Are you able to write an essay over Texas History? 5 pages

STUDY GUIDE: HIST 2301 FINAL EXAM The following will act as your final exam study guide. It is a summarized account of the material that will need to be reviewed, highlighting key historical themes that should be emphasized prior to taking the exam. The first section will discuss the format of the exam and the second will provide a summarized list of the key concepts to study. Format: The exam will list two questions where the student will select one option and create one essay of a length of four to five full pages, typed and double spaced . The question will be thematic, meaning it will ask the student to tie together units of study that have been covered by the instructor. An example of this would be to tie the social struggle of gender equality to that of racial equality in p ost -World War II America. The essay will be thesis driven and will require thorough use of the primary documents (articles) and monographs provided in the course content. The student will need to go well beyond the text to effectively cite information an d interpret it to prove his/her thesis to the reader. The student cannot use any sources not provided in the course content section. Any outside information will not be considered as valid and will therefore will weaken the student's essay and the manner in which it will be graded. All students are highly encouraged to review the critiques of their previous essays to understand the grading expectations for this assignment. You should keep in mind that your audience already has a thorough knowledge of the content and you should be focused on making historical comparisons, identifying and elaborating on key points, and analyzing the primary documents we have covered as a class. Do not summarize what we already know, but prove your point with ample evidence . Key Concepts (Time Frame of 1945 -1980) : • The rise of cold war tensions (1945 -1949) • Texas and the post -war economic boom • Early Civil Rights Movement in T exas (struggle for integration and voting rights) • Berlin Airlift/ Marshall Plan; East and West Berlin; early U.S. Cold War strategy (containment) • The Korean War (causes, elongated peace process) • The Red Scare of the 1950s (Rosenberg Trial, McC arthyism) • Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and early 1960s ( SNCC, SCLC, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965) • Women's rights activism of the 1960s and 1970s (Betty Friedan, NOW) • Title IX • Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society (educational reform, Civil Rights Act of 1964, expansion of health care) • Impact of the Great Society on Texas • Entry into The Vietnam War (Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Pentagon Papers, strategy) • Tet Offensive (Battle of Hue City, political backlash, anti -war protest) • Labor and the struggle for equal rights in the workforce for racial and eth nic minorities and women (K rochmal Reader) • Nixon and Vietnam (Peace wit h Honor, Henry Kissinger, Invasion of Cambodia, Paris Peace Talks) • Fall of Saigon (US reaction), impact on foreign policy Note -It is recommended that while studying these highlighted items, you should combine your notes from both the text and the articles to see how certain events influenced or were affected by other events. Study these thematically rather than chronologically. A work cited page will need to be included. Citation format needs to be s tandard Chicago Manual MLA/APA .