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Questions from the cards--at least 5 of which will appear on the exam.

Which country, following World War II, was divided at 38 degrees North?
A. Germany
B. Cuba
C. Korea
D. China

Which President applied “Brinkmanship” to relations with the Soviet Union?
A. Eisenhower
B. Truman
C. Kennedy
D. Nixon

Island-hopping was a wartime strategy implemented by whom?
A. Eisenhower
B. Patton
C. Churchill
D. MacArthur

The Manhattan Project refers to what?
A. The United Nations
B. The development of the atomic bomb
C. The invasion of Normandy
D. The last-ditch German counter-offensive

Bobby Seale founded which group?
A. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
B. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
C. Nation of Islam
D. Black Panthers

Which Supreme Court case made “separate but equal” illegal?
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. US v. Schecter
D. Ward v. Race Horse

What rationale did Pres. Kennedy invoke during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A. The US Constitution
B. The Monroe Doctine
C. The Truman Doctrine
D. Brinkmanship

The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of which country?
A. Cuba
B. North Korea
C. Vietnam
D. China

Pres. Nixon’s plan to end the war in Vietnam was called what?
A. Containment
B. Brinksmanship
C. Détente
D. Vietnamization

I'm just posting two questions. These are the two that will be on the final. Discuss them with Mr. Smith in the review session.

1. Based on the content and explanations you have heard throughout the term, and on the distinction made by Tocqueville, answer this question: Is the instructor of this course a democratic historian or an aristocratic historian?

2. Of all the ideas you encountered in your readings of Tocqueville, which one did you find most intriguing and useful? Show how it enlightens material covered in the course.

The review session for the final is this Thursday, May 6, at 6:30 in Minard 138. We will discuss essay questions and troublesome lecture material.