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Step 1: Identify the Problem
Defining the social problem
First, you
need to select a specific policy or social problem from a particular time period
in American history. If you studying
a specific policy, what problem did it try to solve or settle?
Here are some examples:
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The Boston Tea Party (not a government policy
but a policy enacted by the patriots) was an
action to deal with the problem of the
colonists’ dissatisfaction with British rule.
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The banking reform laws and the work
relief programs of the 1930’s attempted to deal with the social
problems of bank failures and high unemployment
during the Great Depression.
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The Nineteenth Amendment (1919) that gave women
the right to vote dealt with the lack of women’s
rights.
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