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Midterm #2/ I. Matching (30 pts.): Your exam will have 15 Matching, Short Answer, or Fill-in questions, based on Class Material and the reading of your text. As on the last exam--All people, issues, and events emphaisized in class. II. Two Essays (25 points each Essay) A. Essay #1 will be ONE of the following: 1. (25 pts) On the Great Depression & New Deal: What were the phases of the New Deal, and to what extent do you think it had an impact on the economy and the Great Depression? 2. (25 pts) Identify 8 events, people, etc. critical to the development of U.S. foreign policy in the 1950s (1945 to 1956) with a brief timeline. What were the significant goals of U.S. foreign policy from 1945 to 1965? 3. (25 pts) What SIX SOCIAL ASPECTS of society do you find to be the most significant in defining American life in the 1950s and why? 4. (25 pts) What are the key aspects of American economic growth between 1945 and 1965; what is the basis of the American economy in these years and what is its impact on American society? B. Essay #2 will be ONE of the following: 4. (25 pts) Identify 5 events critical to the defining of a New Left (1960-1979) with a brief timeline. What do you find are the major roots of the New Left Movement that grows from the 1960s through the 1970s? 5. (25 pts) Identify 5 elements essential to Boomer culture, the 1960s & 1970s. Which of these do you find to be the most significant in defining American society in the reform era and why? 6. (25 pts) Identify 5 elements essential to the rise of the New Right; what do you find are the most signficant reasons for the American shift to the right between 1979 and the early 1990s? ______________ +3 points Xcredit: What THREE trends do you think will be defining our economy, our lives, and our politics in the next ten years? ________________; ____________________; _______________________ ____________________ EXAM #1 There will be three parts to the exam--Matching, Identification, and an Essay Question. I. Matching (20 pts.): Your exam will have 20 Matching, Short Answer, or Fill-in questions, based on Class Material and the reading of your text. Study over your class notes for this section. (Examples of Questions) Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment ______Men paid higher wages in order to II. Short Reading Question (10 pts) After reading about the South (Confederates), the West (Stegner), and the East (Caro), which region would you prefer to have lived in between 1890 and 1910? Why? III. Essays (50 pts.) You will be asked to answer TWO of the following questions--one from each section. Prepare them all, put togeher outlines, and you will be ready! A. 1-How did the U.S. subjugate the Indian nations, and what was the impact of this western expansion on national unity? Explain your reasoning and support your argument with evidence. 2-How was the economy transformed in the Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth century, in the years after the American Civil War? 3-In what ways did Americans respond to the new industrial order? B. 1. How did changes in American "public space" have an impact on the United States between 1877 and 1920, from the Gilded Age to WWI? 2. Do you find that TR's role as president was more significant than those who came before, and if so, why? Did he change the role of the presidency? 3. What were progressive reforms, and to what extent do you think they were successful? What were their strengths and weaknesses? 4. To what extent did life in the 1920s replace regional cultures with a national culture and identity? ___________________________ Midterm #2/ I. Matching (20 pts.): Your exam will have 30 Matching, Short Answer, or Fill-in questions, based on Class Material and the reading of your text. As on the last exam--All people, issues, and events emphaisized in class. II. PTWs, Short Essay Question (10) To what extent do you think Martin Luther King defined the Civil Rights Movement? Please make an argument, use two examples from PTW, and please do not consult Wiki or any other online sources that address this question. I am interested in your thoughts, derived from PTW, the textbook, and class. III. Two Essays (25 points each Essay) A. Essay #1 will be ONE of the following: 1. (25 pts) On the Great Depression & New Deal: What were the phases of the New Deal, and to what extent do you think it had an impact on the economy and the Great Depression? 2. (25 pts) Identify 5 events, people, etc. critical to the development of U.S. foreign policy in the 1950s (1945 to 1956) with a brief timeline. In what (three) ways did U.S. foreign policy in these years affect the American economy? 3. (25 pts) Identify 5 elements essential to fifties culture. Which of these do you find to be the most significant in defining American society in the 1950s and why? 4. (25 pts) What do you find are the THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT ways in which the American economy changed in the years between 1929 and the 1990s? Of these three changes, which do you find most important and why? B. Essay #2 will be ONE of the following: 4. (25 pts) Identify five events critical to the defining of a New Left (1960-1979) with a brief timeline. What do you find are the major roots of the New Left Movement that grows from the 1960s through the 1970s? 5. (25 pts) Identify 5 elements essential to Boomer culture, the 1960s & 1970s. Which of these do you find to be the most significant in defining American society in the reform era and why? 6. (25 pts) What do you find are the THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT ways in which American society changed in the years between 1945 and the 1990s? Of these three changes, which do you find the most important and why? ______________ 5 Point Xtra Credit Question: What do you think are the two most significant reasons for the New Right?
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