HIST 410N (HIST410N)

WEEK THREE CASE STUDY Between 1918 and 1932 Adolf Hitler steadily gained followers with his public speaking skills and his commanding authority (Brower, 2014). What set the stage for Hitler's party was the Depression. The unemployment numbers sky rocketed, and resentment grew. By 1932, close to a million Germans had been won over and joined the Nazis party. In the 1933 election, the Nazis party acquired 33% of the vote. In that same year the president elected Hitler as chancellor. This wa...

Introduction For this project, select a person whom you believe had significant influence (positive or negative) on a movement for social, economic, and/or political change in the 20th and 21st cen turies. Explore and address the following in your project: Summarize the person’s ideas. How did the ideas or changes affect the establishment and status quo? What was the context in which this person proposed ideas/change? How did the government or the people respond to the ideas/change? What sort ...

If the pace of improving US-Soviet relations seemed rapid, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly would shift the process into overdrive. In this remarkable oration, which you can find by clicking on the link below, Gorbachev emphatically declared that all nations must have the freedom to choose their own destiny, that ideology had no place in foreign affairs, and that great powers should renounce the use of force in international relations. Review his speech and ans...

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, select and respond to one of the following options: Option 1: Examine one or more major battles, including both the Axis and Allies strategies, the outcome of the battles, and the subsequent effects of the victory/defeat. Include an examination of the technologies that were crucial factors in the battle. Option 2: Examine the Nazi ideology in wiping out an entire ethnic group. How could any modern and so-called advanced and evolved nation like Germ...

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, select and respond to one of the following options: Option 1: Examine one or more major battles, including both the Axis and Allies strategies, the outcome of the battles, and the subsequent effects of the victory/defeat. Include an examination of the technologies that were crucial factors in the battle. Option 2: Examine the Nazi ideology in wiping out an entire ethnic group. How could any modern and so-called advanced and evolved nation like Germ...

Instructions For this assignment, select one of the following options. Option 3: Video Watch the following video: Link (video): The Holocaust (Links to an external site.) (35:00) Write a pape r on what you learned about peoples’ experiences and intentions during the Holocaust: What were the Nazis thinking of when they made these decisions? What were the otherwise good people of Germany thinking when they allowed it to go on? What were the victims of this genocide thinking and feeling as they w...

Instructions For this assignment, select one of the following options. Option 2: Art Select any 2 of works of art about the Holocaust. You can select from the following list or conduct additi onal research on Holocaust art. Make sure to get approval from your instructor if you are selecting something not on the list. Click on the link to see the list: Link: List of Artists/Artworks Write an analysis of each artwork, including the following information: Identify the title, artist, date completed,...

Instructions Watch the entire video on Benito Mussolini (noted in the Required Resources). Identify and describe 3 aspects of the video you found most interesting that align with each of the followin g: Foreign policy. Violent and/or non-violent movements for social, economic, and political change Governmental authority/loss of personal liberties Conduct additional research to provide an analysis of those 3 aspects. What information did you find that the video left out? How did the video enhance...

HIST 410N Week 1 Case Study 1: Jules Ferry Jules Ferry was Prime Minister of France as that nation launched its imperial expansion. In a debate with member of the French Parliament, Ferry defends the decision to expand. Read his remarks and respond to the following questions: 1. According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade (the economic argument) made it urgent for France to have colonies? France’s economic future was the forefront of the argument for economic change ...