FINAL EXAM
U.S. History Final Exam
How effective have people in the United States been in promoting democracy between 1920 and 2000?
You will analyze whether laws, organizations, events and/or ordinary citizens have been effective in promoting democracy.
In an essay, pick laws, organizations, events and/or ordinary citizens that promoted democracy from three of the following time periods:
1920-1940
1940-1960
1960-1980
1980-2000
Your essay should be in the following form:
¶ 1 Introduction – Restate the question, list events, and make an evaluation about effective these events are
¶ 2 Topic 1___________________and ____–_____ (time period)
- Be sure to use evidence on Who, What, When, Where, and Why about the event.
- Are the participants effective in their strategy?
- Evaluate whether it was effective in promoting democracy
¶ 3 Topic 2 ___________________and ____–_____ (time period)
- Be sure to use evidence on Who, What, When, Where, and Why about the event.
- Are the participants effective in their strategy?
- Evaluate whether it was effective in promoting democracy
¶ 4 Topic 3 ___________________and ____–_____ (time period)
- Be sure to use evidence on Who, What, When, Where, and Why about the event.
- Are the participants effective in their strategy?
- Evaluate whether it was effective in promoting democracy
¶ 5 Compare and contrast the role of these three events in promoting democracy. In general, do Americans’ actions work to promote democracy?
¶ 6 Conclusion: How do these three examples have meaning to you in your life today?
Be sure to use RACE in each paragraph.
R – restate the question
A – answer the question
C – cite the evidence
E – explain how the evidence relates to the question
In defining democracy, remember that it is a far-reaching concept which includes but is not limited to
- Government of, by, and for the people
- Equality
- Justice
- Freedom
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
- Security
- Right to rebel and protest
- Promoting the general welfare
- Protecting the rights of the minority
Between 1920 and 2000, the United States:
- Economy boomed in the 1920s
- Harlem Renaissance showed the power of art in leading to human dignity
- The Great Depression lead to a stronger federal government helping individuals
- Fought in World War II to fight Nazism, and Fascism
- Opened up workplace opportunities to African Americans and women during World War II
- Had a civil rights movement for equal political, economic and social rights
- Fought the Cold War at home and abroad
- Fought the Korean War
- Fought the Vietnam War
- Fought poverty with Great Society programs
- Opened the doors to immigrants from all over the world (1965)
- Had a woman’s rights, gay rights, Indian rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s to fight for equality
- Had an environmental movement to try to protect our resources
- Had internal migration to urbanize and suburbanize
- Presidents which brought change including Hoover, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush
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