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In the course of this class, we’ve seen two American presidents – Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, face terrible setbacks in their lives.  Both responded by surmounting their hardships and turning weakness into strength.  What about Hitler?  Did he face a setback in life?  How did he respond?

Lectures established that young people of the 1950s were conformist, that a significant proportion could think of no way they wanted to be different from their parents.  How, then, did young people of the 1960s become leading activists against the policies created by their parents?   According to the lectures, which of the following partly accounts for this shift?

What was Lend –Lease?

Which of the following sets took place, passed into law, or were introduced in the 1950s?

This is Tule Lake, which was created by Executive Order 9066.  What was the purpose of this place?

The Cold War was more than just a disagreement between two nations over political systems.  The United States had serious concerns about the USSR because of its behavior.  The USSR, after all, committed a number of crimes against humanity, including the Holodormor of 1932-33, in which it intentionally starved about seven million of its own people.

The election of Donald Trump in 2016 is believed to have reflected widespread irritation with and mistrust for professional politicians.  According to the lectures, what single event in the 1970s is believed to have set the stage for this election by severely damaging the faith and trust American citizens had in their politicians?  Why?

The Berkeley Free Speech Movement of 1961 was a sit-in movement run by young black Americans in North Carolina.

When World War II erupted, what actions did the United States take in the late 1930s and early 1940s?

The 1950s is famous for conformity.  Why?