Watergate -- due April 4

Could any of Nixon's achievements in office compensate for his Watergate crime? What should history say about the Nixon presidency?

The 1950s -- due March 26

Was the 1950s a time of American triumph abroad ad affluence at home, or was it a period that actually suppressed many problems of race, women's roles and cultural conformity? Explain.

Red Scare -- due March 21

Were there legitimate concerns behind "red-hunting" in the late 1940s and 1950s? How were McCarthy and other able to turn the search for spies and subversives into an assault on free thinkers and others deemed "different" in some way?

New Deal - due by March 14

Which of Roosevelt's measures were most effective in fighting the depression? Why?