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History 111-01/02
Book Essay #2: Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty (Volume Two) Spring 2020
Due: Tuesday, May 12 Roger Baldwin

Instructions: Read the appropriate sections of the following chapters and answer all 6 of the following questions.

Ch. 24, An Affluent Society (1953-1960)
1. What were the main characteristics of the affluent society of the 1950s? (The Golden Age)

Ch. 25, The Sixties (1960-1968)
2. After the Civil Rights Movement for African Americans:
a. What new movements for social change happened in the 1960s?
b. What role did the Supreme Court play in the Rights Revolution? (The New Movements and the Rights Revolution)

Ch. 26, The Triumph of Conservatism (1969-1988)
3. What were the roots of the rise of conservatism in the 1970s? (The Rising Tide of Conservatism)
4. How did the Reagan presidency affect Americans both at home and abroad? (The Reagan Revolution)

Ch.27, Globalization and its Discontents (1989-2000)
5. What forces drove the economic resurgence of the 1990s? (A New Economy?)
6. What cultural conflicts emerged in the 1990s? (Culture Wars)

(see page 2)

Format Instructions

1. Your essay must be typed and double-spaced.

2. Use Question-Answer format: write out the question, then write a short essay answering it. Do that for each question.
• Essays that don’t will be graded down.

3. Use quotes and page citations for each question (at least one per numbered question).
a. Essays that don’t will be graded down.
b. Place the page citation in parentheses at the end of the quote.

4. Your essay must be a minimum of six pages.
a. One page = roughly 24 lines of essay; one 6-page essay = roughly 1,500 words.
b. There is no maximum limit on how much you can write.
c. A-range essays are usually substantially longer. Write lots!

5. All answers must come from the Foner textbook. Don’t use outside sources.

6. How to submit:
a. Print out a paper copy, and bring it to class on exam day (Tuesday, May 12).
b. You may print one-sided or two-sided.

7. If any part of your essay is plagiarized, you will fail the class. If you hand in an assignment from a previous class, you will fail this class.