The Civil War had on American history
1. Discuss, analyze, and evaluate the causes and effect the Civil War had on American history and its impact on society and American culture. What were the legacies of reconstruction and what did it accomplish? Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources related to the motivation of Congress in establishing Reconstruction, its impact upon African Americans, and its lasting effects on American culture and political scenes including the failures of the 14th and 15th Amendments and the rise of Jim Crow laws.
2. Discuss the impacts of big business and American Expansionism on the native American populations and what events and actions triggered the last great wars against Americans by Native Americans such as the “Battle at Wounded Knee”.
3. Evaluate the development and expansion of the United States as a world power. Compare and contrast the economic problems faced by the American nation and the possible motives that led to the Spanish-American War.
4. Examine and analyze the progressive political movement and the Theodore Roosevelt administration including the growth of the United States as a world power in the 20th century.
5. Discuss and examine big industrialists of the 20th Century such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. Were they really to be considered “Robber Barons” or honorable business men that set the tone for the free market. How did they create and define the industrial age?
