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Part I

1- World War I marked a turning point in US relationship with other world powers.

A- How did the US become involved in the First World War?

B- According to the President, what was the US supposed to achieve by entering the war?

C- How did war mobilization influence conditions on the home front, especially civil right and liberties?

D- What were the effects of the peace on US international relation and politics at home?

Part II

2- The 1920s have been viewed by many historians as a time of excess and liberation, on one hand, and extreme intolerance on the others.

A- What factors most contributed to the image of the 1920s as “roaring” (think in terms of economic, technology, social, and cultural changes)?

B- What historical episodes indicated a mood of intolerance and extreme prejudice among many against immigrants , people of color, and unions?

Part III

3- A- What were the various approaches of Franklin Roosevelt’s administration to the crisis of the Great Depression?

B- Describe in detail at least four New Deal Programs?

C-What were the goals of the program? Who benefited from the program and reforms?

D-What do you think the New Deal accomplished? What did it fail to accomplish?

Part IV

4- A -describe the events, especially the development of great powers overseas, that led to the outbreak of the World War II.

B-What were the US’s official policies regarding the war prior to US involvement? How did these change over time?

C-How did the US become involved in that conflict?

D-What were the roles of the US leaders in ending the war?

E-What were the approaches and policies of the US to postwar reconstruction?

Part V

5- A-What conflicts and foreign policies indicated that the US was engaged in a “Cold War?”

b- Who were the Dixiecrat and what did they do and stand for?

C- How did the Cold War shape the political landscape of the 1950s and 1960s?

D- How did Cold War gears impact civil liberties and civil rights at home?

E- How did Civil rights movements and anti-war protests influence LBJ and the two major political parties?