1. Does might make right?
Encounters

2. Why were the British Colonies so different if they were all settled by people from the same country?
The British Colonies

3. What was the American Revolution?
The Revolution

4. What is freedom?
The New Government

5. Was the Founding Generation good at governing?
The Early Republic

6. Which was more revolutionary, the 1770s or the early 1800s?
The Jacksonian Era

7. Was the spread of the United States across the continent destiny or design?
Westward Expansion

8. Was the Civil War a righteous judgement for America’s embrace of slavery?
Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction

9. Is greed good?
Business, Labor & Politics in the Gilded Age

10. Is the American dream achievable?
Immigration, Urbanization & Reform in the Gilded Age

11. Did the Imperialist Era expand or betray America’s founding ideals?
Imperialism & World War I

12. Were the 1920s a time of progress?
The 1920s

13. Was the New Deal a good deal?
The Great Depression & New Deal

14. What made the Greatest Generation great?
World War II

15. Did anyone win the Cold War?
The Cold War

16. Were the civil rights movements of post-war decades successful?
The Civil Rights Movements

17. Was the social revolution actually revolutionary?
The Social Revolution

18. Can failure make us a better country?
Vietnam, Scandals & Globalization

19. How will historians remember the past 30 years?
The Past 30 Years