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Discuss how the sharecropping/crop lien system created a vicious cycle. Was this system simply another version of slavery? Why or why not.
How would you respond to someone who presents you with the arguments proposed by Social Darwinists?
How would you describe the music? Happy? Sad?Why? What words are unfamiliar to you? Where did these words come from? Why are 200 year old words meaningful?
Discuss the arguments that took place over whether slavery should be allowed to expand into the new territories.
What was the topic of Thomas Abernethy's research? What did his research conclude, and what was its effect on Turner's theory?
When it came to the issue of suffrage, did all women agree? Which social problem was Jacob Riis addressing through his work?
Why did the United States transform from a rural to an urban country between 1865 and 1932?
Do you feel isolationism was a myth or real at this time. If it was a myth, when do you feel it became a real force in American public opinion and policy? Why?
Name at least four milestones of these changes. How did (or didn't) they affect American entry into World War II?
Not including the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, identify four turning points leading to Allied victory in World War II.
Discuss how contact with Europeans disrupted Native American cultures in terms of population, trade, land ownership, diplomacy, warfare, and religion.
Pick and discuss a group that was left out of these good times or pick and discuss a major problem that represents a dark side of this period.
Be sure to discuss the legislation that was put in place as well as the technology, society, and resistance that surrounded the peculiar institution.
How did it help Americans and how did it hurt others? Which bit of tech do you think was the most revolutionary?
What impact did the First World War have on the US? How did it impact business, labor, and immigration? How did it impact women?
What are the competing definitions of democracy coming out of the 1800s? Do you think these arguments are still present in American culture today?
Identify the most important economic, political, and social developments of these decades, and explain how these changes affected Americans' lives.
Explain how Democrats and Whigs viewed liberty and the role of government in securing liberty. What ideas and policies about Indians remained the same?
Explain the role women played in the abolitionist movement. Then analyze how that experience influenced the feminist movement.
What does Eisenhower say about the Cold War? How does his message reflect the ideas from Documents 2 and 3? What warnings does he give for the future?
How did the experiences of African-Americans during World War II lay the foundation for the modern civil rights movement?
Evaluate Harry Truman's domestic policies. Which parts reflected the New Deal? Why were they so difficult to implement?
Identify examples from 3 different chapters events that help to inform your understanding of race and racial formation in United States in late 19th century.
How does Susan Sontag use history (both US and world) to make her point about what's wrong in America in the 1960s?