Question 1

Discuss the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, within the larger context of American history and foreign policy. How had the relative safety of the American homeland since the early nineteenth century affected America's outlook and relations with the rest of the world? How might the attacks alter those perspectives and relationships?

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Question 2

How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the "war on terror" compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America's tradition of civil liberties, and why?

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Question 3

​What were the causes of the widening income gap between the wealthy and the poor in America between the late 1960s and 2012? What role, if any, did government economic policies during that period have in exacerbating the income gap? What government policies and programs might have narrowed the gap during that period?

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Question 4

Americans experienced a great wave of national unity and solidarity in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Yet within a few years they were very bitterly divided over both political goals and tactics. What was the primary cause of these divisions? Were they debates over longstanding cultural and moral differences, or were the divisions directly related to the specific policies and conduct of the Bush administration?

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Question 5

​Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

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Question 6

How did the Bush administration respond at home and abroad to the terrorist attacks of 2001? Which elements of its response were met with general approval, and which caused heightened political controversy?

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Question 7

What was the central rationale and goal of the American invasion of Iraq, according to the Bush administration? What did critics of the American invasion of Iraq assert was the central rationale and goal? What did critics assert about the multiple supplemental rationales for the invasion of Iraq offered by the Bush administration? Who had the more persuasive argument about the primary American rationale and goal in its invasion of Iraq? Defend your argument with specific examples.

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Question 8

In what ways did George W. Bush's administration and policies represent a continuation of the conservative revolution launched by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and to what extent did it represent a more radical and unprecedented turn in American foreign and domestic policies?

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Question 9

​What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

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Question 10

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies​?

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Quiz 41: The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the "war on terror" compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America's tradition of civil liberties, and why?

Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

How did the Bush administration respond at home and abroad to the terrorist attacks of 2001? Which elements of its response were met with general approval, and which caused heightened political controversy?

In what ways did George W. Bush's administration and policies represent a continuation of the conservative revolution launched by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and to what extent did it represent a more radical and unprecedented turn in American foreign and domestic policies?

What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies?

Quiz 41: The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the "war on terror" compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America's tradition of civil liberties, and why?

​Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

How did the Bush administration respond at home and abroad to the terrorist attacks of 2001? Which elements of its response were met with general approval, and which caused heightened political controversy?

In what ways did George W. Bush's administration and policies represent a continuation of the conservative revolution launched by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and to what extent did it represent a more radical and unprecedented turn in American foreign and domestic policies?

​What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies​?

Why did the issue of comprehensive immigration reform prove to be such a vexing and contentious political issue during the Obama administration? Discuss the attempts to forge a political compromise on comprehensive immigration reform and explain why they failed to materialize.

What were the causes of the Great Recession that took hold in the fall of 2008? Evaluate the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the measures Congress and the Obama administration took to address the recession and the underlying weaknesses in the American economy, banking, and Wall Street.

What was truly "new" about the Obama administration's "New Directions in Foreign Policy"? What foreign policies of the Obama administration constituted a continuation or merely a modification of the Bush administration's foreign policies?