Research Essay/Paper

Directions:

Select one question from the list below (your choice)

Requirements:

Must be 6 pages PLUS sources

Must use MLA format

Must contain text references (citations)

**Must include text references (footnotes) and a Works Cited Page (Bibliography). Must have at least five reference and sources.**

Must include at least one article from a historical journal.

Make sure NOT to use Encyclopedias, Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, U.S. History Regents Review, or Wikipedia for information.

Make sure any source used has the author’s name.

Questions: (pick one)

1. How and why was Germany allowed to annex Austria and Sudetenland? Was there any justification for Britain and France’s policy of appeasement?

2. Discuss the role that Italy played in World War II. How did the nation become involved in the conflict? How did its participation affect the direction of the war and Germany’s fortunes?

3. Explain how the situation in Europe immediately following the fall of Germany led directly to the Cold War. In your opinion, should the Western allies have acted to oppose Soviet domination of Eastern Europe?

4. Explain Germany’s mistakes in Russia and the ways in which they affected the outcome of World War II. Example: Operation Barbarossa- Hitler assumed it would take six months.

5. Compare the roles of Germany and Japan during World War II. Generally speaking, were their aggressions fundamentally similar or different?

6. Describe and analyze the long-term social and economic trends in the period 1860 to 1917 that prepared the ground for revolution in Russia.

7. Compare and contrast the foreign policy goals and achievements of prince Metternich of Austria (1815-1848) and Bismarck of Germany (1862-1890).

8. Compare the impact of nationalism in Germany and the Austrian Empire from 1848 to 1914.

9. Discuss the consequences and effects of the Versailles Peace Agreement.

10. Describe and compare the unification of Germany and Italy during the 19th century.

11. Assess and analyze how problems in the World War II alliance of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union helped lead to the Cold War.

12. Analyze the ways in which technology and mass culture contributed to the success of dictators in the 1920s and 1930s.

13. Analyze the factors working for and against European unity from 1945 to 2001.

14. Analyze the reasons for the end of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe.

15. Analyze the impact of the First World War on European culture and society in the interwar period (1919-1939).

16. Many historians have suggested that since 1945, nationalism has been on the decline in Europe. Using both political and economic examples from the period 1945 to 2000, evaluate the validity of the interpretation.

17. Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of the Cold War (1945-1991) on Western Europe with the effects on Eastern Europe.

18. Compare and contrast the Italian Fascists use of state power to achieve revolutionary goals during the reign of Mussolini with Stalin’s use of state power to achieve revolutionary goals in the Soviet Union during the period 1928 to 1939