Dust Bowl of the 1930s

  1. Transcontinental railroad: What was its impact on westward expansion?
  2. Wealthy industrialists in the late 1800s: “Robber Barons” or “Captains of Industry”?
  3. Labor unions in the 1800s: What economic, social, and philosophical factors contributed to their formation?
  4. Immigration in the late 1800s: Discuss the “melting pot” vs. “salad bowl” metaphors.
  5. Child labor in the late 1800s/ early 1900s: What was the impact on society? How were reforms made?
  6. Muckrakers: What was the impact of this journalism on progressive reforms?
  7. Yellow journalism: What was its role in causing the Spanish-American War? (Hearst and Pulitzer)
  8. Spanish-American War: What were the causes and/or effects?
  9. Red Scare of the 1920s: What were the causes? What was the impact on immigrants and/or radicals? What was the role of A. Mitchell Palmer and/or J. Edgar Hoover?
  10. Prohibition: What were the causes? What was its impact on the development of organized crime?
  11. Dust Bowl of the 1930s: What were the causes and/or effects?
  12. Tuskegee Airmen: What obstacles did they face? How did they influence the struggle for African American rights?
  13. World War II: What was the impact of propaganda and its use in the United States?
  14. World War II: What contributions were made by Americans on the home front?
  15. Japanese Internment: Why did it occur? How did it affect Japanese-Americans?
  16. World War II: What were the contributions of women? How did it affect women’s employment?
  17. Truman’s containment policy: How was it implemented by the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Airlift?
  18. Brown v. Board of Education case: What was its impact?
  19. Cuban missile crisis: What were the reasons for the U.S. response? Evaluate the consequences of JFK’s actions.
  20. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of 1963: What was its impact?
  21. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination: Was James Earl Ray responsible?
  22. My Lai Massacre: What were the causes? Who was responsible?
  23. Kent State shootings: What were the contributing factors? Who was responsible?
  24. American Indian Movement (AIM) and the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee: What motivated the takeover? What was its impact on relations between Native Americans and the government?
  25. Watts riot: What were the causes? What were the effects on race relations in America?
  26. Sept. 11, 2001 attacks: How did the attacks affect American security policies? How did they impact U.S. foreign policy? How did they impact American views of Islam?