1. Both Marvin Gaye and Bruce Springsteen sing of old social understandings and promises that had been broken. How would you describe their depiction of life in the 1970s? Was their vision of society hopeful? What were their respective ideas about progress and moving forward? Did they offer solutions for the struggles of their time?
2. According to Roosevelt, what forces threatened the economic and political freedom of ordinary Americans? How did concentrated economic power threaten political democracy?
According to Reagan, what threatened the economic and political freedoms of ordinary Americans? How did an activist government threaten the values of Americans? (On this last question, it may help to think about what Reagan means when he talks about restoring the power of the States.)