Please chose one of the topics from each group and write a 6-7 paragraph detailed essay on it. Please include specific dates and a majority of events during the topic’s time period. Create a timeline at the bottom of the essay that shows what dates or events are included in the essay as well. The font must be Times New Roman, and all must be double spaced 12 font size. Please be as specifically detailed and include as many events as possible while still answering the essay prompt. An example of an essay, with teacher revisions are included but I want you to answer a question from Group 1 and Group 2. Please do not do anything with the example essay and it’s annotations it is just for reference on what I need my essays to look like.

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Please read the following essay topics and, in no less than six paragraphs each, write a thoughtful and well-reasoned response to one question from each group. Please indicate the questions you choose to answer. Do not worry about proper citation, as I do not expect you to do any outside research for this exam, but please do indicate a source and page number if you make use of any direct quotes. Remember to read the Term Paper Guidelines in your syllabus and follow the rules for writing found therein. Also, remember that you need a minimum of six paragraphs per essay, and each paragraph should be 6-7 sentences with a clear topic sentence and historical evidence given as support.

Group One

1. Was the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese to end World War Two necessary? Was it ethical?
2. To what extent did the Cold War impact American society and politics in the immediate postwar world? Did the Cold War have a greater effect on American foreign policy or domestic life?
3. What changes have been brought to American society and culture by the end of the Cold War? Is the country better off now, or was it better back in the USSR(‘s days)?
4. An African-American president was elected in 2008. What would W.E.B. Du Bois say about this development, and how does it speak to changes in American society and culture over the course of the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries?

Group Two

1. How do cultural texts like protest songs better allow students and scholars to understand the Vietnam War? Cite specific examples of how these texts shed light on the major issues of the era.
2. Discuss the racial and gender issues in mid-century America as seen through the eyes of Audre Lorde in Zami. How does her experience help to better contextualize the civil rights movement?
3. Lizabeth Cohen’s A Consumer’s Republicdescribes the role of consumption in the development of modern America. What was Cohen’s thesis, did she adequately proves her point, and what methodology did she use to do so?