Review Questions

What topics/ questions do you want to make sure we review? I'm planning our review now, so I would like your input on the areas of U.S. history you want to make sure we go over. Please look over the comments posted last week and list 3 items you would like to review. Be as specific as you can! (i.e. say politics of the 1960s instead of just the 1960s)

Sorry for posting your question so late this week!

Decade by Decade

In ONE clear, concise sentence, directly state the major change over time for the decade you selected in class. Then, list six bits of specific factual information from that decade to support your change over time statement. Please list these bits of information in descending order of importance. For ONE piece of information, write a clear direct statement that shows HOW or WHY that specific factual information proves your change over time.

Please take this assignment seriously! Your classmates are counting on you to provide good information for review. If you do not complete your post, the class will be missing a decade of review.

You can use the format below for your post:

Decade:
Change over time statement:
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Analysis/Interpretative commentary statement:

Your post is due Sunday, April 19 by 9:00PM.

WWII

FDR and the New Deal

Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression changed the American social fabric in the 1930s. Be sure to cite specific examples from your reading and notes.

Your post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 22.

The Politics of Boom and Bust

Historians have not looked too kindly on the presidents of the 1920s, usually judging them as mediocre. Do you agree with this evaluation of their performance? Explain using specific, factual examples from your readings and notes.

Post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 15.

1920s Clash of Cultures

For this post, you will be discussing the juxtaposition of traditional America with the new, liberal ideas of the 1920s. Looking at your assigned topic (topics listed below), examine the photographs, cartoons, diagrams, and documents on the following site:

Clash of Cultures Homepage

What do these photographs, cartoons, diagrams and documents reveal about your topic? How are traditional ideas changing? How are these changes manifested in your topic? What resistance/opposition was there to these changes? Please cite specific documents in your response.

Topics:

1- Prohibition
2- The Scopes Trial
3- The New Woman
4- Anti-Immigration and the KKK

Your post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 8.

American Imperialism

Using your notes and your readings rank the following in terms of their ability to explain American interest in "imperialism" at the end of the nineteenth century:

A. racial theories
B. international rivalry
C. trading interests
D. religious humanitarianism

Justify your ranking.

Your post is due by 9:00pm Sunday, March 1.