Write one 5-7 page essay, choosing one of the five questions below. Pages refer to typed, double-spaced pages (about 300 words per page).
- How effective has government been in helping Americans obtain the “good life”?
- How have grassroots activists sought to improve American society? What strategies have been most or least effective?
- Have Americans found ways to increase their happiness since the 1960s?
- What factors or interests have shaped U.S. foreign policy? Has U.S. foreign policy done more good than harm for Americans and for the rest of the world?
- How has the United States shaped the process of globalization? What have been the pros and cons of globalization?