READINGS & QUESTIONS 11 17

WK 13 November 20 AMERICA MOVES RIGHT American Promise Chapter 30
November 22 Overthrow Chapter 9 Graveyard Smell Question sheet (below) due
WK 14 Nov 27 End Cold War & Challenge of Globalization American Promise Chapter 31
November 29 Overthrow Chapter 13 Thunder Run
December 1 Overthrow Chapter 14 Catastrophic Success Question sheet due
If you are doing an optional paper you do not have to do the question sheets.
Question sheet : Overthrow Chapter 8 “We’re Going to Smash Him” (75 words maximum per question, complete sentences. Evidence & examples. If I can’t read it your grade will suffer)

1. How did Richard Nixon’s views of Latin American Policy differ from JFK’s

2. How did Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy views & actions reflect American ideals like the rule of law, human rights and democracy?

3. What made the US determined to remove Allende & what were similar earlier precedents?

4.How did the US plan to get rid of Allende bloodlessly & how well did that work?

A GRAVEYARD SMELL
5. What did American leaders believe about leaders in Iran, Guatemala & Chile and what was the reality?

6. How did earlier experiences shape American views?

7. How did our treatment of Africa & Latin America differ from how we treated Europe & Japan?

8. Why did John Foster Dulles’ act in Guatemala? How did Dulles’ actions reflect American Ideals? Results?

9. What effect did the coup in Iran in 1954 have on Iran since & the Middle East now?

10. What effects did American actions in Guatemala & Chile have on politics in Latin America?