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• HIST 410N Week 1 Case Study Jules Ferry
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• Case Study 1 Jules Ferry
• Jules Ferry was Prime Minister of France as that
  nation launched its imperial expansion. In a
  debate with member of the French Parliament,
  Ferry Defends the decision to expand. Read his
  remarks and respond to the following questions
• 1. According to Ferry, what recent developments
  in world trade have made it urgent for France to
  have colonies?

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• HIST 410N Week 1 Discussion DQ 2The First Total
  War
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• The First Total War
• World War 1 is said to have been the first
  total war. What does that mean? And what does
  it mean for people and nations trying to pick up
  the pieces and resume normal life?

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• HIST 410N Week 1 Discussion DQ 11900 The Age of
  Hope and the Age of Isms
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• 1900 The Age of Hope and the Age of Isms
• Heres a statement to consider Imperialism has
  been the most powerful force in world history
  over the last four or five centuries, carving up
  whole continents while oppressing indigenous
  peoples and obliterating entire civilizations.

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• HIST 410N Week 2 Case Study Versailles The
  Allies Last Horrible Triumph
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• Case Study 2 Versailles The Allies Last
  Horrible Triumph
• This week, you will read the comments of the
  German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference
  on the conditions of the peace which ended World
  War 1. You will find that document in the
  webliography. Many have argued that it was the
  way World War 1 ended which made World War 2

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• HIST 410N Week 2 Discussion DQ 1The Rise of
  Totalitarianism
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• The Rise of Totalitarianism
• Compare and contrast the two types of
  totalitarian governments that arose after 1917,
  that is, communism and fascism. What were the
  origins of these governments, their
  accomplishments, and their failures? What
  accounts for the fact that the masses mobilized
  to support these movements? Elaborate.

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• HIST 410N Week 2 Discussion DQ 2Nationalism and
  the Treaty of Versailles
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• Nationalism and the Treaty of Versailles
• What were reasons that led to the ultimate
  failure of the Treaty of Versailles? What were
  the challenges facing the newly-formed League of
  Nations, and why was it so difficult to form a
  lasting agreement that would prevent another war?
  Elaborate.

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• HIST 410N Week 3 Case Study The Democrat and the
  Dictator
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•  HIST 410N Week 3 Case Study
• The Democarat and the Dictator
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• Franklin Roosevelt and Adolph Hitler both came to
  power in 1933. They found themselves in charge of
  nations still suffering from the consequences of
  World War 1 and the Great Depression.
  Unemployment in the US was nearly 25, while
  nearly one-third of Germanys workforce

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• HIST 410N Week 3 Discussion DQ 1Dictatorship and
  Democracy
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• Dictatorship and Democracy
• Analyze Adolph Hitlers rise to power and the
  policies he used to rule Germany. Textbook
  tyrant? Overheated Nationalist? Or the right man
  for at the right time for the right job?
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• HIST 410N Week 3 Discussion DQ 2World War II and
  the Holocaust
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• World War II and the Holocaust
• The following statement was taken from a
  contemporary account of Germany in 1939 Though
  the Fuhrers anti-Semitic program furnished the
  National Socialist party in the first instances
  with a nucleus and a rallying-cry, it was swept
  into office by two things with which the Jewish

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• HIST 410N Week 4 Discussion DQ 1The Cold War Who
  Shot First
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• The Cold War Who Shot First?
• The United States accused the Soviet Union of
  breaking all its wartime pledges and holding
  Eastern Europe hostage while trying to subvert
  governments in the west. The Soviet Union accused
  the US and its allies of trying surround and
  ultimately destroy it. War of words? Or was

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• HIST 410N Week 4 Discussion DQ 2Cold War Buzz
  Words
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• Cold War Buzz Words
• The Cold War its very own verbiage. The West had
  more than its share Cold War, Iron Curtain,
  Containment, Domino Theory were just a few. What
  did they mean in this strange new post-war
  environment?

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• HIST 410N Week 4 Midterm Examination
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• Question (TCO 1, 2) Analyze how World War 1
  changed the economic, social, and political
  landscapes in the affected nations. Use examples
  to explain how the war affected men and women,
  government power, and the economy.

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• HIST 410N Week 5 Case Study Winston Churchills
  Iron Curtain Speech
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• Case Study Winston Churchills Iron Curtain
  Speech
• There are many ways to get a feel for the events
  of the 20th Century. One way is through the
  analysis of primary source documents. Few
  documents set the stage for the second half than
  Winston Churchills 1946 speech in Fulton,
  Missouri. Officially entitled The Sinews of
  Peace, it came to be

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• HIST 410N Week 5 Discussion DQ 2Israel and the
  Middle East
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• Israel and the Middle East
• Why has the Arab-Israeli conflict been so
  persistent? What religious and cultural factors
  have contributed to the persistent state of
  unrest in the Middle East and, in particular, in
  what some people refer to as the Holy Land?

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• HIST 410N Week 5Discussion DQ 1Africa and the
  West
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• Africa and the West
• What accounts for the rather late emergence of
  African countries as independent nation-states?
  Is there something peculiar about Africa that
  delayed its drive for independence? (Begin with a
  specific African country, and argue your case.)

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• HIST 410N Week 6 Case Study Ho Chi Minh and
  Vietnamese Independence
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• Case Study Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese
  Independence
• Was Ho Chi Minh a Communist? To many Americans he
  was. But to many Vietnamese he was a nationalist
  hero, and to even a few Americans he was that as
  well, plus a friend, and ally and a comrade in
  arms during World War 2. It may be hard to paint
  Ho with any color other than gray, and

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• HIST 410N Week 6 Discussion DQ 1The End of the
  Cold War
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• The End of the Cold War
• What impact did Mikhail Gorbachevs ideas of
  glasnost (openness), perestroika (restructuring)
  and demokratizatsiia (democratization) have on
  Communist society? Were these principles
  compatible with collectivization and a command
  economy?

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• HIST 410N Week 6 Discussion DQ 2The not so Cold
  War
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• The not so Cold War
• It would be easy to dismiss the Cold War simply
  as proof that Capitalism was a better theory than
  Communism. Easy, but not the whole story. In
  order for Communism to be relegated to the
  dustbin of history, it first had to be proven
  that its struggle against Capitalism unecessary
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• HIST 410N Week 7 Case Study Mikhail Gorbachevs
  1988 UN Speech
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• Case Study Mikhail Gorbachevs 1988 UN Speech
• If the pace of improving US-Soviet relations
  seemed rapid, Mikhail Gorbachevs speech to the
  United Nations General Assembly would shift the
  process into overdrive. In this remarkable
  oration, which you can find by clicking on the
  link below,Gorbachev emphatically declared t

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• HIST 410N Week 7 Discussion DQ 1Cold War
  Nostalgia
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• Cold War Nostalgia
• In the years after the Cold War and the collapse
  of the bipolar order, the world has undergone
  significant changes. Chief among those changes
  has been a perceived deterioration of world
  stability, not only in terms of economics but
  also in terms of security. What indicators could
  lead one to

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• HIST 410N Week 7 Discussion DQ 2Brave New World
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• Brave New World
• Sothe Cold War is over. Time to do a victory lap
  and celebrate the primacy of American power. But
  the celebration seemed short-lived, as there were
  plenty of other concerns. Nothing is as it should
  be. Our adversaries are now our allies, and our
  allies are now competitors. The end of the

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• HIST 410N Week 7 Final Exam
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• Question 1.1. (TCO 6) The 1914 assassination of
  the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was a
  factor in causing World War I.  What else might
  be considered factors? (Points 4)
•        British and German competition for the
  largest global empire

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