Comparative Questions?

1. What does John Yoo’s memorandum (Document 33-1) suggest about the way the author saw the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world? In your opinion, does the memorandum reflect a significant departure from earlier U.S. viewpoints and policies? Why or why not?
2. Compare and contrast the postwar surge in immigration with the similar surge that occurred in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (see Chapter 27). What similarities and differences do you note?
3. In what ways does the agenda articulated by the founders of the National Organization for Women (Document 33-4) differ from that of earlier women’s rights advocates? How did second-wave feminists build on the ideas and accomplishments of their predecessors?
4. Each of the documents included in this chapter touches on a major global challenge: war and terrorism, the movement of peoples, racism, gender inequality, and poverty. What connections can you make between these challenges? How does each contribute to the others? What other contemporary challenges would you add to the ones noted here?