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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. What organization required a nuclear backdrop far beyond the capability of any Western European nation to supply?

2. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?

3. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?

4. In Einstein's speech "Peace in the Atomic Age", what appeared to be on the public horizon as a probable and attainable goal?

5. According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, what still offered her bounty, and human efforts multiplied it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the main forces of the Red Army?

2. Describe one's private library according to Phelps.

3. According to Eisenhower, how did a country produce unity?

4. What was Einstein's feelings on peace?

5. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

6. Describe General Goethals.

7. How did Truman suggest strengthening freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression?

8. Describe the phrase used by John F. Kennedy to call the people of the U.S. and the world to action.

9. What were John F. Kennedy's feelings on peace?

10. What was the principal mission of the United Nations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adolf Hitler and Woodrow Wilson had differing opinions on the League of Nations. Compare and contrast Hitler's "Germany's Claims" and Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speeches.

Essay Topic 2

Chinese students held peaceful protests in April of 1989. In May 1989, 500 Beijing faculty members signed a statement for Pro-democracy movement.

Part 1) What were the principle reasons for protest?

Part 2) Briefly summarize the reasons for the protest?

Part 3) Why did the intellectuals feel that they were at a critical turning point in history?

Essay Topic 3

William Jennings Bryan unsuccessfully ran for President three times. In his speech "The Cross of Gold", Bryan favored free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1.

Part 1) Explain the proposal of the gentleman from N.Y. that Bryan mentions.

Part 2) Explain the amendment that Bryan wanted to propose.

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