Analyze the reasons for the realignment of political parties during the 1960s. 2. Analyze the impact of growing militancy in the civil rights movement. 3. Analyze the political, social, and economic impact of the war in Vietnam on American society. 4. Analyze the degree to which the civil rights movement of the 1960s resolved issues left unsettled by Reconstruction. 5. Analyze the factors that led some moderate Americans to abandon the liberal agenda by the late 1960s. 6. Analyze the degree to which the Great Society was successful in accomplishing its goals and the degree to which it failed to achieve lasting change. 7. To what degree and in what ways could the year 1968 be considered a turning point in U. S History

“there he took part in the conquest of cuba. the spanish government gave him land and slaves in return for his service… eventually, he settled down on a plantation. but he was restless, and still far from wealthy. in fact, he was in debt. what money he had, he squandered on gambling, expensive clothes, and nights out on the town. then his luck turned. spanish sailors landed on the yucatan peninsula of mexico and sent back word of an extraordinary find… rumors of a land filled with gold… cortes leaped at the chance for gold and glory… velazquez, the spanish governor, grew troubled and sent orders forbidding [cortes] to sail. but cortes was not about to lose this opportunity. under the cover of darkness, he raised anchor and slipped from port.” how did cortes lose what money he had before he set sail for mexico? a he put all his money into a business that declared bankruptcy. b he spent it on fancy clothes, gambling, and having fun. c he gave it away to charity. d it was stolen from him.