Part 1: I will chose ONE of the following essay
1. Describe the way that women's role changed from the "New" Era to the 1880's. Be sure to include all the decades we have defined in the course, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950, 1960s, and 1970s. Your essay should define women's roles at work and home, provide details of women's attitudes about their roles, and opinions of those who spoke in opposition to female equality (Your answer should reference PSAs 5,7, and 9).
2. Describe how the notion of freedom changed in post-Reconstruction America for African Americans. Your essay should cover the period from the 1860s to the 1970s. A complete essay should cover issues related to Reconstruction (sharecrop contracts and black codes), New Deal, desegregation, Civil Rights Movement, The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and Affirmative Action. (Your answer should reference PSAs #1, 8)
Part 2: Essay
The Great Society marked the culmination of a trend in liberal governance with its roots in Progressive era. In an essay define the links between the attitudes of Progressives and Populists and those of the New Dealers and Johnson's Great Society. Your essay should:
1) Define the links between Progressivism and the New Deal
2) Define the links between the Progressivism and the Great Society
3) How were the New Deal and the Great Society advancing Progressive and Populist ideas?
4) Name 4 pieces of New Deal legislation that advanced Progressive or Populist desires, describe what that legislation did, and demonstrate how it was related to Progressive or populist desire
5) Name one piece of New Deal legislation that did not represent Progressive or Populist ideas then define what the legislation did and why Progressives would not have liked it.
6) Name 3 pieces of Great Society legislation that advanced Progressive or Populist desires, describe what that legislation did, and demonstrate how it was related to Progressive or populist desire
7) Name one piece of Great Society legislation that did not represent either the Progressive or Populist agenda, define what the legislation did and why Progressives would not have liked it.
8) Was the near century long struggle of the liberal movement to make a better nation successful?
9) What was left undone by liberals?