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=work= 2. Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783.

thesis: In the War for Independance the American victory was due to the country's unity, powerful european allies and supieor fighting tactics.

3. Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845–1861.

thesis: The controversy between the Abolitionists and the Slave Holders of American played out violently in the west as the two morally opposed sides escalated the disagreement to a fullscale conflict.

4. Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following.
 * Politics
 * Social conditions
 * Labor and working conditions

thesis: the role of women in politics and social conditions changed because of their increasing ability to become involved and shape the culture to their needs.

5. Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945–1985.
 * Suburbanization
 * The growth of the Sun Belt
 * Immigration to the United States

2. Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values.

thesis: the british imperialism led the british to view the colonies not as subjects but as economic investments which caused tensions between the two as the colonies did not meet the economic expectations of the Crown.

3. Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840s and early 1850s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party.

__Directions__: Choose ONE question from this part. You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning and 30 minutes writing your answer. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.

4. Choose TWO of the following organizations and explain their strategies for advancing the interests of workers. To what extent were these organizations successful in achieving their objectives? Confine your answer to the period from 1875 to 1925. OR 5. Analyze the home-front experiences of TWO of the following groups during the Second World War.
 * Knights of Labor
 * American Federation of Labor
 * Socialist Party of America
 * Industrial Workers of the World
 * African Americans
 * Japanese Americans
 * Jewish Americans
 * Mexican Americans

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1. Prior to American involvement in both the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modifications during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modifications during the period 1939-1941. (1982, question 5) ======
 * ====== cash and carry and loan-lease policy ======
 * ====== nuetrality acts ======
 * ====== atlantic charter ======
 * ====== unlike WWI america tried to stay nuetral by selling goods but not transporting it to the countries ======
 * ====== did not attack german ships until later ======
 * ====== eventually made a charter to make the final destruction of the nazi tyranny ======
 * ====== thesis: in both wars nuetrality was orginally declared but was tehn modified to favor the british and other allies while becoming hostile to germany ======
 * ====== nuetrality was shifted to heavily support the allies as the Arsenal of democracy ======
 * ====== nuetrality was shifted to favor the british due to the economic ties with brittain and the blockade of germany ======

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2. "Vice Presidents who have succeeded to the presidency on the death of the President have been less effective in their conduct of domestic AND foreign policy than the men they replaced." Assess the validity of this statement for any TWO of the following pairs. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1989, question 6) ======
 * ====== vice presidents who succeed to the presidency are not always worse ======

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3. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947. (1988, DBQ)** ======