1. Supreme Court Justice Brandeis wrote that the founding fathers believed that to think and speak as you wish were “indispensable” for the country’s political system

to flourish. He went on to say that the “greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.” Write an essay using this observation from Brandeis to comment on how

important civil liberties are to the principles of the United States and to sustaining those principles in times of fear and war in America. You may wish to comment on

how a nation can accurately draw a line as to when the American Civil Liberties Union goes too far or not far enough.

2. After World War I and more than twenty years of reform, Americans became much more conservative in the 1920s. In fact, Reinhold Niebuhr stated that America was

“rapidly becoming the most conservative nation on earth.” Give examples that defend this perception of America as conservative in the 1920s.

3. Eric Foner wrote that “the language with which World War II was fought helped to lay the foundation for postwar ideals of human rights that extend to all mankind.”

Do you agree with that statement? Why, or why not?