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Part I Please choose five of the following terms. Write an essay style answer, about one paragraph in length for each. Please be sure to include relevant factual information as well as the historical significance of this term. Each term is worth eight points (40%) Nancy Pelosi?? Little Rock Crisis?? Sputnik Voting Rights Act (1965)? “Afghanistan: The Forever War”? Tet Offensive Sandra Day O’Connor?? George Floyd???? Thurgood Marshall Bay of Pigs??? Affordable Health Care Act?? Marshall Plan #MeToo Movement? Interstate Highway Act (1956)? Camp David Accords Part II Please choose one of the following questions. Write essay style answers. This is your opportunity to display your breadth and depth of knowledge. (60%) In March 1947, President Harry Truman offered economic aid to Greece and Turkey in hopes of warding off a communist takeover of those two governments. That action became the basis of the Truman Doctrine, or the containment policy, aimed at thwarting any further territorial gains on the part of the Soviet Union. Until the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, between 1989-91, the containment policy was the defacto, bipartisan foreign policy for the US. Osama Bin Laden’s attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11/01 ushered in a new phase of foreign policy that Geo

rge W. Bush referred to as the global war on terror(ism). This led to bipartisan support for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to the present. Compare and contrast these two periods of American foreign policy (1947-89) and (2001-Present). Did or has the US emerged victorious from either one of these eras of foreign policy? What is the evidence for victory or defeat? Were America’s values/vital interests promoted through its foreign policy engagements in one era vs the other? Be specific. OR When you consider the changes in American society between 1950 and 2020, considering social, political, economic, and technological changes, would you conclude that the United States experienced more progress or decline as a nation during this period of recent history? Defend your argument with specific examples. (Hint: this is the first time I have expanded the time frame up to the present on this question. Since this is a history class, the challenge for you is to relate past events to current situation. Try to avoid focusing solely on events of 2020.) Cite Sources
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