Distinguish between the political systems of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Why did George Kennan think that containment would work against Soviet expansion?

In what ways did American business change during the postwar period?

What motivated so many Americans to migrate to the Sunbelt?

Distinguish

How did Lincoln show generosity to white southerners at the expense of African Americans during Reconstruction?

a. How were President Roosevelt's leadership skills reflected in the Square Deal and in his handling of the miners' strike? b. Why did reformers support the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act? How did these acts help consumers? c. Trace the development of the conservation movement in the early 1900s.

Write a brief biography of Robert M. La Follette focusing on his impact on American society. Consider: the reforms that made up the Wisconsin Idea, his leadership qualities, the influence his ideas had on others

Generate Explanations

How did the concept of collective security lead to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Analyze and evaluate the ways that both external and internal migration changed over time from one thousand eight hundred and thirty to one thousand nine hundred.

"I think all men recognize that in time of war the citizen must surrender some rights for the common good which he is entitled to enjoy in time of peace. But sir, the right to control their own government, according to constitutional forms, is not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war ....

"Mr. President, our Government, above all others, is founded on the right of the people freely to discuss all matters pertaining to their Government, in war not less than in peace .... How can the popular will express itself between elections except by meetings, by speeches, by publications, by petitions, and by addresses to the representatives of the people?

"Any man who seeks to set a limit upon these rights, whether in war or peace, aims a blow at the most vital part of our Government."

-Robert M. Lafollette, Congressional Record, October $6, 1917$

What does the author imply by the phrase, "not one of the rights that the citizens of this country are called upon to surrender in time of war"?

(A) Citizens do not lose their freedom of speech during war

(B) Citizens should not have to pay taxes during war

(C ) The Constitution protects the rights of people to disrupt the draft

(D) The Constitution allows people to fight for the opponent in a war

Analyze and evaluate the importance and efforts of the Americans in gaining international support during the Revolutionary War.

Why did federal spending increase during Eisenhower's presidency?

Answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain the role of ONE of the following in the Republican Party during this period.

spoilsmen

"waving the bloody shirt"

tariffs

b) Briefly explain the effects of ONE of the following on business and government during this period.

Credit Mobilier

the Tweed Ring

Panic of $1873$

c) Briefly explain the significance of ONE of the following in terms of President Grant's administration.

Jay Gould

Horace Greeley

Rutherford B. Hayes

Summarize the reasons for American prosperity at the end of World War II.