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Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Cruiser rules Emergency Banking Act Henry Cabot Lodge Sacco & Vanzetti Universal Negro Improvement Association

Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Civilian Conservation Corps Committee on Public Information Hoovervilles League of Nations Red Summer Volstead Act

If I have answers/essay responses that bare a striking resemblance to online or print materials or another students, I could earn a zero on the exam for plagiarism.

In a well-considered long essay (4-5 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences), respond to ONE of the following prompts.  Provide as much detail as you remember from lectures, readings, and online materials in support of your answer.  Be sure to respond to the entire question, as each have multiple parts.  Please note which question you are responding to in your answer (simply putting #1, #2, etc. is fine)   1. What military strengths and weaknesses did the United States display in the Spanish American War? Is it correct to say that this war marked the emergence of the U.S. as a great world power? Explain your answer.   2. How did William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson’s administrations respond to pressures from the Progressive Movement? One could argue that Theodore Roosevelt was the most progressive candidate in 1912, yet he does not win. Why not? What leads to Wilson’s victory?   3. Describe Woodrow Wilson’s plans to make sure the Great War was “the war to end all wars.” What did his Fourteen Points say and how are they implemented in the final Treaty of Versailles? Why does the United States fail to ratify the treaty and what impact does that have on its lasting influence? How does the treaty sow the seeds for World War II?   4. How did the Great Depression impact American families, men, women, industrial workers, farmers, and underrepresented groups?

Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Civilian Conservation Corps Committee on Public Information Hoovervilles League of Nations Red Summer Volstead Act

Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Bonus Army (1st and 2nd) Fourteen Points Palmer raids Schlieffen Plan Tulsa Massacre Works Progress Administration

In a well-considered long essay (4-5 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences), respond to ONE of the following prompts.  Provide as much detail as you remember from lectures, readings, and online materials in support of your answer.  Be sure to respond to the entire question, as each have multiple parts.  Please note which question you are responding to in your answer (simply putting #1, #2, etc. is fine)   1. Describe the fight for women’s suffrage going back to before the Civil War and up through 1920. What were the main issues and organizations? What opposition did suffragists face and how did they finally win the vote? What are unresolved issues of the feminist movement still being debated today?   2. Evaluate Theodore Roosevelt’s performance as president. Consider both his domestic and foreign policies. To what extent do you agree with the contention that TR is the first “modern” American president?   3. Assess the period immediately after World War I and the treatment of underrepresented groups, immigrants, and political “radicals.” Does the post-war period reveal irony in Wilson’s claim that the war was meant to “save the world for democracy”? Explain.   4. Describe the “Roaring Twenties” and the dominant themes and conflicts of the decade, including modern vs. old fashioned, urban vs. rural, science vs. fundamentalism, and so on. Is the pop culture image of the 1920s (like what The Great Gatsby depicts) accurate?  

Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Alfred Thaher Mahan Equal Rights Amendment Gilded Age Lewis Hine Platt Amendment Square Deal

According to research, which of the following statements about brain development in early childhood, Children are born with a set of abilities that we refer to as executive function.

Choose ONE of the following terms and write a short essay (1-2 full, robust paragraphs with a paragraph defined as at least 5 sentences) using information from readings, textbook materials, professor lectures, and author videos that clearly identifies and explains the term AND gives the significance in proper historical context. Vague or overly brief essays without noted significance cannot receive more than half credit. Dust Bowl Eleanor Roosevelt Gibson girls vs. Flappers KKK of the 1920s Over There Zimmerman Telegram