1. Yellow Journalism
2. WWI Secret Alliances & Domino Effect
3. Harlem Renaissance
4. Black Tuesday
5. First New Deal vs. Second New Deal (Similarities & Differences)
6. Failure of Appeasement Policy & Hitler’s Steps Toward Conquest

Essay Section: (100 points) THREE to FIVE paragraph essays. This section should contain little to no
grammatical errors, excellent facts/dates/analysis, and lay out your key points/arguments in an
organized manner. Any sub–part writing or argumentation will yield fewer points.(2 essays)

1. Analyze the political, economic, and ideological reasons why the United States began its
early 20th century foreign policy expansion across the world. Nicknamed the “Age of
Empire.”
2. Discuss the political reasons why WWI’s ending treaty was catastrophic to lasting peace,
while then analyzing America’s role in WWII with concluding detail of their rise as a
global nuclear superpower and international “peacekeeper” with newly-created
international peace organizations.
a. If time remains, feel free to add any discussion on the following WWII sub-topics
on domestic U.S. developments: Navajo military usage, Rosie the Riveter
campaigns, Double-V African American campaign, or Japanese American
internment camps.