffs, a national bank, and "implied powers" or loose construction of the constitution.</p>

<p>Antifederalists: think of Thomas Jefferson. These guys saw in the Constitution a plot by the richer Federalists to steal the power away from the common people. They were mostly farmers and supported states' rights as opposed to a strong central government. They were against tariffs (as they were farmers) and they were against a national bank, and they supported a strict construction theory of the constitution.</p>

<p>Can someone go over the Vietnam War?</p>

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<p>LOL where is the love, folks? Give this a shot</p>

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<p>Well, the Vietnam War was a war that was fought after North Vietnam, a communist country, invaded South Vietnam a neutral country. America felt that it was necessary in order to bring peace to the world and so they helped out by getting involved in the war. So they went to Vietnam and fought hard in the Jungles but not knowing the terrain they were way disadvantaged. Some of the major events of the war were the Tet offensive, this happened when the North Vietnamese lured American forces in and then behind enemy lines they attacked and had violent consequences. At the time, back in America, people protested America’s involvement in the war. Many “peace” activists protested in the streets speaking out against the government. The government eventually had to withdraw and after that Saigon fell and South Vietnam was lost. There was still the air offensive by the Americans that used many large bombers to wipe out a large area.</p>

<p>Hope that answered it. :)</p>

<p>Can anyone outline the main points of the Cold War period?</p>

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<p>W-well, I won’t try to answer incorrectly, so I won’t answer at all @__@</p>

<p>But can someone explain the main points and differences between the New Deal, Great Society, and Fair Deal?</p>

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<p>Lol okay, I’ll try to do both of them:</p>

<p>Cold War:
-Basically an ideological war between the US and the Soviet Union–the two dominant powers after WWII. The US tried to end the spread of communism and promote democracy, while the Soviet Union did the exact opposite. </p>

<p>-George Kennan’s “Containment Doctrine” = accept that Russia’s communism was expansionary and try to contain it.</p>

<p>-Truman Doctrine - Policy undertaken to economically support free people resisting communistic pressures. Particularly Greece and Turkey.</p>

<p>-Marshall Plan - Western European countries were suffering economically and were in danger of being taken over by communist parties. Sec. of State George Marshall proposed to get the Europeans to work together and use $12.5 billion (given by US) to get back up. Success.</p>

<p>-NATO created–coalition where an attack on one is an attack on all. This went up against the Warsaw Pact, which was the same thing except on the Communist side.</p>

<p>-There’s another Red Scare with everyone getting paranoid about communists in America. McCarthyism - Senator McCarthy claims he has a list of a bunch of communists, and people are afraid of him because he could publicly attack them as communists.</p>

<p>-Korean War - North Korea becomes Communist, and South becomes Democratic.</p>

<p>-Vietnam War</p>

<p>-After Truman came Eisenhower. Then came Kennedy. Under his administrations, there were events like the Bay of Pigs, where America trained a bunch of Cuban exiles to go back to Cuba and assassinate Castro. This fails, and Castro is obviously ****ed and pushed towards an anti-America stance. Cuban Missile Crisis is also important.</p>

<p>-After Kennedy is killed, LBJ comes to power. Important event in his term is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, in which a “provocation” by the north Vietnamese gave him the excuse to go to Congress and get stronger executive power to use for the war.</p>

<p>-Then came Nixon. And this is as far as I read in my textbook, sadly :(</p>

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<p>Differences between New Deal, Great Society, and the Fair Deal…</p>

<p>hmmm… anyone else wanna tackle that? I haven’t studied this part much yet lol</p>

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<p>New Deal: 1930’s, created by FDR for American to rebound from the Great Depression. It was a series of acts passed in FDR’s first 100 days that brought reform, recovery, and relief to individuals in extreme poverty. Major New Deal programs included Social Security Act (pensions and aid to disabled and elderly), TVA (electricity to rural areas, HOLC (housing), among others.</p>

