Wednesday 24 November 2021
Wednesday 17 November 2021
Monday 15 November 2021
Possible Christmas exam essays
1. Account for developments in US Foreign policy 1945-1973.
2. During the period 1945-1989, what was the importance for US foreign policy of one or more of the following: Berlin; Korea; Cuba? (100)
3. What part did one or more of the following play in US foreign policy: Korea; Cuba; SALT and Star Wars?
4. Who was the greater president, Truman or Johnson? Argue your case, referring to both in your answer. (100)
5. What were the strengths and weaknesses of Lyndon Johnson as a political leader? (100)
6. How well did President Harry Truman or President Lyndon Johnson handle the challenges he faced? (100)
7. Which president was more successful in his handling of US foreign policy, Harry Truman or Lyndon Johnson? Argue your case, referring to both. (100)
8. What were the successes and failures of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson?
9. During the period 1945-1989, what was the impact on US society of McCarthyism and/or the anti-war movement? (100)
10. Why did the US lose the Vietnam War and/or what was the significance of the Moon landing?
11. Why did the Montgomery bus boycott (1956) take place, how was it carried out, and to what extent was it successful? (100)
12. Why did race relations remain a major issue in the US, 1945-1989? (100)
13. What was the significance of one or more of the following in US history: Hollywood, 1945- 1968; the Montgomery bus boycott; religion in modern American culture?
14. What were the main developments in race relations in the US, 1945-1968? (100)
15. In what ways did the Montgomery bus boycott, 1956, advance the cause of the civil rights movement?
16. What was the contribution of Martin Luther King to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and to the other aspects of US life?
17. What was the contribution of Martin Luther King to US affairs?
18. How significant was the role of Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement?
19. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the US economy, 1945-1989?
20. What were the significant developments in the US economy, 1945-1989? (100)
21. To what extent did the US economy experience both success and decline during the period 1945-1989? (100)
22. Why did the United States experience an economic boom, 1945-1968, and what was its impact on society?
Friday 12 November 2021
Monday 8 November 2021
recent essays after vietnam
Do this essay:
1. Which president was more successful in his handling of US foreign policy, Harry Truman or Lyndon Johnson? Argue your case, referring to both.
2. Who was the greater president, Truman or Johnson? Argue your case, referring to both in your answer. (100)(plan this essay and write the domestic paragraphs) Its the same essay as above but you have to reduce the foreign to accommodate 3-4 domestic policies paragraphs (check this in the book but I'd write on on social, one on economic and one on race relations).
3. What were the strengths and weaknesses of Lyndon Johnson as a political leader? (100)
4. What were the successes and failures of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson?
Plan both of these essays, they should be similar but they will differ in places.
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