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Updated as of 2 October 05
Today in History:
On October 2, 1780, Major John
André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was
executed on this day in history.
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"In my view we are much worse
off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted
for these guys."
A senior figure at a
military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in
The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004)
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Holocaust Midterm
DIRECTIONS:
Do one of
the following questions. You may use your notes, texts, or even outside sources;
however, if you do, please provide a full bibliography and appropriate notes.
The papers should be no less than five, double-spaced pages in length.
For additional help, you may look at
Cybrary of the Holocaust
or the links available from the
Holocaust/Genocide from the Teaching
History published at ESU.
- Hilberg and others point to the early Christian Jewish
policies as precursors to the Nazi persecutions that followed Hitler’s
ascension to power. How did the Medieval church foster an attitude that aided
and abetted future persecutions? Explain.
- The twisted road to Auschwitz began with the development
of the false science of eugenics? How were eugenics, anthropology, and
sociology used to foster a climate that contributed to rabid political
anti-Semitism in the nineteenth century? What role did Gobineau, Wagner, and
Chamberlain play in the process? What did the eugenicists try to prove? What
were the long-term consequences of the eugenic movement in the tragedy that we
call the Holocaust?
- The Enlightenment allowed
Jews to become a vital part of the European community since the eighteenth
century; however, in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century the
situation changed. Europe and the United States were no longer safe for
Jews. How did that happen? What types of attacks did Jews in Europe and the
United States face? How did the Dreyfus Case and
the Leo Franks’ incident alter Jewish perceptions of assimilation? What was
the long-term impact of those two incidents?
- The term "genocide" was not conceived when the Turks
made a systematic effort to destroy the Armenian minority within the Turkish
state in 1915. How did it happen? What was the world reaction? How could the
Turkish government deny that it happened? What lessons did Hitler draw from
this tragedy? Explain.
- The term "genocide" was not conceived when the Turks
made a systematic effort to destroy the Armenian minority within the Turkish
state in 1915. How did it happen? What was the world reaction? How could the
Turkish government deny that it happened? What lessons did Hitler draw from
this tragedy? Explain.
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