Here you will be examining the following events in American History:

• • The Reagan Revolution
  • The End of the Cold War
  • The Gulf War
  • The Stock Market Crash of 1987
• Next, choose one of the primary source documents presented on the Unit 4 Discussion Board below. You have the options! Choose a document related to a historical event or group that interests you for your primary discussion board post. You will learn about the other documents from your peer’s posts.

Initial Discussion Post: Choose one of the primary source documents from the topic list below. Using the primary source reading, answer the following questions.

1. Context (15 points):
   1. Name of the document you chose to analyze
   2. Who is the creator of the document?
   3. Briefly describe the creator of the document. (To answer this question, you may need to use information obtained from the introduction to the source, or other course materials such as Intellipath or your Instructor.)
   4. When and where was the document created? (Again, you may need to use information obtained from the introduction to the source, or other course materials such as Intellipath or your Instructor.)
2. Summary (20 points):
   1. Write a brief summary of the source. (What is the topic or issue of the source? What are the creator’s main points about that topic? What is one interesting thing said in this source?)
3. Connections (10 points):
   1. How does this source connect to the Unit 4 Learning Material? How does it help you better understand that moment in American History? (Here you want to think about how this source fits into the other material for the unit in the Lib Guide, Intellipath, or your Instructor.)
      Does this source support what you already know about the topic? If so, how? Or does this source change the way you think about this topic? If so, how?
4. Issue Today (10 points)
   1. Identify how the issue in the document relates to American life today. You will want to use specific examples to explain your points.