1. Political, Economic, Social
Brainstorm significant people, events, themes, trends and/or ideas from
Political, Economic, Social

2. “Landslide presidential victories do not ensure continued political effectiveness or legislative success.” Assess the validity of this statement by comparing TWO of the following presidential administrations.
Franklin Roosevelt (1936) Lyndon Johnson (1964) Richard Nixon (1972) Ronald Reagan (1984)

3. Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period :
Suburbanization
The growth of the Sun Belt
Immigration to the United States

4. Analyze the effects of the Vietnam War on TWO of the following in the US from the period 1961 to 1975:
The Presidency
Youth Between 18-35
Cold War Diplomacy

5. Analyze the international and domestic challenges the United States faced between 1968 and 1974, and evaluate how President Richard Nixon’s administration responded to them.

6. Between 1945 and 1975 various groups in the United States engaged in protest. Analyze the reasons that protest emerged in this period for TWO of the following groups.
African Americans
College Students
Latino Americans
Women

7. Discuss, with respect to TWO of the following, to what extent the 1960’s were a period of profound cultural change:
Gender Roles
Music
Race Relations

8. How did the African American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s address the failures of Reconstruction?

9. Compare and contrast the women’s rights movement of the 1840s-1860s with the women’s rights movement of the 1960s-1980s.

10. Compare and contrast the Cold War foreign policies of TWO of the following presidents.
Harry Truman ( )
Dwight Eisenhower ( )
Richard Nixon ( )

11. To what extent does the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?
How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the era following WWII?

12. Analyze the home-front experiences of TWO of the following groups during the Second World War.
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Jewish Americans
Mexican Americans

13. Analyze the responses of Franklin D
Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of the federal government?

14. To what extent and why did the US adopt an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s?

15. How did TWO of the following help shape the American national culture in the 1920’s?
Advertising
Entertainment
Mass Production

16. Some historians have argued that the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 marked a turning point for women in their quest for equal rights. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

17. Some historians have argued that the 1980s marked a turning point in both foreign and domestic policy from moderate liberalism to neo-conservatism. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

18. Some historians have argued that the 1954 Brown v
Some historians have argued that the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas case marked a turning point in race relations in the United States. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.