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AMH 2020 (Fall 2018)
Take-Home Final Examination
Read all of the instructions below before beginning this examination, and follow all
directions. You must submit this final examination in hard copy to your TA no later than
12:00 p.m. (noon) on Friday, April 26 at the History Department TA office. You may make
a
angements with your TA to turn in your exam early, but you may not have an extension on
this final exam for any reason. The majority of this exam covers material since the midterm
(Great Depression through the 1980s), but the essay question will cover material from the entire
semester.
Format directions: Write your name, AMH 2020, your discussion section number (-003, -004,
-005, or -006), your Teaching Assistant’s name, and “Final Examination” at the top of the first
page of your exam answers. Your answers must be typewritten, in 12-point Times New Roman
font, double-spaced, and with 1-inch margins on all sides. Put page numbers on each page, and
staple your pages together before turning in your exam. Write the examination question number
and question before providing your answers. On the first page, after writing your name and
efore starting your answers, write the following statement, followed by your original signature
(use a pen). If you do not include this signed statement with your answers, you will not
eceive your exam grade until you provide the statement to your TA:
In taking this take-home examination, I pledge to follow the university code of academic
integrity. I certify that I have not consulted outside or unauthorized sources of any kind
for this examination, and I have not asked for answers from friends, family, or
classmates. I understand that, should I engage in academic dishonesty in completing this
exam, I will receive a failing grade for this assignment and potentially for the entire
course and that Dr. Shannon will report me to the university for disciplinary action. I
also understand that if I do not submit a hard copy of my exam answers by 12:00 p.m. on
Friday, April 26, I will earn a grade of zero (0) for this examination.
Time Limit: There is no time limit for how long you may work on this. The only limit is that you
must turn the exam in by the day and time it is due.
How to do well: First, you must follow directions to get full credit on this examination. Second,
ecause this is a take-home exam that has no time limit, your TA and I expect you to refer to my
lecture slides (which are posted on Canvas>Modules>Lecture Slides and on Top Hat), your
lecture notes, the textbook, and the assigned primary source readings
(Canvas>Modules>Assigned Readings) as you compose your answers to the below exam
questions. That means your answers must be of a higher quality than you would write for an in-
class, timed exam. You should include specific and detailed information, including quotes from
the textbook and primary source readings, as much as possible by using examples of individual
events, people, dates, concepts, etc. to illustrate your
oader points. Fully explain what each of
these are (i.e., explain what the event was, who the person was, include dates of when things
occu
ed, etc.). You do not need to use footnotes in your exam unless you are directly quoting an
assigned reading. Also, don’t just provide an information dump; answer the question clearly, and
make sure your answers directly answer the question and provide information relevant to the
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question. The more thorough your answers, and the more they incorporate relevant, specific
information from the course, the more likely it is that you will receive a high score on this exam.
Conversely, answers that are vague, off-topic, superficial, and/or do not incorporate specific
information and examples from the readings will not earn full credit. Since this is a take-home
exam, we also expect proper grammar and spelling and high quality answers that show that you
put some time and thought into them. This will be more difficult than an in-class exam, so give
yourself plenty of time to work on this.
Sources: You should not consult any outside (unassigned) sources as you work on this
examination because outside sources may give you inco
ect or inaccurate answers. All answers
must come from the context of this course, which means you may only use your notes, my
lectures, and the assigned course readings to answer the examination questions. That means no
Wikipedia or other internet sources, no books or documents not assigned for this course, and no
asking friends, family, or classmates for answers. Any examinations that use outside/unassigned
sources will automatically earn a grade of 0 (F), and your TA and I will consider that to be a
each of academic integrity, with all of the penalties that implies.
