Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

There are many factors and events that have impacted and changed America from 1946-2012. Pick one of the following events from the list and discuss in detail the event, the people involved, and its background and impact of America.

• Al Gore and Global Warming
• The George W. Bush Doctrine
• Blacklisting
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Watergate
• NAFTA
• Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education
• The Military Industrial Complex
• The Technological Revolution
• War on Poverty
• No Child Left Behind
• 9/11
• The Marshall Plan
• OPEC
• Cold War
• Immigration Acts and issues
• Reaganomics
• The Gulf Wars
• Sub Prime Melt Down
• Iran Hostage Crisis