History of USA
Q1. Summarize the ideas and views expressed by the American diplomat George F. Kennan. How did
these views shape US containment policy during the Cold War?
Q2. Analyze events that led to American involvement in Vietnam. How and why did this involvement
increase during the 1960s?
Q3. Critically evaluate the major causes of US entry in World War II examining how the causes you
mentioned developed, and why and how you believe they led to US participation in the war. Considering
these causes, do you believe that US entry was inevitable?
Q4. Put yourself in the shoes of US leadership, and think that the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
could have been avoided. Provide arguments supported by empirical evidence.
Q5. Identify and discuss five but not more than seven most significant factors leading to the outbreak of
the American Civil War 1861-1865. Do you think the Civil War was inevitable?
Q6. Given that US founders were so negative about political parties. Why did political parties historically
form so easily? How did this feature, never mentioned in the Constitution, become a seemingly
permanent fixture of the US political system?
Q7. Write short notes on two of the following:
- Monroe Doctrine
- US involvement in the Korean War
- NATO