Read the recommendations Alfred Mahan made in the
late 1800s referencing the United States becoming an
imperial power. Put his recommendations into your
own words and then present an argument on why the
U.S. should not pursue his recommendations.
Prioritize the recommendations made by Alfred
Mahan referencing the United States becoming a
world power in order of 1 being the most important
and the number of your final recommendation choice
being the least important. Once you have your
ranking write a brief statement justifying your choices
of priorities.
Research a current position that the U.S. has taken
in regards to a global interaction and
interdependence. Tell what would happened if the
U.S. applied Mahan’s recommendations to current
international planning.
Outline the procedural flow of how a bill becomes a
law. Describe the significance of the process in
terms of checks and balances and separation of
powers.
Research a current issue and come up with your
own proposal for a law in regards to that issue.
Using a flow chart map out this proposal from birth
to either a successful or unsuccessful outcome.
Compare the Communications Act of 1834 and
Executive Order 9066 and make an assessment
about the effectiveness of checks and balances
system and the separation of powers as applied to
both.
Write an essay on how the economic prosperity of
the 1920s was actually a contributing factor to the
economic depression of the 1930s.
Use information from 5 different primary source
documents to write an essay on how the depression of
the 1930s resulted from the economic prosperity of
the 1920s.
Write a proposal in hindsight outlining how the nation
can correct/fix its economic recession in October 1928
to prevent the Stock Market Crash of October 1929.
Develop a storyboard outlining the events of the
Cuban Missile Crisis. Use the storyboard to emphasize
actions that could have prevented the event
altogether.
Analyze evidence from declassified documents of the
Departments of State and Defense to determine if the
political decisions of both U.S. and Cuba played a role
in leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Use information
from your analysis to propose a reasonable argument
for how the Crisis could have been avoided. Be
prepared to articulate your findings and your
argument in a seminar setting.
The Prospect Theory predicts that when individuals perceive
themselves to be experiencing losses at the time they make a decision,
and when their probability estimates associated with their principal
policy options are in the moderate to high range, they will tend to
make excessively risky, non–value maximizing choices. Use the
Prospect Theory to analyze the Cuban Missile Crisis to determine if the
evidence for the Cuban Missile Crisis supports this prediction for the
most important decisions made by both Khrushchev and Kennedy.