Discuss how the concepts in this course can be related or compared to real-world situations like political issues of today's time. Here are a couple of ideas to start with, but please consider other ideas you might have from earlier in the course as well: 1) During the time period we've been studying, the Federal government had a much smaller role in protecting the public. For instance, there were no federal regulations on conditions at work, no aid to the poor or elderly, no regulation of food supply or quality, etc. We typically see the growth of federal protections as a good thing but before they existed people were more accustomed to looking out for the people in their community. People generally felt a much stronger social obligation to those around them. The same thing was true on a larger scale; when there was a major fire or natural disaster in one city, other cities generally sent aid and assistance. How much do you think that has changed today and, based on your understanding of the past, do you think we should seek to continually expand programs like social security, medicaid, medicare, etc. or do you think more responsibility should be put on corporations or individuals? 2) Do you think Confederate memorials should be taken down in southern cities? Why or why not?