HIST-3240 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - World War Ii, Confederate States Of America, White People
HIST-3240
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Study Guide:
Possible Essay Questions:
First Essay will either be (a) or (b) below:
a. What phrase best describes the white South’s reaction to racial integration – “massive resistance,”
“integration with dignity,” or something else?
b. Since World War II who has “won” the battle for what the South would become? Liberal social
(or moral?) reformers? Business conservatives? Dixiecrats? Democrats? Republicans? Someone else?
You may suggest a combination of two of the above, but be sure to identify who you mean and justify
your argument that those other groups did not “win.”
Second Essay
You must write on Coski’s The Confederate Battle Flag if your second paper for this class was on The
Help. If you wrote a paper on The Help, you must write the essay on The Confederate Battle Flag.
a.John Coski claims that we can think of the Confederate Battle Flag as a “Second American Flag.” Do
you agree with that argument? Why or why not? Use specific historical events and trends to illustrate
your points.
b. In what ways is the novel The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, most effective in showing or suggesting how
the racial system restricted the lives of both white and black people in the mid-20th century South? Use
concrete examples or events from the novel to illustrate your points.
ID’s and Short Answer Questions will begin with the day I lectured on Smith v. Allwright,
Operation Dixie, the Dixiecrats, etc. For the ID’s, as usual, focus on the terms that were displayed on
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the screen and be ready to discuss who/what it was, about when, link to related terms, and explain its
larger significance.
As for the short answer questions, here are most of the possibilities:
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Document Summary
First essay will either be (a) or (b) below: What phrase best describes the white south"s reaction to racial integration massive resistance, . You may suggest a combination of two of the above, but be sure to identify who you mean and justify your argument that those other groups did not win. You must write on coski"s the confederate battle flag if your second paper for this class was on the. Use concrete examples or events from the novel to illustrate your points. Id"s and short answer questions will begin with the day i lectured on smith v. allwright, For the id"s, as usual, focus on the terms that were displayed on the screen and be ready to discuss who/what it was, about when, link to related terms, and explain its larger significance. As for the short answer questions, here are most of the possibilities: Liberal social reformers: unite blacks and poor whites, and want 3 things.
