HIST 1302
ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR UNIT 3
Answer any ONE of the following questions. Be prepared to provide a one-page
discussion for your answer. Your essay question is worth 10 pts. on your Unit 3 Exam
grade.
1.
Discuss World War II from the perspective of changes wrought on Americans, in
lifestyle, attitudes, and physical costs of war.
2.
Discuss the long range causes of the Cold War. Each cause should be fully
explained and should be accompanied by factual material to support and elaborate
on the explanation. In your opinion, how might the Cold War have been avoided?
3.
Examine the growth of Civil Rights as a major reform movement in this country.
What areas did civil rights advocates target, and were they successful in achieving
change for the better?
4.
The decade of the 60s was a period of massive social change and upheaval.
Choose three groups which found their political voice in the period and advocated
change in their status. Determine what each group wanted and how effectively
they were able to achieve their goals.
SHORT I.D. TERMS FOR UNIT 3
Eight terms will be chosen from the following list of identification. You should be
prepared to provide at least THREE facts, using complete sentences to describe each of
the terms. Each identification is worth 5 pts. on your Unit 3 Exam grade for a total of 40
pts.
Marshall Plan
Holocaust
Kellog-Briand Pact
D-Day
Benito Mussolini
Good Neighbor Policy
Loyalty Boards
Alger Hiss
Ethel Rosenberg
Jim Crow Laws
Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Lend-Lease Act
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism