Instructions: Your essay should have an introduction with a clear and specific thesis, a body with evidence, and a conclusion that reinforces your central argument. Select the option you feel the most comfortable with and answer it to the best of your ability.Choose ONE (1) of the following options:Explain the United States’ increasing concern over morality during the early twentieth century.  What motivated these concerns?  What issues, in particular, seemed to require the greatest amount of oversight and regulation?  How did the federal government and industries go about trying to enforce high moral standards?  Why do you believe these concerns over morality intensified during the late 1920s and early 1930s?Trace the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  What were FDR’s general views on government and policy making?  How did he govern and in what ways did he forever change the presidential office?  How were these views reflected in his approaches to ending the Great Depression and navigating the United States through WWII?What were the Japanese motivations for war with the United States? Describe in detail Japanese strategy for the overall conduct of the war; what were their overarching goals and how did they envision achieving these goals? What two faulty assumptions led the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor; why were those assumptions flawed? Why do some military historians categorize Pearl Harbor as a tactical success, but a strategic failure, for the Japanese?

African Americans were not the only racial group who were segregated from whites during the first half of the twentieth century. Hispanics, too, were barred from all-white schools. However, an advocacy group for Hispanics called [BLANK-1] won a landmark decision to desegregate schools in California in 1946, nearly a decade before schools were legally desegregated.

The House vs. NCAA case involved how athletes could get compensation from whom?

[BLANK-1] overcame severe anti-Catholic sentiment in America to win the Election of 1960. He stoked fears that the United States had fallen woefully behind the Soviet Union in the creation of atomic weapons, citing a Missile Gap between the two countries. Although this claim was unfounded, it struck a chord with voters. This young, photogenic man also benefitted from the first televised election debate.

Instructions: A short answer ID should briefly address the basic journalistic questions: who or what, when, where, and why. Be sure to discuss the significance. It is recommended that you write a paragraph of at least 4-5 sentences of detail and significance regarding each required term. Write an answer for FIVE (5) of the following, even if you must guess somewhat (partial credit is better than none):A. C. DixonThe Bank HolidayThe Big ThreeThe Celebrity CriminalFascism in AmericaThe Harlem RenaissanceThe Hays CodeThe Manhattan ProjectThe Republican White HouseThe Smoot-Hawley Tariff   

Throughout the Cold War the threat of atomic warfare was a daily fear. [BLANK-1] was a film produced in 1983 that dramatized the aftereffects of a nuclear war. The film renewed atomic anxieties after the period of détente had eased tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

By the 1950s, some intellectuals began referring to the United States as a [BLANK-1], due to its increasingly urban population, the prevalence of shared culture through media, film, and television, growing affluence, and increased access to consumer goods. Most Americans attempted to conform to a specific idea of what an American should be and should do. Some youths bemoaned this conformity, sought alternative options to popular culture, and yearned for something beyond the affluence and comfort of their lives.

With the innovation of the interstate highway in the mid-1950s, the temporal and class dimensions of vacation-travel changed. Vacations were now available to the lower- and middle-classes and instead of spending weeks or months on holiday, vacationers would typically spend only a few days. New resort-towns like Las Vegas capitalized on these changes and the spirit of freedom and choice that the interstate and automobiles offered. An advertising campaign for the El Rancho Casino in Las Vegas promised [BLANK-1]. It invited family vacationers to imagine themselves as having the freedom of frontier explorers.

The 1950s saw increased concerns with sexuality and the American family. One perceived threat to the American family was the periodical, [BLANK-1], which was first published in 1953. It was targeted toward men and most Americans claimed it was lurid; however, it managed to attract a large readership.

Instructions: Your essay should have an introduction with a clear and specific thesis, a body with evidence, and a conclusion that reinforces your central argument. Select the option you feel the most comfortable with and answer it to the best of your ability.Choose ONE (1) of the following options:In what ways did the Holocaust help to shape the United States and Europe during the second-half of the twentieth century?  Why did the research presented by Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, and Hannah Arendt seem so alarming?  What does their research suggest about the Holocaust being a uniquely German phenomenon?Why did parents during the 1950s become increasingly concerned with juvenile delinquency?  What motivated those concerns?  What sources of entertainment, popular culture, or activities were seen as particularly threatening to the traditional American family?  What regulatory measures were taken to alleviate these threats?How did the construction of the interstate highway system fundamentally change American society? Who was responsible for the creation of this system? How did the automobile become the symbol of American freedom? How did large cities in the West differ from traditional cities due to the expansion of the interstate highway system and suburbanization? What businesses and industries were established (or greatly expanded) due to the interstate highway system? How did the interstate change leisure opportunities for Americans?