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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 was a businessman by training, a conservative politician that gave a speech defending the Munich Agreement?

2. Near what city was the facility that manufactured deadly nerve poison that created waste disposal issues?

3. According to the speech, "United States Far Eastern Policy", what did the speaker suggest that Democrats and Republicans avoid?

4. Who was the United States' representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and was a valuable presidential adviser?

5. According to Anthony Eden's speech "A Firm Policy", what should the objective of foreign policy be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the tradition of Irish learning?

3. What was the relationship of prosperity and peace according to Hull?

4. Describe the impatience of the American people in the chapter "International Affairs and the United States".

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

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

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

8. Describe General Goethals.

9. Describe the true political test according to Stevenson.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Lincoln discussed the Dred Scott decision in the speech "On His Nomination to the Senate".

Part 1) Who was Dred Scott?

Part 2) Identify and explain the three points of the Dred Scott decision in connection with Stephen Douglas' "care-not" policy.

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