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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 was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?

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

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

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

5. Who believed that the Canadian people entered WWII on their own free will?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the difference between merchants and ministers.

2. What is the tradition of Irish learning?

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

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

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

6. Describe Charles de Gaulle's reflections on the last four years in the "Independence for Algeria" speech.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Several speeches in the text focused on religion and philosophy. For each speaker, summarize the idea of their speech found in the text.

1) Martin Luther

2) John Calvin

3) Jonathan Edwards

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