Module 6.06
06.07 Disillusionment: Assignment Part 1:
Question: Explain how events such as the Vietnam War and Watergate affected the American public’s opinion of the U.S government.
How did government scandals like Watergate and the Vietnam War change how much
Americans trusted the government to be honest? Part 2:
What search engine did you use? Google
What words did you type into the search engine to get your results? Watergate/ Vietnam
War
What sources did you choose? Provide the web address and title of each source.
Watergate Scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal Watergate Scandal http://www.history.com/topics/watergate Vietnam War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War Vietnam War http://www.history.com/topics/vietnamwar Part 3:
Watergate Scandal (history.com)
Summary: This topic website describes the entire Watergate Scandal. It explains the breakin and the coverup and how it all ultimately led to Nixon's resignation.
Audience: Anyone on the internet who wants to learn about the Watergate Scandal or is doing research for their history class.
Purpose: To describe what the Watergate Scandal was.
Explanation of Use: This source shows how President Nixon was being dishonest and how he attempted to cover it up, which ended up causing the American people to lose trust in the U.S Government.
Quote: “
A few days after the breakin, for instance, he arranged to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money” to the burglars.”
Vietnam War (history.com)
Summary: This source gives an overall description of the Vietnam War. It also contains reasons for why the war was not popular with the American people.
Audience: Anyone on the internet who wants to know what the Vietnam War was.
Purpose: To describe the Vietnam War.
Explantation of Use: This source shows how many American Soldiers were killed in the war and how long the war drag on for, which made most Americans
Question: Explain how events such as the Vietnam War and Watergate affected the American public’s opinion of the U.S government.
How did government scandals like Watergate and the Vietnam War change how much
Americans trusted the government to be honest? Part 2:
What search engine did you use? Google
What words did you type into the search engine to get your results? Watergate/ Vietnam
War
What sources did you choose? Provide the web address and title of each source.
Watergate Scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal Watergate Scandal http://www.history.com/topics/watergate Vietnam War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War Vietnam War http://www.history.com/topics/vietnamwar Part 3:
Watergate Scandal (history.com)
Summary: This topic website describes the entire Watergate Scandal. It explains the breakin and the coverup and how it all ultimately led to Nixon's resignation.
Audience: Anyone on the internet who wants to learn about the Watergate Scandal or is doing research for their history class.
Purpose: To describe what the Watergate Scandal was.
Explanation of Use: This source shows how President Nixon was being dishonest and how he attempted to cover it up, which ended up causing the American people to lose trust in the U.S Government.
Quote: “
A few days after the breakin, for instance, he arranged to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money” to the burglars.”
Vietnam War (history.com)
Summary: This source gives an overall description of the Vietnam War. It also contains reasons for why the war was not popular with the American people.
Audience: Anyone on the internet who wants to know what the Vietnam War was.
Purpose: To describe the Vietnam War.
Explantation of Use: This source shows how many American Soldiers were killed in the war and how long the war drag on for, which made most Americans