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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
2. Vietnam Veterans Against the War began as a placard slogan in the staging area for the Spring Mobilization to End the War anti-war demonstration in what year?
3. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?
4. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?
5. The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire comprised what side in World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the position of women in society in the 1960s in Chapter 19?
2. What were the reasons for the period of American imperialism that began in the 1890s? Chapter 12?
3. What argument does Howard Zinn make regarding the governmental reforms against racial discrimination in Chapter 17?
4. What corruptions of the government are discussed by Howard Zinn in Chapter 20?
5. What wars emerged as a result of American imperialism? How does the author describe these wars in Chapter 12?
6. What developments emerged to fight back against the growing power of corporations prior to World War I, according to the author in Chapter 13?
7. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?
8. How does the author describe the beginning of the feminist movement in Chapter 19?
9. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?
10. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the common people, according to the author in Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine and discuss the Seminole Wars, the policy of Indian removal, and the presidential administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. When was the Indian Removal Act signed into law? By whom? What were the effects of this act on the Native Americans living both east and west of the Mississippi?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the period of the Great Depression and its impact as seen in urban and rural communities across the United States. How did the Great Depression influence migration from the Midwest to California? What was this period of migration known as? Do you think those who lived in urban or rural environments were affected more by the Depression? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the rise of anti-war activism as seen in popular entertainment of the 1960s. How did musicians like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and others influence the masses during this historical period? What different mediums did activists use in order to influence others? How effective were these efforts in the 1960s in ending the war? How did culture change as a result?
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