Assignment: Portfolio Assignment
Part 1
1. What does progressive mean? Given the changes that occurred during the Progressive Era, what can we assume about our societal notions of progress?
2. What other changes do you think occurred after women received the right to vote?
Part 2
1. What are your arguments for or against the use of imperialism as a factor in a nation's foreign policy?
2. Why do you suppose so many deaths occurred during the construction of the canal?
Part 3
1. How and why do you think propaganda is used today?
2. What possible residual effects from World War I still exist in our nation today?