Discussion questions

Ch. 17– For what reasons did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? What were the Japanese prospects of victory in a war against the United States?

Ch. 18- Describe the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and its impact on the civil rights movement.
Ch. 19- How did the assassination of John F. Kennedy alter the Democratic agenda in the United States, both in terms of domestic and foreign policy?

Ch. 20- How did Ronald Reagan handle the Cold War and the Soviet Union during his presidency? Be sure to include the important issues involved between the U.S. and the USSR during that time.

Ch. 21- Discuss the Republican Contract With America. What parts of that contract later became law? Was the Contract successful for Republicans both in the short- and long-term? Why or why not?

Ch. 22– Discuss the various causes for the Islamic terror attacks of 9/11, why they took the U.S. by surprise, and then explore the various ways the Bush administration responded to the attacks.
Answer fully, in discussion format, with complete sentences and paragraphs.

Use Book- A PATRIOT\’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM COLUMBUS\’S GREAT DISCOVERY TO AMERICA\’S AGE OF ENTITLEMENT BY L. SCHWEIKART AND M. Allen

Writer\’s choice

Write a This I Believe essay of 2-3 pages, double-spaced (approximately 500-750 words).

Compose this assignment as a Word document.

IMPORTANT! Apply all the assigned readings from the Purdue OWL as you review, revise, and edit your essay. Review all comments on your graded assignments. Revise, edit, and proofread your writing.

looking for clarity, conciseness, strong verbs, active voice, sentence variety, sentences that effectively combine independent and dependent clauses, correctly structured and punctuated sentences, and careful proofreading. You can use the Word Grammar and Style tool to help you review the spelling and grammar.

Submit one document onlythe final draftfor the MW3 Assignment.

See below for the links to the instructions for writing a This I Believe essay.

You can also find these instructions online at http://thisibelieve.org/guidelines/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

have also attached the .pdf files of three sample This I Believe essays (by authors Mershon, House, and Naslund) from the book, This I Believe: Kentucky, edited by Dan Gediman and Mary Jo Gediman, published in 2013.

You can listen to audio recordings of This I Believe essays at the following links:

House essay: http://thisibelieve.org/essay/145884/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Naslund essay: http://thisibelieve.org/essay/144207/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Collections of This I Believe Essays: http://thisibelieve.org/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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This I Believe is an international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives.

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