United States History and Geography, Continued...
- The reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy, with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have transformed American society
- The significant domestic policy speeches of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton (e.g., with regard to education, civil rights, economic policy, environmental policy)
- The changing roles of women in society as reflected in the entry of more women into the labor force and the changing family structure
- The constitutional crisis originating from the Watergate scandal
- The impact of, need for, and controversies associated with environmental conservation, expansion of the national park system and the development of environmental protection laws, with particular attention to the interaction between environmental protection advocates and property rights advocates
- The persistence of poverty and how different analyses of this issue influence welfare reform, health insurance reform and other social policies
- How the federal, state and local governments have responded to demographic and social changes such as population shifts to the suburbs, racial concentrations in the cities, Frostbelt-to-Sunbelt migration, international migration, decline of family farms, increases in out-of-wedlock births and drug abuse