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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 Haile Selassie, which country was the first to be threatened by Fascist Italy?

2. What lake did Chief Justice Earl Warren's home overlook?

3. According to Eisenhower, the United States wanted to befriend which group of people?

4. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949 and was one of the great American novelists in the 20th century?

5. What program did Truman state we "keep our full weight behind"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

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

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

4. What did democracy mean to James Bryant Conant?

5. What is the tradition of Irish learning?

6. According to Nixon, what did the oath of the President mean?

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

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

9. Describe the new Reich according to Hitler.

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

Douglas MacArthur was Commander of UN Forces in Korea. MacArthur became critical of government policy and used his own tactics in fighting the war.

Part 1) Explain the four reasons MacArthur felt that the war was necessary.

Part 2) How did MacArthur feel after being relieved of his duties?

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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