Soviet Premier, [BLANK-1] was a hardline Cold Warrior who took an aggressive stand against the United States and Western capitalistic democracies. He brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Kennedy Presidency. Years before that event, he famously argued with Vice-President Richard Nixon in defense of the Soviet System during the Kitchen Debate in 1959.

If an exposure variable and an outcome variable are not related, the risk ratio would be equal or close to:

Part 3 Essay Question [40%]: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:Describe in detail the various ways that Indian cultures collected food before the invention of farming.  During the archaic age, in what ways did Native Americans adapt to environmental changes in order to find new ways of collecting food?  How did farming revolutionize some Indian societies?  What aspects of Indian societies greatly changed with the introduction of farming?  Identify several Indian farming cultures and note how they differed from one another.  What was the staple crop of most American Indian farming societies?What were the major issues of concern during Bacon’s Rebellion?  Who was Nathaniel Bacon?  To whom did his rebellion appeal?  How did the rebels differ from Bacon?  How did Bacon’s Rebellion have lasting effects on race relations in North America (use evidence to support your claim)?Describe in detail the Puritan religion. What was Puritanism and what about the religion contributed to the persecution of Puritans in Europe? Describe a Puritan community – where would it have been located? What values did members of this Puritan community hold? How did they interact with their neighbors and members of other religions? How did these things change from the seventeenth through the late-eighteenth centuries? What ideological or theological movements did the Puritans affect? How so?

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Yankees slugger [BLANK-1] exemplified the Culture of Escape and America’s obsession with celebrities during the interwar years. The former orphan from the slums of Baltimore revitalized interest in baseball following the Black Sox Scandal of 1919, when he hit fifty-four home runs in 1920. Americans crowded around radio sets to hear reports of this player’s at-bats, and more Americans could recognize him than they could then-president Warren G. Harding.

Part 3 Essay Question [40%]: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:Describe the process of suburbanization that occurred during the 1950s. What factors led to the rise of suburban home ownership during this era? In what ways did suburbia represent the fulfillment of the American Dream and highlight society’s commitment to conformity? What factor did racial tensions play in the rise of suburbanization? How did suburbanization deepen the racial divide in the United States?How did college students become the major force for change during the 1960s and early-1970s? What key individuals or student groups proved most impactful in terms of enacting social and political change? What aspects of American society did college students find to be most problematic at this time? What methods did college students employ to enact change? Chart their roles in the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement, the Counterculture movement, and their fight for a more-participatory democracy in American society.What sparked the Environmentalist Movement of the 1960s? What individuals or groups were associated with the movement? What were their chief concerns? In what ways did environmentalists find an unlikely ally in Richard M. Nixon? What policies of the Nixon White House proved to be important victories for environmentalists?

Part 2 [8% points each = 40% total] Short Identification Questions (IDs):A short answer ID should briefly address the basic journalistic questions: who or what, when, where, and why. Each term should be at least 4-5 sentences long. Be sure to discuss the significance. Write an answer for FIVE (5) of the following, even if you must guess somewhat (partial credit is better than none):A Raisin in the SunThe Children’s March on BirminghamThe Culture WarsDwight Eisenhower’s Foreign PolicyThe Great SocietyThe Iran-Contra AffairJohn F. Kennedy’s Foreign PolicyRichard Nixon’s Foreign PolicyRonald Reagan’s Foreign PolicyThe Summer of Love

The Affluent Society of the 1950s was an era that largely embraced conformity (fitting-in with the dominant culture); however, that was not universally true. Some writers, poets, and musicians known as [BLANK-1] flaunted the conformity of the 1950s. They were cynical about the commercialism and consumerism associated with capitalism, and they challenged traditional gender roles. They sought a deeper meaning to life by travelling the country, adopting elements of Eastern religions, and experimenting with drugs, sex, and art.

Ronald Reagan’s optimistic re-election campaign slogan in 1984 was [BLANK-1]. Reagan’s popularity was on the rise following low unemployment numbers, a brief improvement in the economy, and his ability to put a political spin on his social security austerity measures in order to take credit for strengthening a program beloved by most Americans. Reagan won re-election easily over Democrat Walter Mondale, winning 49 out of 50 states.

OPEC was principally responsible for [BLANK-1] in 1973, when the organization placed an oil embargo on the United States due to its support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War. The embargo had a nearly immediate effect, as the global cost of oil quadruped, gas shortages arose in the United States, and the U.S. economy tanked. The economic decline accelerated Americans’ disenchantment with the United States’ role in the world and the efficacy and quality of its leaders. In many ways, it helped lead to the American Malaise of the 1970s.