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HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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 still suffering
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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, it was swept into office
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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 Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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
HIST 410 RANK Lessons in Excellence-- 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)