Part 2 Short Answer ID Terms (30%): A short answer ID should…
Part 2 Short Answer ID Terms (30%): A short answer ID should briefly address the basic journalistic questions: who or what, when, where, and why. Answers should be at least 4-5 sentences long. Be sure to discuss the historical significance – this is the most important part of your ID term. Do not leave any portion of the five options you choose blank – it is best to write something, even if you must guess somewhat. Partial credit is better than nothing.Answer FIVE (5) of the following terms:Alexander KerenskyBaron Georges-Eugène HaussmannBrown ShirtsCult of PersonalityGin and TonicThe Great DepressionThe Spanish Civil WarTrench WarfareVera BrittainVladimir Ilyich Lenin
Read DetailsFrench artist [BLANK-1] was involved in several of the new m…
French artist [BLANK-1] was involved in several of the new modern artistic movements of the Age of Anxiety in the early twentieth century. He attended the 1913 Armory Show in New York City, where audiences were perplexed by his proto-cubist, proto-futurist work of art titled Nude Descending a Staircase (many asked “where is the nude?”). He was also involved in the absurdist Dada movement. His Dadaist art installation from 1917, Fountain, was signed by the pseudonym R. Mutt and was simply a men’s urinal turned on its side and bolted to a base. These new modern artistic styles reflected the desire of artists to depict and interpret the complexities of modern life in new ways.
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During WWI, more than a million Africans and Asians served as [BLANK-1] for the belligerent empires; more than double that number served as porters who carried equipment. These men volunteered for the position in order to gain food, clothes, or the promise of a better life when they returned home. Others were unwillingly conscripted by imperial powers. Many, however, were disillusioned with European civilization after seeing the death and brutality of the front during the war. Many others shed their belief that Europeans were superhuman when they saw them die in battle and were introduced to concepts such as nationalism. Despite their service, few saw many tangible benefits when they returned home and the newfound nationalism failed to immediately materialize into independence movements.
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