A debate between the role of government in management and labor is offered.
What role did government play in the conflict between management and labor? Compare the role government took then with the role it takes now and discuss how involved you think government should be in business. These questions are deliberated.
An overview of 20th Century Latin America and America's link is briefly discussed.
This question is considered: Why did early 20th century Americans conclude that Latin America was in the U.S.'s "sphere of influence?" How does the U.S. treat Latin American today?
Study questions about progressivism are included.
Help with the following questions is given: 1. How did early progressivism compare to modern activism in Civil Rights and social disobedience? 2. How did the Triangle Shirt Factory fire influence American domestic labor laws and regulations? What are modern examples of such excesses?
Study questions about WWI are included.
WWI has been called the war that ended the age of romanticism. In your opinion, how did America change as a result of the war? These areas are briefly covered.
Issues leftover from WWI are posed.
This job examines how did the unresolved issues of WWI lay the foundation for the rise of fascism and Nazism in Europe a decade later.
Study questions about the 1920s are considered.
This job describes how popular culture depicted in films and print media influenced consumer demand for new products and services during the 1920s.
Study questions about the Great Depression are posed.
This job examines how did over-consumption and debt help to trigger the Great Depression. What are the threats of such an economic collapses today? I also discuss the influence of Franklin D. Roosevelt on not only the presidents that have followed him but on the institution of the presidency itself.
The slow pace of a representative republic is debated.
Is our form of representative republic designed to be intentionally slow? Or is the speed of the process simply a negative draw back of democracy? These questions are posed.
Federalists and Anti-Federalist ideas are debated.
This posting deliberates which side you would take in the debates between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Did the Federalists' arguments prevail in 1788? I also give an example of how this debate continues today.
Amendments 21-22 are overviewed.
The impacts of these amendments are noted.
