Assignment Task: Change over Time Essay
Describe and analyze the key changes in American foreign policy from the 1890s to the 1950s.
This is an analysis that requires you to consider how things change over time. This should not be a narrative essay starting in 1890, rather it should look at ways things changed; specific types of policies, or public support of foreign policies
Note 1: Successful responses will consider a broad range of evidence in support of arguments and use a minimum of three primary and three secondary sources. Take a few moments to consider how things were and the types of policies the US pursued in the 1890s, the 1910s, the 1920s-1930s, the 1940s, and 1950s. See which policies or programs could be found in each period (or look at a policy that completely changed), then think about the events that happened to make these changes come about. Then choose the strongest three key changes you have listed and write your essay around these points. You should have three changes not three time periods in your essay.