Argument: 25% Does your paper have a clear, singular, specific argument that answers the question?
Both Part 1 and Part 2 need to be included in a single document .
Questions:
Part 1:
How did the New Deal reorient Americans’ relationship to government?
How did World War II transform America’s standing in the world?
How did decolonization shape post-World War II American life?
In what ways was the Cold War similar to previous wars in the United States? In what ways did it differ? How was this war fought? Use specific examples.
What were the contradictions of the Affluent Society? And how did American life fundamentally change in the 1950s?
What communities were not helped by the new affluency of the 1950s? What led to these disparities?
