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US history in the second period of the class was in part shaped by two massive economic depressions – the Depression of 1893 and the Great Depression.

Begin the cumulative  section   Each question is now worth four points.   Which of the following sets are in the proper chronological order?

This last part of the class dealt with the emergence of the United States as the world’s dominant nation. What did the lectures say about this development when it first emerged in the 1920s and 1930s?

History sometimes says that Adolph Hitler was a strong orator.  He says he “discovered” his gift for oratory in the military.  What did the lecture add to Hitler’s claim?

It was on Saipan that the United States military got a strong sense of the fate awaiting Japanese civilians after an invasion of their homeland. On this island, US forces looked on as the Japanese killed themselves and their children, rather than surrender.

What is de facto segregation and why is it so difficult to combat?    Where was de facto segregation typically located in the Civil Rights era?

It was at the Wannsee Conference of January, 1942, that Hitler ordered top Nazi officials to find a “final solution” to what he called the “Jewish Problem” in Europe.  The conference recommended creating killing centers.

According to the lectures, what event in the 1980s is credited with helping to end the Cold War by alerting leaders in the Soviet Union that a nuclear war was unwinnable?

Most people are aware that Nazi Germany murdered its own people.  But how soon after Hitler took over did the Nazis begin killing?   Who were the first victims?

The first hydrogen bomb exploded in 1952 and was codenamed Ivy Mike.