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Robert Pierce
History 17B Final Essay -- Summer session
PART ONE
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: (50%)
- Choose four of the following events and explain why they were important turning points in the Vietnam War: Geneva accords of 1954; Tet offensive; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; My Lai; Kent State. What would yow describe as the major legacy (positive or negative) of the Vietnam War?
- Discuss the shift of political power from the "rust belt" to the "sunbelt."
- Discuss the success and failures of the Carter presidency.
PART TWO
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO IDENTIFY AND GIVE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING: (50%)
1. 1968 Democratic Party Convention
2. Colonel Daniel Ellsberg
3. Reaganomics
4. Roe v. Wade
5. Iran-Contra
6. Eugene McCarthy
7. Operation Rolling Thunder
8. J. William Fulbright
9. Mario Savio
10. War on Poverty
11. Black Power
12. NOW
13. Boland Amendment
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