Part I: Short Answer (6 x 10 points each = 60 points) You will pick SIX short answers out of ten total options to answer. These are very specific questions that can be answered with responses no longer than 3-5 sentences. Responses should be a minimum of half a page in length, typed and double-spaced. Explain the causes of the Great Crash and Great Depression.Explain President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.Explain the strategy of Containment and how it influenced American foreign policy in the Cold War.Explain the basic details and significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis.Explain the basic details and significance of the Space Race.Explain the origins, strengths, and weaknesses of the Great Society legislation of the 1960s.Explain the accomplishments of the 1960s-1970s feminism movement.Explain the basic details and significance of the Watergate Scandal.Explain supply-side economics – how it is supposed to work, and any weaknesses of the theory.Explain demand-side economics – how it is supposed to work, and any weaknesses of the theory. Part II: Cold War Essay (50 points) You MUST answer this question. Essay should be a minimum of 2 pages in length, typed and do
uble-spaced. Note: this essay can be considered “semi-cumulative;” you’ll need to pull information from several lectures/chapters to answer all of it correctly. The Cold War lasted half a century and impacted every facet of American life during that span. Explain the origins of the Cold War and the tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Explain the main American strategy for the Cold War and how the U.S. fought the conflict itself. What are proxy wars and limited war, give examples of each, and explain how they are different from total war? Give specific examples showing how the Cold War and the nuclear threat affected American society at home? How did the government try to mobilize the American public and keep U.S. society separate from that of the Soviets? Explain why and how the Cold War began to wind down during the 1970s and why that trend reversed in the 1980s. What factors caused the Soviet Union to collapse during the 1980s and finally end the conflict? Part III: Essay (40 points) You will pick ONE of these questions to answer. Essays should be a minimum of 2 pages in length, typed and double-spaced. Note: studying the other essays will help you on the multiple choice!