1. Discuss U.S. government policies toward Native Americans from the 1860s to the 1890s and indicate the results for Native Americans.
2. Describe the factors that enabled the U.S. to launch the Industrial Revolution of the last quarter of the 19th century.
3. Explain the background, origins, characteristics and problems of immigrants who came to the U.S. during the 1880s and 1890s.
4. Discuss the background, goals, and political successes and failures of the Populist Movement of the 1890s.
5. Describe the reasons for the emergence of an imperialistic foreign policy in the U.S. during the during the last quarter of the 19th century.
6. Identify and explain examples of U.S. imperialism during the last quarter of the 19th century.
7. Explain the objectives, actions and results of the Progressive Movement between 1900 and 1920.
8. Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, giving specific examples of each policy and the results.
9. Describe the features of the new urban culture between 1900 and 1920 and discuss the rural counter-attack against these urban trends.
10. Explain the underlying causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s and Herbert Hoover's actions to deal with the depression.
11. Discuss the programs of the New Deal designed to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression and the major results of those programs.
12. Trace the development of U.S. foreign policy during the 1920s and 1930s, giving reasons for and specific examples of these policies.
13. Explain the nature of the U.S. diplomatic alliance during World War II and cite specific examples of the decisions and conferences of that alliance.
14. Describe the reasons for the emergence of the Cold War after World War II and give specific examples of the U.S. policy of containment from 1946 through 1953.
15. Compare and contrast the new Cold War policies proclaimed by the Eisenhower administration and the actions the U.S. actually took in the Far East, Middle East and Central America.
16. Discuss the 2nd Great Red Scare in terms of its causes, leadership, techniques and results.
17. Compare and contrast the Fair Deal programs proposed by President Truman with the "Modern Republicanism" of the Eisenhower administration.
18. Trace the development of U.S. policy toward Viet Nam from the Eisenhower administration through 1968, and indicate the overall results.
19. Compare and contrast J.F. Kennedy's "New Frontier" and L.B. Johnson's "Great Society", citing specific programs and legislation under each.
20. Explain Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's policy of detente and give specific examples of this policy in action.
21. Discuss the various protest movements of the 1960s, including actions and results of the movements.
22. Describe the foreign policy approach, actions, and results of the Carter administration.
23. Explain the major actions of the Reagan administration in both domestic and foreign affairs.