Suggested topics for oral presentations: 1.Describe FDR's formulation and execution of American foreign policy and buildup of the country's military capabilities. 2.What were the content and the significance of the Nye Committee investigations? 3.Discuss the worsening of relations between the U.S.and Japan in the late 1930s.Why? 4.Why did the Lend-Lease Act commit the United States to more than just economic aid to the Allies? 5.How did WWII affect the social and economic position of blacks and women in the U.S.? 6.What contribution did the Soviet Union make to the war effort against Germany and Japan? 15.The 1960s:Social Upheaval and the Rise of a Counterculture Readings: Blum et.al.,The National Experience,824-826,844-845,851-860, Suggested topics for oral presentations: 1.What factors in American society led to the upheaval of the 1960s? 2.To what extent did political leaders-especially the presidents-contribute to the civil rights reform? 3.Martin Luther King's idea of non-violent protest. 4.What were the fruits of the Civil Rights Movement? Final Exam. 66 Suggested topics for oral presentations: 1. Describe FDR’s formulation and execution of American foreign policy and buildup of the country’s military capabilities. 2. What were the content and the significance of the Nye Committee investigations? 3. Discuss the worsening of relations between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1930s. Why? 4. Why did the Lend-Lease Act commit the United States to more than just economic aid to the Allies? 5. How did WWII affect the social and economic position of blacks and women in the U.S.? 6. What contribution did the Soviet Union make to the war effort against Germany and Japan? 15. The 1960s: Social Upheaval and the Rise of a Counterculture Readings: Blum et. al., The National Experience, 824-826,844-845, 851-860, Suggested topics for oral presentations: 1. What factors in American society led to the upheaval of the 1960s? 2. To what extent did political leaders—especially the presidents—contribute to the civil rights reform? 3. Martin Luther King’s idea of non-violent protest. 4. What were the fruits of the Civil Rights Movement? Final Exam