Short Answer (25 points) 2. How did the Vietnam War change U. S. politics and culture? In your answer, provide three examples.

3. How did the Reagan Administration define freedom during the 1980s? In your answer, provide two responses from the reading.

4. Briefly explain what was achieved in the Space race and why the U. S. felt it was a necessary component of the Cold War

Rate the presidency of Richard Nixon. Is his presidency a failure or success? Why or why not? In your answer, be sure to provide specific examples that back up your point and how his time in office impacted the country.

2. Rate the presidency of Bill Clinton. Is his presidency a failure or success? Why or why not? In your answer, be sure to provide specific examples to back up your point and how his time in office affects the country during that time as well as today.

3. Why are the 1980s referred as the “second Gilded Age”? Does this trend continue into the 1990s? Why or why or not? Be sure to include examples from the reading to back up your response.

4. During the Cold War, the U. S. positioned itself as the beacon of freedom and democracy to the world as opposed to Communism from the USSR. In what ways did the U. S. live up to that and in what ways did they fall short? Your answer should include aspects of the Civil Rights push domestically as well as foreign policy issues.

5. Explain how U. S. Cold War policy backfires in the 1970s, 80’s, and 21st century. Why is this important when examining the relationship the United States has with other countries?

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer is d)to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander