You have already developed a thesis statement and developed an outline in which you explored two real-life international incidentsfrom the past five . years involving the United States as they received an elevated status as a world power. Now you will develop the final paper in which you explore your main points in detail.
Write a three to five page paper in which you:
- Introduce your paper with your previously crafted thesis statement.
- Identify two to three international events from the past five years that can be traced back to a foreign policy created after the Civil War.
- Discuss three aspects of US history since 1865 that has led to the US's rise as a world super power policeman.
- Identify three to five international incidents since World War II where America has taken on a policing role.
- Determine three to five driving forces that fueled international policy decisions involving the international incidents you outlined previously.
- Use at least three quality references.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Analyze the rise of the United States to a world "superpower" and how that status has shaped its internal developments in recent decades.
- Recognize the major turning points in American history since the Civil War.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary U.S. history.
- Write clearly and concisely about contemporary U.S. history using proper writing mechanics.