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Assignment:

A. Read the online text and then thoroughly answer ALL of the Critical Thinking Questions in the attachment link at the end of this paragraph. Be thorough and direct in your answers. Do not generalize. Specifically answer who, what, when, where, why, and the significance to the development of US history. Demonstrate some analysis of the issues; think critically. Each question should be answered in at least one paragraph. Include the questions with your answers.

1. Was Franklin Roosevelt successful at combatting the Great Depression? How did the New Deal affect future generations of Americans?
2. Whom did the New Deal help the least? What hardships did these individuals continue to suffer? Why were Roosevelt's programs unsuccessful in the alleviation of their adversities?
3. Given that the Japanese war against China began in 1937 and German aggression began in Europe in 1936, why was it not until 1941 that the United States joined the war against the Axis powers? Was the decision to stay out of the war until 1941 a wise one on the part of the United States?
4. Did the United States make the right decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
5. Should the United States have done more thelp the German Jews? What could it have done?
6. What was the reason for the breakdown in friendly relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II? What were the results of this conflict?
7. How did fear of the Soviet Union and Communism affect American culture and society?
8. How did the wartime experiences of African Americans contribute to the drive for greater civil rights after the war?
9. Discuss how and why various groups of people within American society began to challenge and criticize the nation's way of life in the 1960s. Were their criticisms valid? What were some of the goals of these groups, and how did they go about achieving them?
10. Discuss how the United States became engaged in the Vietnam War. What were some of the results of that engagement?
11. In what ways were the policies of Richard Nixon different from those of his Democratic predecessors John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson? How were Jimmy Carter's policies different from those of Nixon?
12. What events caused voters to lose faith in the political system and the nation's leaders in the late 1960s and 1970s?
13. What events led to the end of the Cold War? What impact did the end of the Cold War have on American politics and foreign policy concerns?
14. What were some of the long-term effects of the Reagan Revolution and the rise of conservatives?