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HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 1 Case Study Jules Ferry FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Case Study # 1: Jules Ferry Jules Ferry was Prime Minister of France as that nation launched its imperial expansion. In a debate with member of the French Parliament, Ferry Defends the decision to expand. Read his remarks and respond to the following questions:
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 1 Discussion DQ 1 1900 The Age of Hope and the Age of ‘Isms’ FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com 1900: The Age of Hope and the Age of ‘Isms’ Here’s a statement to consider: “Imperialism has been the most powerful force in world history over the last four or five centuries, carving up whole continents while oppressing indigenous peoples and obliterating entire civilizations.” Defend or condemn the argument by giving
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 1 Discussion DQ 2 The First Total War FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com The First Total War World War 1 is said to have been the first ‘total’ war. What does that mean? And what does it mean for people and nations trying to pick up the pieces and resume normal life?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 2 Case Study Versailles: The Allies’ “Last Horrible Triumph” FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Case Study #2: Versailles: The Allies’ “Last Horrible Triumph” This week, you will read the comments of the German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference on the conditions of the peace which ended World War 1. You will find that document in the webliography. Many have argued that it was the way World War 1 ended which made World
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 2 Discussion DQ 1 The Rise of Totalitarianism FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com The Rise of Totalitarianism Compare and contrast the two types of totalitarian governments that arose after 1917, that is, communism and fascism. What were the origins of these governments, their accomplishments, and their failures? What accounts for the fact that the masses mobilized to support these movements? Elaborate.
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 2 Discussion DQ 2 Nationalism and the Treaty of Versailles FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Nationalism and the Treaty of Versailles What were reasons that led to the ultimate failure of the Treaty of Versailles? What were the challenges facing the newly-formed League of Nations, and why was it so difficult to form a lasting agreement that would prevent another war? Elaborate.
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 3 Case Study The Democrat and the Dictator FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com HIST 410N Week 3 Case Study The Democarat and the Dictator Franklin Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler both came to power in 1933. They found themselves in charge of nations
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 3 Discussion DQ 1 Dictatorship and Democracy FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Dictatorship and Democracy Analyze Adolph Hitler’s rise to power and the policies he used to rule Germany. Textbook tyrant? Overheated Nationalist? Or the right man for at the right time for the right job?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 3 Discussion DQ 2 World War II and the Holocaust FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com World War II and the Holocaust The following statement was taken from a contemporary account of Germany in 1939: “Though the Fuhrer’s anti-Semitic program furnished the National Socialist party in the first instances with a nucleus and a rallying-cry
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 4 Discussion DQ 1 The Cold War: Who Shot First? FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com The Cold War: Who Shot First? The United States accused the Soviet Union of breaking all its wartime pledges and holding Eastern Europe hostage while trying to subvert governments in the west. The Soviet Union accused the US and its allies of trying surround and ultimately destroy it. War of words? Or was somebody telling the truth? And where do our ‘Isms’ fit in? In particular nationalism?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 4 Discussion DQ 2 Cold War Buzz Words FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Cold War Buzz Words The Cold War its very own verbiage. The West had more than its share: Cold War, Iron Curtain, Containment, Domino Theory were just a few. What did they mean in this strange new post-war environment?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 4 Midterm Examination FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Question : (TCO 1, 2) Analyze how World War 1 changed the economic, social, and political landscapes in the affected nations. Use examples to explain how the war affected men and women, government power, and the economy.
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 5 Case Study Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Case Study: Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech There are many ways to get a feel for the events of the 20th Century. One way is through the analysis of primary source documents. Few documents set the stage for the second half than Winston Churchill’s 1946 speech in Fulton, Missouri.
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 5 Discussion DQ 1 Africa and the West FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Africa and the West What accounts for the rather late emergence of African countries as independent nation-states? Is there something peculiar about Africa that delayed its drive for independence? (Begin with a specific African country, and argue your case.)
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 5 Discussion DQ 2 Israel and the Middle East FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Israel and the Middle East Why has the Arab-Israeli conflict been so persistent? What religious and cultural factors have contributed to the persistent state of unrest in the Middle East and, in particular, in what some people refer to as the Holy Land?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 6 Case Study Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Independence FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Case Study: Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Independence Was Ho Chi Minh a Communist? To many Americans he was. But to many Vietnamese he was a nationalist hero, and to even a few Americans he was that as well, plus a friend, and ally and a comrade in arms during World War 2. It may be hard to paint Ho with any color
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 6 Discussion DQ 1 The End of the Cold War FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com The End of the Cold War What impact did Mikhail Gorbachev’s ideas of glasnost (openness), perestroika (restructuring) and demokratizatsiia (democratization) have on Communist society? Were these principles compatible with collectivization and a command economy? Did Communist leaders
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 6 Discussion DQ 2 The not so Cold War FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com The not so Cold War It would be easy to dismiss the Cold War simply as proof that Capitalism was a better theory than Communism. Easy, but not the whole story. In order for Communism to be relegated to the dustbin of history, it first had to be proven that its struggle against Capitalism unecessary and thus irrelevant. How do the US and the USSR close the gap in the last quarter of the 20th Century to allow Communism to go out with a whimper and not a bang?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 7 Case Study Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1988 UN Speech FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Case Study: Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1988 UN Speech If the pace of improving US-Soviet relations seemed rapid, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly would shift the process into overdrive. In this remarkable oration, which you can find by clicking on the link below,Gorbachev emphatically declared
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 7 Discussion DQ 1 Cold War Nostalgia FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Cold War Nostalgia In the years after the Cold War and the collapse of the bipolar order, the world has undergone significant changes. Chief among those changes has been a perceived deterioration of world stability, not only in terms of economics but also in terms of security. What indicators could lead one to conclude that in the years following the collapse of the Communist world, things have gotten more dangerous?
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 7 Discussion DQ 2 Brave New World FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Brave New World So…the Cold War is over. Time to do a victory lap and celebrate the primacy of American power. But the celebration seemed short-lived, as there were plenty of other concerns. Nothing is as it should be. Our adversaries are now our allies, and our allies are now competitors. The end of the Cold War knocked down the Iron Curtain, but it also destroyed conventional economic patterns.
HIST 410 RANK Education Planning--hist410rank.com HIST 410 N Week 7 Final Exam FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hist410rank.com Question 1.1. (TCO 6) The 1914 assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was a factor in causing World War I. What else might be considered factors? (Points : 4) British and German competition for the largest global empire The arms race to create weapons to defend empires The power of nationalism, which suggested that one’s nation is superior to others All of the above
