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| − | 1. This course is mostly over. Can you now identify a value in learning history?
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| − | 2. Was the United States right to enter World War II, and should we have entered sooner or later?
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| − | 3. Which of the approaches in American history towards immigration do you like best, and why?
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| − | 4. Pick out something from the "Roaring Twenties" and describe what you like about it.
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| − | 5. What is your view of the New Deal, and what might you have done differently in response to the Great Depression?
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| − | 6. Do you think we should have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan? Explain.
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| − | 7. Please interpret and explain the cartoon, including an estimate of its date. (It was published by a paper in New Jersey years ago.)
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| − | == Honors (pick 3 out of 5) ==
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| − | H1. Throughout American history, has the president has been becoming more and more of a "leader" or a "follower"? In other words, is the trend towards more of a leadership position for that office, or less of one? Explain.
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| − | H2. Pick out any military aspect of World War II and discuss it.
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| − | H3. Discuss any issue, mystery or debate topic from the lecture or time period 1920-1946.
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| − | H4. Your view of the United Nations, please?
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| − | H5. How would you recommend handling the communist infiltration described in the lecture?
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| | [[Category:American History lectures]] | | [[Category:American History lectures]] |
| | {{DEFAULTSORT:American History Homework 11}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:American History Homework 11}} |