World War II Cold War and Civil Rights Progressive Era and World War I Paper

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World War II Cold War and Civil Rights Progressive Era and World War I Paper

For each section, you will answer ONE of the two questions. Each of your 3 answers should be between 500-1000 words (2 to 4 pages). You must base your answers on the text book, my lectures, and the primary sources. Moreover, you must cite at least TWO of the primary readings per each answer (either from the Voices of Freedom book or those that have been posted on Canvas). The Exam is due at 12:00pm, Friday, May 3. Your exam will be uploaded to Canvas. It will be checked for plagiarism using Turn-It-In. THERE WILL BE NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!

Section 1 – The New Deal and World War II:

  1. What were the three goals of the New Deal? In what ways was the New Deal “new” and progressive? In what ways was the New Deal “conservative” and reinforce existing racial structures?
  2. Discuss the American Homefront during World War II. How did the war reshape the American economy? What were the war-experiences for African Americans, Japanese Americans, and women?

Section 2 – Cold War and Civil Rights

  1. How did the Cold War affect American foreign and domestic politics? How did the Cold War affect American culture?
  2. Discuss the long civil rights movement. When did the movement begin? How did the movement gain momentum into the 1950s? What were the gains of the movement into the 1960s?

Section 3 – The Progressive Era and World War I:

1. Discuss New Left activism and counterculture in the 1960s. Where did some of their strategies originate and what were the issues they sought to combat? How did they used culture to influence American society? How did identity play a role in shaping the movements of feminism, black power, and gay liberation?

2. In what ways did the 1970s and 1980s bring about economic changes in the United States? How did some of the social issues of this period challenge and shape conservatism and liberalism?

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS:

Exams must conform to ALL conventions of formal writing. This means that your essays are expected to be doubled-spaced, 12-point font, grammatically correct, and refer back to the course’s readings. Please include a word count on your paper. Papers that are either too long or too short will be penalized.

Please submit your document as a Microsoft Word file – or a similar word processing file such as Apple’s Pages. DO NOTconvert the file to a PDF. Points will be taken off if you upload a PDF file.

Format

  1. Your exams should have a heading with the section number and the question that you’re answering (either #1 or #2). If you don’t tell me which question you are answering, I will not know how to grade you!
  2. Like the last assignment, your answers should have an introduction, a body (where you provide the evidence for your answer), and a
  3. Your answer should be based on the course material – the assigned readings and lectures. DO NOT CONSULT ANY OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES!!! I do not want to know what Google or Wikipedia tells you about these topics. All the information you need to answer these questions can be found in the text book, the primary sources, and the class lectures. You will be docked points for any outside research!!

d. Like the last essay, you MUST introduce and contextualize your quotes. You have to tell your reader what document is that you’re quoting.

  1. You don’t have to use any specific citation style. You can use what you’re comfortable with. Or, simply put the LAST NAME, Page # at the end of the

o EX: Davenport noted that “The human babies born each year constitute the world’s most valuable crop. (Davenport, 251).”

  1. You should also try to avoid extended quotations. In almost all circumstances, you shouldn’t be quoting more than one or two sentences at a time. When you’re trying to quote a longer passage, intersperse your own words as necessary. When I see paragraph- length citations I start to worry that you’re just trying to fill up ..