1930s
1.
Do you
recall the conditions of the Great Depression?
2.
Where did
you live?
3.
What was
your father’s occupation?
4.
Do you
recall Japan’s invasion of China?
5.
How did
the economic depression change your life?
1940s
1.
Do you
recall the war in Europe (1939-1941)?
2.
Where
were you when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? Reaction?
3.
What did
you do during the war?
4.
Describe
VE and VJ Day.
5.
What was
your reaction to the atomic bomb?
6.
What did
you do after the war?
1950s
1.
Why did
the U.S. go to war in Korea?
2.
Was this
“limited war” justified? Explain.
3.
Generally,
were the 50s good times or bad for you?
4.
Do you
recall the start of “Rock and Roll” and did you like it?
5.
Did you
ever read a Jack Kerouac book?
1960s
1. Do you recall the early Civil Rights Movement and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.?
2.
Describe
the Cuban Missile Crisis.
3.
Why did
the U.S. enter the Vietnam War? Did you believe it was a justified war at the
time?
4.
Where
were you when President Kennedy was assassinated? Explain.
5.
Where you
aware of the Space Race?
6.
When did
you become aware of “hippies” and the counterculture?
7.
Were
illegal drugs (LSD, marijuana, hashish etc.) an “issue” where you lived?
1970s
1.
Do you
recall the end of the Vietnam War?
2.
What was
the “Silent Majority”?
3.
What was
your reaction to the Watergate Scandal?
4.
Why do
you believe Jimmy Carter became President in 1976?
5.
What did
you wear in the 70s? What kinds of music did you like? Did you disco dance?
6.
Do recall
the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
1980s
1.
How did
you feel about Ronald Reagan becoming President? Where were you when he was
shot?
2.
Where you
part of the economic prosperity of the 80s?
3.
Do
you recall the terrorism?
4.
What was
the Iran-Contra Affair?
5.
What
styles and music did you like the best?
6.
Do you
recall the “Fall of Communism”?
1990s
1.
Was the
U.S. justified in going to war in the Gulf?
2.
What do
you recall about the Stock Market and dot.com boom in the 90s.
3.
Was the
nineties mostly good times or bad?
2000
and beyond
1.
Did the
Stock Market dip change your life?
2.
Where
were you on September 11, 2001? You reaction?
3.
Was the
war in Afghanistan justified?
4.
What will
America and the World be like in 10 years?