What makes the armed forces of the United States superior to ...

[misspop]

What makes the armed forces of the United States superior to those in the rest of the world? List the ways in which U.S. military power is unrivaled or formidable.
 
  In what situations is conventional and strategic military power not particularly useful?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What two important acts did the federal government pass in the 1960s to force the South to abolish Jim Crow laws and abide by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution? Do you think it is possible that further intervention by the
 
  federal government will be needed in the future to enforce the civil rights of African Americans? Why or why not?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[daiying98]

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Note that the U.S. defense budget far exceeds that of any other country and that the United States is the only country in the world with military bases in every part of the world.
2, List some of the ways in which the United States is unrivaled in its capabilities (e.g., naval and air power, ground and electronic warfare, and its strategic nuclear arsenal), as well as some of its growing capabilities (e.g., space warfare, missile defense, and cyber-warfare).
3, Discuss how conventional and strategic military power is not particularly useful in situations like rooting out terrorists, controlling events in oil-producing nations when direct intervention would adversely affect oil supplies and prices, and fighting enemies who use asymmetric warfare.

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Identify the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, which ended segregation in public accommodations, and the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, which declared illegal the various devices used in the South to keep African Americans from voting.
2, Evaluate whether the federal government might need to intervene in the future. Answers will vary, but an ideal response will recognize that because of de facto discrimination, problems for African Americans still exist in American society (e.g., racial profiling, voter fraud to exclude African Americans), and so it is very likely that the federal government will continue to be involved in securing the rights of this minority.