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What does the structure of the company town of Pullman say about George Pullman’s attitude toward its residents?
- According to Booker T. Washington, why is it important for African Americans to learn a trade or industrial skill rather than pursuing political rights?
- How do you think the Jim Crow Era he was living in impacted Booker T, Washingtons' ideas?
How do you think the Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age impacted Booker T. Washingtons' ideas?
Hypothetically, supposed that Dr. Jose Rizal did retract his statements against the Catholic church and the Spanish government, and you were given the chance to talk to Jose Rizal, what would you say to him about his retraction?
Do you think the Vietnam War was a civil war or a war of aggression? Why?
- What was the purpose of the European Union and what structures were created to assure that purpose would be met?
- According to Nigel Farage, what was the main reason for Britain's departure from the European Union (EU) and what future did he envision for the EU after Brexit ?
In the reading from Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Premier lays out his concerns with the state of his nation. What does Gorbachev consider some of the most pressing issues facing the Soviet Union, and where do you understand these issues to have come from? Do you think that Gorbachev was being naïve to suggest that glasnost and perestroika would be enough to fix the problems facing the USSR? Would there have been a way to continue on the path that he laid out in the document of fixing the country’s problems with “more socialism?” Was it Socialism to blame for the failing Soviet economy or was it something greater? Bring in your knowledge of Soviet life and economy from prior lessons in answering this question
1.Following the devastation of WWII and attempting to learn from the lessons of WWI the world took measures to begin to rebuild. We saw that plan to rebuild from George C. Marshall with The Marshall Plan in 1948. How did you regard Marshall’s speech in laying the groundwork for what would eventually be the Marshall Plan? Which parts of rebuilding Europe as Marshall seemed most necessary and why? Which arguments were most persuasive? What similarities and differences did you find between Marshall’s version of economic recovery and the ideas laid out by Keynes after WWI?
2.In the Brezhnev Doctrine, how does Brezhnev respond to the events in Czechoslovakia (the Prague Spring)? Where do you see Brezhnev pitting sides against each other, and how is it representative of the Cold War as a whole? How do you understand this speech in tandem with Khrushchev’s Secret Speech only 12 years later? What changes that came under Khrushchev may have remained under Brezhnev, and which ones appear to have been rolled back?
Which of the following was the LEAST common form of protest used by the slaves in the British Caribbean in the 18th century?
