【Questions to Think About】

【Questions to Think About】

1.Why did Americans call the War of 1812 the Second War of Independence?

2.What was the Monroe Doctrine and how did it influence American foreign policy?

3.Why and how did the United States expand to the west?

4.What were the reasons for the American Civil War?

5.What was the impact of the Civil War?

6.What were the main reasons for the rapid industrialization in America after the Civil War?

7.What was monopoly and how did it affect economic development?

8.What was the Progressive Movement and what did it achieve?

9.How did the United States change from a country that fought against colonization to gain its independence into an imperialist country?