2 page essay
Use attached texbook.
Do not use any outside sources. Quotations should
include the author and page number of the source "and must be cited thusly" (Foner, 649).
Consider the six major disruptions to the status quo that we've explored in History 104 since
February:
World War I
the 1918 Spanish Flu
the Great Depression
World War II
the Vietnam War and the Turbulence of the 1960s
the Recession of the 1970s and 1980s
Select two or three of the six crises listed above and answer this question: To what degree did these crises lead to reforms that expanded the boundaries of freedom for Americans? Give specific factual examples.* In the final sentence of the essay, you may wish to speculate about whether the current coronavirus crisis--like crises past--will lead to outcomes which will contract or expand freedom.
*You may wish to define which definition of freedom they are using--negative (absence of
obstacles) or positiv
Do not use any outside sources. Quotations should
include the author and page number of the source "and must be cited thusly" (Foner, 649).
Consider the six major disruptions to the status quo that we've explored in History 104 since
February:
World War I
the 1918 Spanish Flu
the Great Depression
World War II
the Vietnam War and the Turbulence of the 1960s
the Recession of the 1970s and 1980s
Select two or three of the six crises listed above and answer this question: To what degree did these crises lead to reforms that expanded the boundaries of freedom for Americans? Give specific factual examples.* In the final sentence of the essay, you may wish to speculate about whether the current coronavirus crisis--like crises past--will lead to outcomes which will contract or expand freedom.
*You may wish to define which definition of freedom they are using--negative (absence of
obstacles) or positiv
