Questions to Consider:
1. How did the social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s lead to a conservative insurgency in America?
2. How does the presidency of Jimmy Carter fit into the growing conservative sentiment of this period?
3. How did the presidency of Ronald Reagan transform American politics (particularly in the Republican party) and the American economy in the 1980s?
Questions to Consider:
1. How did the social and political conflicts of the 1960s and 1970s change America?
2. How did American dependency on containment policy impact our actions around the globe in the 1960s and 1970s?
Questions to Consider:
1. Why did the economy boom after WWII?
2. What impact did the economic growth of the post-war period have on society and politics in the U.S.?
3. Why did a movement for African American civil rights gain strength in the period after WWII? How did the Cold War influence civil rights in the U.S.?
Questions to Consider:
1. To what extent was the United States involved in World War II prior to its declaration of war?
2. How did the wartime experience alter life on the homefront in the United States?
3. How did changes in the balance of power in the world as a result of WWII change American foreign policy in the post-war period?
4. How did the fear of communism and the atomic age impact American domestic policies in the 1950s and 1960s?
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Here are a couple of helpful powerpoints as we look at the New Deal and its critics from both the right and the left. While many felt the New Deal went to far toward government control of the economy, others felt it did not do enough to help those who were suffering during the Depression.
Questions to Consider:
1. What caused the Great Depression?
2. How effective was the New Deal at ending the Depression?
3. Why did both conservatives and liberals criticize the New Deal?
Questions to Consider:
1. Why was there a cultural battle between the forces of modernism and the forces of traditionalism? Which side won?
2. How did the laissez-faire attitude of business leaders and politicians in the 1920s contribute to the economic crisis of the 1930s?
Note: The FRE scheduled for Thursday, February 12 has been postponed until Monday, February 23.
Questions to Consider:
1. Why did the U.S. decide to declare war on Germany in 1917 after trying to stay out of "Europe's War" for so long?
2. What political, economic, and social impacts did America's involvement in WWI have on the homefront?
Make sure you look at the second half of the imperialism powerpoint for information about WWI.
Questions to Consider:
1. Why did multiple reform movements on the local, state, and national levels flourish around the turn of the twentieth century?
2. Were the reforms of the Progressive Era more focused on providing social justice or imposing social control?
