US History

1.    What were the underlying causes of the Great Depression? What consequences did it have for ordinary Americans, and how did the Hoover administration attempt to deal with the crisis? How did FDR propose to deal with it?

2.    How did the origins of the Cold War reflect different American and Soviet traditions, as well as their different needs and interests in Europe after World War II? 

3.    Were there other alternatives to fighting in the Vietnam War?  What where they?  If you do not believe so, why were there no alternatives to fighting?

4.    Describe what Reagonomics meant.  What affect did they have on the US economy?