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Studyguide for Final Exam
THE LIBERAL IMAGINATON
HI372
EASTERN
NAZARENE
COLLEGE
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syllabus
The final exam will
consist of ten short
answer questions (4-5 sentences each, 50% of test grade) and one long
essay
(50%). Be prepared to answer questions on any of the material
covered
in class: the readings from texts, the course pack, lecture
material, and film clips.
ESSAY QUESTION
You will receive one of three questions below on the essay
section.
You will not know which one of the three will be on the exam, so study
for all of them. Some pointers: answer the question as directly
and
clearly as possible. Be sure to address all the components of the
question. Remember to integrate the relevant reading and lecture
material to support your argument. Always avoid vague
generalizations.
Refer to specific events, policies, groups, ideas and individuals in
your
answers. Paper will be provided for your longer
essay.
1. How important are ideas of “economic
justice” to American liberalism? Use course readings and in-class
discussion to make your case.
2. Has race been the ultimate test of American liberalism? Why or
why not? Be as specific and to the point as possible.
3. Has liberalism been in decline since the 1960s? Why or why
not? Be sure to offer clear examples from the course to back up
your argument.
TERMS, NAMES, EVENTS, IDEAS
Be prepared to provide a four to five sentence synopsis of any of the
items below. If you are familiar with the terms and names below,
it should help you considerably on the exam. Remember, it is best to
know
the “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” of these. The “why”
or the significance of any term or name is most important.
John F. Kennedy and the liberal tradition
The “rediscovery” of poverty in the 1960s
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on the black family
Gloria Steinem
Rachel Carson
Schachtmanites
Herbert Marcuse
Alan Brinkley’s critique of the New Left’s “therapeutic radicalism”
Betty Friedan
Ralph Nader
John Kenneth Galbraith
President Jimmy Carter’s malaise speech
The new Christian Right
Alan Brinkley on the failure of liberal "cosmopolitanism"
Conservatism in Kansas
Tony Judt on Europe vs. America
Danish Socialism
The living wage campaign
America’s “working poor”
Parallels between the work of Walter Benn Michaels and Thomas Frank
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s critique of multiculturalism
Wayne Flynt
Liberal Evangelicalism
Skinnerian tactics in America’s inner-city schools
The legacy of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
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