- True or false: The development of the United States as a modern nation-state is best understood as separate from the
process of globalization. - Why is Christopher Columbus an important historical figure to study, when discussing the history of inclusion and
exclusion in the United States? (a few lines) - In his speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the following metaphorical words, “We’ve come to the nation’s capital to
cash our check.” Explain what King means by these words. (a few lines) - List four countries that became imperial powers during the Age of Empire.
- Name one imperial country from which significant numbers of early European settlers (circa 1700) of North America
came. - True or False: 1945 marks the beginning of globalization.
- True or False: The Roman Empire was the first global empire.
- List three specific features of democracy that derive from the political philosophy developed during the Age of
Enlightenment. (a few lines) - Identify one contradiction (or one contradictory figure) from the Age of Enlightenment, in which (or for whom) theory
and philosophy contradicted with practice. - Name an example of a non-European identity present in America during the early North American colonial period.
- Name the five principal English identities (arising from within the country of England) that settled the early
American colony. - How was early America both a colonized subject and a colonizing power? (a few lines)
- What is “constitutional faith” or “constitutional patriotism,” according to one of the readings? (a sentence or two)
- Why is “nuanced historical sense” important for understanding multiculturalism, according to Cornel West? (a few
sentences) - What is “essentialism,” according to Kwame Anthony Appiah’s essay “The Problem of the Color Line”?
- Provide the name of an American leader who had to reassure his skeptical audience that his religious identity would not
interfere with his ability to perform the duties of the job he sought to hold. - How does the field of contemporary cultural studies define ethnicity? (a sentence)
- What does the term “Manifest Destiny” mean? (a sentence or two)
- What does the term “The Terrible Transformation” mean, as discussed in our course materials? (a few sentences)
- The Sakai site Resources folders contain five speeches – two by the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two by President
John F. Kennedy, and one by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Selecting any two speeches by two different individuals,
identify two concepts/themes/ideas/visions that the speeches you have selected share in common, with respect to issues of
justice and equality. (a few sentences)
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