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Point-Counterpoint Activities – Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

1200 minutes

30 Items

Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer?

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Colonial Identity: English or American?

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What Was the Great Awakening?

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Is the Constitution a Proslavery Document?

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Were the Anti-Federalists Unduly Suspicious or Insightful Political Thinkers?

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The Whiskey Rebellion: Unjust Taxation or Enforcing the Rule of Law?

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“Strict” or “Loose”: Was the National Bank Constitutional?

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Was the Election of 1800 a Revolution?

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Did the Missouri Compromise Merely Delay War?

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Is the Concurrent Majority Theory Faithful to the Ideals of the Constitution?

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To What Extent Were Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Justified?

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Did Abraham Lincoln Exceed His Presidential Powers during the Civil War?

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To What Extent Did American Principles Become a Reality for African Americans during Reconstruction?

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Was the Civil War Fought Over Slavery?

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Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or “Entrepreneurial Industrialists”?

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Were Urban Bosses Essential Service Providers or Corrupt Politicians?

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Was Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis Myth or Reality?

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Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from Founding Principles and Did It Affect the Purpose of Government?

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Should Herbert Hoover Be Considered an Activist President?

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Was Prohibition a Success or a Failure?

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Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

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Who Was Responsible for Starting the Cold War?

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Was Federal Spending on the Space Race Justified?

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Was the Great Society Successful?

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Did U.S. Media Provide Fair and Accurate Coverage of the Tet Offensive?

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Has Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” Thesis Been Proven Correct?

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Does the Threat of Terrorism Justify Increased Surveillance?

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Was the Invasion of Iraq Justified?

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Is Affirmative Action Justified?

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Is it in the Interest of the United States to Maintain Its International Obligations?

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