Section I: Identifications (Section total of 25 points; 5 IDs, each worth 5 points = 3 points for
defining/explaining the term and 2 points for explaining its historical significance)
Choose five (and only five) identification terms from the following list. Each ID answer must
include the following information: 1) identify the term by explaining who or what (definition of
the term); when/date(s); where (if not a national event/phenomenon); and 2) historical
significance/importance of this term – what impact or influence did this term have on U.S.
history at the time (do not discuss cu
ent-day importance). Make sure your answer is absolutely
clear and contains all of the relevant and specific information you need to answer the question
well. Write the ID term before providing your answer so it is clear which IDs you have chosen.
Social Security Act Alcatraz containment
McCarthyism Stonewall Inn Rosa Parks
SDS Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Bonus Army
Cesar Chavez The Feminine Mystique The Big Three
SNCC Reaganomics identity politics
fascism Mikhail Go
achev The Great Society
STOP-ERA the rights revolution consciousness-raising group
Baby Boomers Immigration Act of 1965 Brown vs. Board of Education
Section II: Short Answer (Total of 40 points; each question will be worth 10 points.
You must choose four (4), and only four, of the following seven questions. Number each
answer as Short Answer Questions 1, 2, 3, and 4. These questions are worth 10 points each.
Your answer should be at least one full paragraph in length (approximately 4-8 sentences) for
each question. Make sure your answer is clear and contains all of the relevant and specific
information necessary to answer the question thoroughly. Provide specific examples to support
your claims.
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Identify which time period (decade) in United States history the below image represents.
Also explain how you know that (what is it about the picture that indicates that it comes
from that decade?), then describe which ideal family and gender roles this image
promotes. Why were these the ideal gender and family roles at the time, and what
effect(s) did this have on U.S. society?
How did the Cold War affect the civil rights movement? Explain your answer thoroughly.
What does the term “contingency” mean in the discipline of history? Name one example
of a moment of contingency between the Great Depression and 1980s that you learned
about in this course, and explain why it is a good example of the concept of contingency.
Why and how did the Lyndon Johnson Administration choose to escalate the Vietnam
War in XXXXXXXXXX? What were the major consequences of their decision to escalate and
“Americanize” the war?
Identify at least three ways that World War II affected the United States, and explain why
these effects were important.
When President Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933, the U.S. was facing an
unprecedented economic crisis: the Great Depression. Explain what the nature of that
crisis was when FDR took office, and identify and explain FDR’s two main approaches
to fixing the crisis, as demonstrated by the New Deal. Provide at least one specific New
Deal law or program as an example of each of these two main approaches.
How did Ronald Reagan remake the Republican Party in the 1980 presidential election,
and what were the consequences of this “Reagan Revolution” for U.S. politics and
society?
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Section III: Primary Source Question (1 question worth 10 points)
Every student must answer this question. Use the text of the primary source document from
Canvas (AMH XXXXXXXXXX), named below, as evidence to answer the following question. This is
not simply a document analysis; you should use the document as an example and as evidence to
talk about the
oader issues of its time period. The more specific and detailed your answer, the
more likely it is to earn full credit. A good answer will contain direct quotations from the
document as evidence to support your claims. Your answer should be at least one full paragraph
(4-8 full sentences) in length. Answer all parts of the question.
DOCUMENT: Gloria Steinem, “Living the Revolution” XXXXXXXXXXRead the document text on
Canvas. This was assigned reading for Friday, 4/12.
Helpful context: Steinem delivered this speech as the 1970 commencement (graduation)
address at Vassar College, which was the first college specifically for women in the
United States. It was founded in 1861, and it first began to admit male students in 1969.
Vassar is a highly selective small liberal arts college located in Poughkeepsie, NY.
QUESTION: Explain the difference between radical feminism and liberal feminism during the
period of Second Wave feminism (1960s-1980s). Based on her speech “Living the Revolution,”
was Gloria Steinem a liberal feminist or a radical feminist? How do you know this (in other
words, which specific parts of the speech support your answer)? Finally, why was the Second
Wave feminist movement historically important (in other words, what impact did it have on the
U.S. at the time)?
Section IV: Essay (1 question worth 25 points)
There are four essay choices in this section of the exam, and each asks you to draw upon
knowledge you learned during