Life During Wartime
AP US Government and Politics
Critical Analysis
According to the chart above, Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from Afghanistan (listed as War on Terror in the chart above), about what portion of your lifetime has the United States spent at war?
If you had to make a statement, based on the data from the chart above, would you call the United States more of a peace-loving, or a war-making country?
What is the big story this chart tells?
List two reasons the U.S. has been at war so frequently during your lifetime?
What are two consequences of the U.S. being at war so much?
Which of these wars has the U.S. won and which have we lost?
How has US warfare personally affected you?
We currently have a volunteer military - in which no Americans presently are forced to serve. If we abandoned this system, and instead, EVERY American had to serve and fight in the US military, how would that impact our foreign and military policy and the frequency of warfare?
Based on the current crisis in Ukraine, how long do you think the current American peacetime will last?
In the comments section below, explain which of the wars we have waged during your lifetime have been worth fighting:
Learning Extension
Read the Washington Post article about our life during wartime. And listen to this edition of The Daily: Russian Troops Advance.
Action Extension
Call the White House and advise President Biden on what he should do regarding the crisis in Ukraine.
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