<p>Great Society: 1960’s, LBJ created the Great Society to build on New Deal reforms and take over Kennedy’s civil reform plans. He focused on the war on poverty. Medicare (medical aid for 65+), Medicaid (medical aid for poor), Head-Start (pre-primary school education), Endownment for the Arts and Sciences, and abolishment of the 1920s immigration quotas.</p>

<p>Fair Deal: 1949, Truman urged Congress to establish reform for national health care and civil rights. His proposals were turned down because they were more focused on the USSR and they didn’t get along well with Truman.</p>

<p>I’d like to know about the 1980s to today. From supply side economics to the end of Clinton’s terms.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much! :D</p>

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<p>Yes-80’s to today please</p>

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<p>Starting with the 80s we have Reagan’s adminstration, basically the economy was sluggish just as it was during the Carter Adminstration. Reagan started Reaganomics(supply side economics) cutting taxes, lowering government spending, controling inflation and deregulating many industries.</p>

<p>Ya thats all im gonna say for now, if you guys want to know about 80s-now then check out my teacher’s powerpoints:[Units</a> & homework](<a href=“http://coffman.dublin.k12.oh.us/teachers/Teacherpages/Ewing%20Sam/AP_Studies/Units_%26_homework.html]Units”>http://coffman.dublin.k12.oh.us/teachers/Teacherpages/Ewing%20Sam/AP_Studies/Units_%26_homework.html)</p>

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<p>For the 80’s, all I remember are the key things that are associated with each president (since they don’t test much about it):</p>

<p>Reagan -
Reaganomics/suppy-side = already explained
Military Buildup - Haha, I remember it by “Star Wars,” aka SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) that was basically building lasers and such weapons to defend the US.
Iran-contra affair - The scandal where America sold military supplies to Iran, though we supposedly were allied with Iraq, and then took that money and gave it to the contras in Nicaragua. Popularity went down.</p>

<p>Bush I -
End of Cold War - Soviet Union collapse, START agreements.
Persian Gulf War - Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait (oil!) –> Desert Storm operation –> Iraq retreats, boost popularity
“No new taxes” promise - haha…</p>

<p>Clinton -
Domestic > Foreign policy - Motor-voter, NAFTA, etc. Questionable role in foreign affairs, but again Middle East, Asia, etc.
Balanced budget (and even predicted surplus)
Impeached (Peggy Eaton affair – sorry, I’m not sure I spelled her name right.)</p>

<p>Then Bush II and Obama, which I’m not going to go into.</p>

<p>There’s more of course, but that’s my interpretation of the gist of it.</p>

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<p>Umm Peggy Eaton Affair took place in the 1830s when Jackson became president.
I believe you mean Monica Lewinsky. Please note he was impeached not for having the affair but for perjury.</p>

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<p>My review book (AMSCO) says that the 1980’s to present day is not the focus of the exam. I think this is true. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>@ just4ivaylo;; I think it’s just Baby Bush to present. If you have the American Pageant 13th Edition, it would be chapters 41 + 42.</p>

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<p>I only went to Reagan in my APUSH class. Don’t know much about Bush. Can I ask a question? Could someone clarify the cross of gold speech?</p>

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<p>^ That was basically William Jennings Bryan’s speech as the Populist candidate for the presidential election. He advocated unlimited coinage of free silver [against the gold standard]. The cross part is kinda like a biblical reference to the crucifixion of Christ, emphasizing the negative aspects of gold.</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any good outlines/notes for the later chapters in AMSCO? It would be really helpful :l</p>

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<p>Thanks for clarifying that. I took a practice exam today and I had no idea what that was. Woops. :D</p>

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<p>Can someone go over the Mexican War?</p>

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<p>Cross of Gold speech by William Jennings Bryan asserted his stance that the gold standard will nail the peopel to the cross. William Jennings Bryan was a bimetallist who wanted the dollar to be backed by gold and silver.</p>

<p>Does anyone want to go over labor movements and immigration between 1880s - 1980s?
A lot of information but I can see this coming up on 3-5 MC and maybe an essay/dbq.</p>