ASSIGNMENT 3:
ASSIGNMENT 3
Using your text book and class notes you will write three essays. Your work must be original work. Plagiarism will result in a zero for this assignment and could affect your status in this course. Each essay is worth 10 points. 30 points possible.
Essay #1--Chapter 23
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Discuss America’s turn toward nativism in the early 1920s. What motivated this ideology and what groups supported it?
2. Describe America’s turn to prohibition in the 1920s. What were the results of the 18th Amendment?
Essay #2--Chapter 24
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Discuss how the corruption during the Harding administration got so widespread. Survey the various scandals and show the effects they had on the administration
2. Why might the decade of the 1920s be called the “decade of prosperity”?
Essay #3--Chapter 25
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Why did Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court? Did he achieve his goals? How did the public react to the court packing?
2. Describe the relief measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.
Using your text book and class notes you will write three essays. Your work must be original work. Plagiarism will result in a zero for this assignment and could affect your status in this course. Each essay is worth 10 points. 30 points possible.
Essay #1--Chapter 23
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Discuss America’s turn toward nativism in the early 1920s. What motivated this ideology and what groups supported it?
2. Describe America’s turn to prohibition in the 1920s. What were the results of the 18th Amendment?
Essay #2--Chapter 24
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Discuss how the corruption during the Harding administration got so widespread. Survey the various scandals and show the effects they had on the administration
2. Why might the decade of the 1920s be called the “decade of prosperity”?
Essay #3--Chapter 25
Choose one of the questions below and answer it in a thorough and complete essay. The essay should be a minimum of 4 to 6 paragraphs long.
1. Why did Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court? Did he achieve his goals? How did the public react to the court packing?
2. Describe the relief measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.
