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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that the United States now has her second opportunity to make the world safe for democracy?

2. According to Owen D. Young, what did not "exist in a form of powder, a mere mass of incoherent particles"?

3. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?

4. According to President Nixon, what title can one receive that was the greatest honor of history?

5. Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three elements represented the five members that completed the most important part of a war cabinet?

2. What was the relationship of prosperity and peace according to Hull?

3. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

4. What was Einstein's feelings on peace?

5. Describe one's private library according to Phelps.

6. Describe the impatience of the American people in the chapter "International Affairs and the United States".

7. Describe the phrase used by John F. Kennedy to call the people of the U.S. and the world to action.

8. According to Nixon, what did the oath of the President mean?

9. Discuss the artificial restrictions placed on the Soviet Government.

10. What were John F. Kennedy's feelings on peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Woodrow Wilson led the United States through World War I. In an address to a joint session in Congress, Wilson outlined "Fourteen Points" of a program for world peace.

Part 1) Briefly summarize each of the "Fourteen Points" Wilson outlined in the speech.

Part 2) Describe the roles of each country discussed in Wilson's "Fourteen Points".

Essay Topic 2

Adolf Hitler and Woodrow Wilson had differing opinions on the League of Nations. Compare and contrast Hitler's "Germany's Claims" and Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speeches.

Essay Topic 3

Several speeches in the text focused on religion and philosophy. For each speaker, summarize the idea of their speech found in the text.

1) Martin Luther

2) John Calvin

3) Jonathan Edwards

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