HIST 2070 Essay 2  Prompts Choose one of the  below essay prompts to  answer . Answer in a 5-6 page essay based on the assigned textbook and primary source readings.  Suggested primary sources to consult are listed below each question. Choose at  least two (2) primary sources  to include in your essay. Essay 2 is due on  Sunday, April 23 rd  by 11:59 pm  to  WRITE Essay ( essay 2 )  dropbox on e-learn . 1. The Industrial Revolution led to a global economic and political shift. Identify and analyze two (2) trends of the Industrial Revolution that led to economic and political changes in industrializing nations. How do these trends also influence and shape either social or cultural ideas or systems. Possible p rimary sources to consult : Marx and Engel’s  Communist Manifesto , Testimonies of Bentley and Harter, Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,  M ao Zedong’s “On New Democracy” , Senghor’s “African Socialism” 2.  Identify and analyze three (3) characteristics of the 2 nd  wave of imperialism. Identify and explain at least two (2) ways that the 2 nd  wave of imperialism differed from imperialist ideas and colonizing practices of the 16 th  through 18 th  centuries. Possible primary sources to consult : Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,  Cortes and the Aztecs, Portuguese Views of the Chinese, Olaudah Equiano excerpt 3 .  Identify and a nalyze  at least two (2)  ways  that  new conceptions of class, race ,  and nation created tensions amongst and between peoples  in one (1)  of the following centuries: nineteenth, twentieth, or twenty-first centuries .  Identify and discuss how these tensions were exacerbated by two or three historical events in the century of your focus. Possible p rimary sources to consult : Marx and Engel’s  Communist Manifesto , Tes timonies of Bentley and Harter , Manif est Destiny, Two Faces of Empire, M ao Zedong’s “On New Democracy” , Senghor’s “African Socialism” 4 . World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII)  were both global wars. Identify and analyze at least two (2) ways  each  was a global war as well as address . H ow  did the outcome  of  each war challenge the ideological justifications for imperialism? Possible p rimary sources to consult : Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire 5.  History is not just shaped by events that unfold, but also by people. People can shape histo ry through their actions through the  recording of an event or by leading a revolution. Choose one or two individuals discussed thus far to analyze their impact on world history.  In doing so, be sure to identify the individual, their contribution to and impact on world history.  Use primary sources to support your argument. Possible p rimary sources to consult :  Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto, Testimonies of Bentley and Harter,  Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,  Mao Zedong’s “On New Democracy”, Senghor’s “African Socialism” ,  Cortes and the Aztecs, Portuguese Views of the Chinese, Olaudah Equiano excerpt, Nicolo M.

1. HIST 2070 Essay 2
Prompts
Choose one of the
below essay prompts to
answer
. Answer in a 5-6 page essay based on the assigned textbook and
primary source readings.
Suggested primary sources to consult are listed below each
question. Choose at
least two (2) primary sources
to include in your essay.
Essay 2 is due on
Sunday, April 23
rd
by 11:59
pm
to
WRITE Essay (
essay 2
)
dropbox on e-learn
.
1.
The Industrial Revolution led to a global economic and political
shift. Identify and analyze two (2) trends of the Industrial
Revolution that led to economic and political changes in
industrializing nations. How do these trends also influence and
shape either social or cultural ideas or systems.
Possible p
rimary sources to consult
: Marx and Engel’s
Communist Manifesto
, Testimonies of Bentley and Harter,

2. Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,
M
ao Zedong’s “On New Democracy”
, Senghor’s “African Socialism”
2.
Identify and analyze three (3) characteristics of the 2
nd
wave of imperialism. Identify and explain at least two (2) ways
that the 2
nd
wave of imperialism differed from imperialist ideas and
colonizing practices of the 16
th
through 18
th
centuries.
Possible primary sources to consult
: Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,
Cortes and the Aztecs, Portuguese Views of the Chinese,
Olaudah Equiano excerpt
3
.
Identify and a
nalyze
at least two (2)
ways
that
new conceptions of class, race
,
and nation created tensions amongst and between peoples
in one (1)
of the following centuries: nineteenth, twentieth, or twenty-first
centuries
.
Identify and discuss how these tensions were exacerbated by
two or three historical events in the century of your focus.

3. Possible p
rimary sources to consult
: Marx and Engel’s
Communist Manifesto
, Tes
timonies of Bentley and Harter
,
Manif
est Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,
M
ao Zedong’s “On New Democracy”
, Senghor’s “African Socialism”
4
. World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII)
were both global wars. Identify and analyze at least two (2)
ways
each
was a global war as well as address
. H
ow
did the outcome
of
each
war
challenge
the ideological justifications for imperialism?
Possible p
rimary sources to consult
: Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire
5.
History is not just shaped by events that unfold, but also by
people. People can shape histo

4. ry through their actions
through the
recording of an event or by leading a revolution. Choose one or
two individuals discussed thus far to analyze their impact on
world history.
In doing so, be sure to identify the individual, their contribution
to and impact on world history.
Use primary sources to support your argument.
Possible p
rimary sources to consult
:
Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto, Testimonies of
Bentley and Harter,
Manifest Destiny, Two Faces of Empire,
Mao Zedong’s “On New Democracy”, Senghor’s “African
Socialism”
,
Cortes and the Aztecs, Portuguese Views of the Chinese,
Olaudah Equiano excerpt, Nicolo Machiavelli’s
The Prince
excerpts, Martin Luther’s
95 Theses
, Declaration of Independence
, Haitian revolution documents, Declaration of the Rights of
Man and Citizen