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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. According to the speech "An Independent Policy", what was always replaced by propaganda in time of war?

2. What continent was the topic of Henry Morton Stanley's speech?

3. Who was the director of the laboratories in Los Alamos, NM, where the atomic bomb was perfected?

4. Which country did Italy receive modest material aid from during the war?

5. Who abolished democratic institutions in France and became a totalitarian chief?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the tradition of Irish learning?

3. What was Einstein's feelings on peace?

4. Describe the true political test according to Stevenson.

5. Discuss the artificial restrictions placed on the Soviet Government.

6. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

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

8. What three elements represented the five members that completed the most important part of a war cabinet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edouard Daladier was the Premier of France in 1940. Daladier delivered a speech that suggested that the Nazis' true goal was slavery.

Part 1) Discuss the domination of the Nazis.

Part 2) How did the Nazi propaganda affect the human heart?

Part 3) What did the Nazi leaders do according to Daladier?

Essay Topic 2

Jan C. Smuts was Prime Minister of South Africa, which was part of the British Empire. Smuts spoke at a Conference for Prime Ministers in London, where Smuts delivered the speech "Peace and Empire".

Part 1) Describe Smuts' viewpoint on the League of Nations.

Part 2) Explain Smuts' feelings about the Empire system in place in South Africa.

Essay Topic 3

Franklin Roosevelt was elected the the U.S. Presidency four times. In Roosevelt's speech "Hemisphere Defense for Democracy", Roosevelt compared the "Old World" and "New World".

Part 1) Discuss the role of America in preventing future wars.

Part 2) How can the U.S. and other countries prevent the creation of new wars?

Part 3) What issues arose from the institution of trade barriers?

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