The final exam has three parts, a long essay (40 points), short essay questions (40 points), and terms (20 points). Please check your originality score before you submit it. Please USE ALL THE SOURCES THAT ARE GIVEN TO YOU FROM EACH SECTION.
Please no documents or outside information can be used. All of the ideas expressed in the final must be your own. and derive only from the weekly readings. You may not cut/paste or paraphrase from weekly assignments.
Please answer the following questions (large essay questions and four short essay questions) individually and cite the weeks they come from (week one). No points will be awarded if you don’t cite. Also, make sure to check your originality report as well before you submit your exam.
Answer four of the following terms, cite the week where you find the answer.
(40 points)
From the end of WWII, the conflict known as the Cold War dominated politics on a global scale. Discuss how the Cold War affected individual experience, politics, and political ideologies. How did this conflict play out between the US and USSR? What parts of the world were the most negatively affected by this global conflict, and what parts were most positively affected? Make sure to be globally comprehensive in your answer and give many examples to support your claims. (2 pages) Sources for this section are:
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-war
(week 8)
https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/27/cold-war-origins
(week 8)
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/arab-israeli-war
(week 9)
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/arab-israeli-war-1967
(week 9)
https://resources.primarysource.org/c.php?g=767969&p=5508129
(week 11)
https://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp
(week 14)
Answer each question in a paragraph and cite where the information came from (only using your readings) 10 points each. (1 page)
What constitutes the beginning of the Cold War, and what was the end? What happened in between?
How did the Cold War affect individual experiences like the Civil Rights movement? Or the Nationalist movements in India, Israel, Ghana, South Africa, or Kenya?
Who felt the brunt of the fight between the USSR and the USA? What countries and regions experienced negative consequences as a result of the Cold War? Consider Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
Please understand both the American political worldview and the Soviet worldview. Remember the perspectives about each side- where they monolithic? Did the US and USSR assert ideological dominance? Sources for this section are:
https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States/Cultural-life#ref791462
(week 8)
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-war
(week 8)
https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/27/cold-war-origins
(week 8)
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/union_of_south_africa
(week 6)
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/west_africa
(week 6)
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/arab-israeli-war-1967
(week 9)
https://resources.primarysource.org/c.php?g=767969&p=5508129
(week 11)
https://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp
(week 14)
Chose 4 terms and answer the following questions: Each term is worth 5 points. To be awarded the full five points for each, you must answer the following questions: Who, what, where, when, how, what makes this an important historical event or person. (1 page) Sources for this section are:
The Berlin Airlift – https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/117196.pdf?v=27a60e6c082789b8b878e0cb7ea19209
(week 8)
Arab/ Israeli Conflict-particularly 1967
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/arab-israeli-war-1967
(week 9)
Suez Crisis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/suez_01.shtml
(week 9)
Latin America in the 70s and 80s
https://resources.primarysource.org/c.php?g=767969&p=5508129
(week 11)
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