history of the united states

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Select any four of the ten questions of your choice and ensure that you answer all parts of the question. Each answer should be at a minimum two to three pages in length and doubled spaced.

1. Discuss the political, economic, and social characteristics of the 1920s. Cite at least one example for each characteristic. What was significant about the Scopes Trial?
2. What were the causes of the Great Depression and how did it affect the world economy? Evaluate Hoover’s policies to curb the Great Depression and discuss the events that led to the Bonus Army March on Washington.
3. Explain FDR’s New Deal Program, which include relief, recovery and reform. Cite three New Deal laws passed in the 1930s still in effect today?
4. Discuss the causes and consequences of the Cold War. What were the principles of the Containment policy and give at least three examples of its application after World War II?
5. Describe the growth in the postwar American economy. What factors might account for this growth? Explain how television and Rock and Roll influenced American thought and culture in the 50s and 60s?
6. Discuss the significance of Brown vs. the Board of Education. Examine at least three major events of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s, which caused civil rights legislation to be passed?
7. What was the Domino Theory? Trace the development of the United States involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1975. Why was the TET offensive in 1968 a strategic failure for the United States?
8. What were the various aspects of President Nixon’s Vietnam policy? How was Nixon’s policy different from those of his predecessors? Discuss the events that led to the Watergate scandal and its consequences on President Nixon and the American society?
9. What were some of the important elements of Reagan’s domestic and foreign policies? What caused the demise of the Soviet Union?
10. Compare the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91 to Operation Enduring Freedom and the invasion of Iraq 2003.

Extra credit: What do you think are the major challenges of the 21st century for the United States? In your estimation is there a solution to these global issues and how?

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The United States political characteristics of the 1920s

The 1920 decade marked an era or fundamentalist and nationalist movements, Republican leadership, and conventions that changed the social structures. During the reign of the Republican presidents, they concentrated on business growth instead of regulation. Due to increased trade, American citizens started to fear the presence of foreigners and the radicals. The fear led to the growth of groups that were against the prosperity. The hate groups such as Ku Klux Klan gained a lot of support because Americans were against the foreigners and the radicals…