DISCUSSION 5-8

Each section requires a response of 200 words

SECTION 5

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/24-world-war-ii/declaration-of-independence-of-the-democratic-republic-of-vietnam-1945/

Read the and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: Just as the American Declaration of Independence listed grievances against the King of England, what grievances does this document list against the French? How did the Japanese occupation of Vietnam complicate Vietnamese attitudes toward the French? Why do the Vietnamese anticipate a favorable reaction from the international community, in particular the United States, toward their declaration of independence? Why do you suppose the Truman Administration was not supportive of this declaration? SECTION 6 http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/nsc-68-1950/ Read and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: According to the document, what factors have altered the heretofore historic distribution of power? What major issues does the United States face at this point in the Cold War? What course(s) of action for the United States does this document recommend? How does this document represent the militarization of the policy of containment? SECTION 7 http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/27-the-sixties/national-organization-for-women-statement-of-purpose-1966/ Read the and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: According to the authors of the documentwhat justifications have been used to prevent women from enjoying equal opportunities and freedom of choice? What accounts for the disparity in earning power of women compared to men? What areas of the professions are most glaringly dominated by men? What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and why is it important to women? What specific recommendations does NOW present that will enable women to enjoy true equality of opportunity and responsibility in society, without conflict with their responsibilities as mothers and homemakers? What do the authors mean by calling for a new image of women? SECTION 8 http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/30-the-recent-past/bill-clinton-on-free-trade-and-financial-deregulation-1993-2000/ Read and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion: According to Clinton, what will be the benefits of NAFTA and the projected dismantling of trade barriers? What contradictions are apparent in his argument for embracing the global economy? What is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act designed to do? Who advocated deregulating the derivatives market, and what do these entities represent? In the longer run, did NAFTA along with the deregulation of financial markets produce the benefits that Clinton envisioned? Why or why not?

Read the and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

Just as the American Declaration of Independence listed grievances against the King of England, what grievances does this document list against the French?
How did the Japanese occupation of Vietnam complicate Vietnamese attitudes toward the French?
Why do the Vietnamese anticipate a favorable reaction from the international community, in particular the United States, toward their declaration of independence?
Why do you suppose the Truman Administration was not supportive of this declaration?

SECTION 6

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/nsc-68-1950/

Read and using a minimum of 200 words (not including quotations) respond to the following questions. Make sure to reference specific passages from the document and/or textbook to support your discussion:

According to the document, what factors have altered the heretofore historic distribution of power?
What major issues does the United States face at this point in the Cold War?
What course(s) of action for the United States does this document recommend?
How does this document represent the militarization of the policy of containment?

SECTION 7

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/27-the-sixties/national-organization-for-women-statement-of-purpose-1966/

According to the authors of the documentwhat justifications have been used to prevent women from enjoying equal opportunities and freedom of choice?
What accounts for the disparity in earning power of women compared to men?
What areas of the professions are most glaringly dominated by men?
What is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and why is it important to women?
What specific recommendations does NOW present that will enable women to enjoy true equality of opportunity and responsibility in society, without conflict with their responsibilities as mothers and homemakers?
What do the authors mean by calling for a new image of women?

SECTION 8

http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/30-the-recent-past/bill-clinton-on-free-trade-and-financial-deregulation-1993-2000/

According to Clinton, what will be the benefits of NAFTA and the projected dismantling of trade barriers?
What contradictions are apparent in his argument for embracing the global economy?
What is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act designed to do?
Who advocated deregulating the derivatives market, and what do these entities represent?
In the longer run, did NAFTA along with the deregulation of financial markets produce the benefits that Clinton envisioned? Why or why not?

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