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Identify four ways in which the federal government actively encouraged settlement of Great Plains. How would settlement have been different without assistance?
What challenges did the settling and farming of the Great Plains present to the Cattle Kingdom? How was the cattle industry able to adjust to these changes?
How much of your perception of the western frontier been shaped by modern entertainment (T.V., movies, popular literature, etc.)?
Locate a Native American account of the Battle of Little Big Horn (there are several on-line). How does it differ from the traditional White accounts of battle?
Define three major criticisms of the "Robber Barons" during the nineteenth century, three alternate economic systems, and three defenses used by wealthy industr
How did the late nineteenth century industrial boom affect South Florida? Was the state's industrial development related to the concept of a New South?
Why did capitalist ideology become dominant by 1900 and how did it change society within the United States by 1900?
What the most important historical legacy of Reconstruction? Did Reconstruction fail? Why or why not?
Why should today's women know about the Suffrage Movement and the women who brought us the first wave of feminist thought and action?
What scandals and other problems affected his ability to preside over a growing America? Did his two terms include any positive achievements?
Why did you choose this particular material? Identify two specific concepts you learned in the course that surprised or intrigued you, and explain why.
Is it possible for a serious third party to emerge in the United States, positioned ideologically between the Democrats on the left and the Republican on right?
How do we regulate interest groups and lobbying activity? What are the goals of these regulations? Do you think these regulations achieve their objectives?
How did North America become involved in the Atlantic World between 1660-1720? How American identity emerge as a result of this involvement during time period?
Describe the historical context, the politics, and the political philosophy of the American Founding.
What experiences did John Smith write about? How much veracity is there to what he recorded about his experiences?
Evaluate the accuracy based upon your readings, lectures or other sources. How would you improve the story? It cannot be perfect!
What factors enabled the Spanish to conquer the Aztec and Incan empires in Central and South America with relative ease in the 16th Century (meaning 1500's)?
Write about their life, important things they accomplished, their family and why they are important in history.
Determine who controls the distribution of Music and TV, when in regards to race/ethnicity?
When making your argument, make sure to draw upon specific examples that are relevant to the person you are pretending to be.
Does history really repeat itself? How was the immigration situation in the late nineteenth century similar to today? How was it different?
Fear of anarchism and radicalism caused many Americans to distrust organized labor in nineteenth century. How were they linked to a rising feeling of Nativism?
What were these qualities? How did both the industrial city and the western mining or cattle town differ from the typical American rural village or small town?
Give three examples of how retail sales and distribution techniques of the late nineteenth century made goods and conveniences formerly enjoyed.