Historical Essay There is 1 Historical Essay assignment worth 150 points with a focus on primary and secondary sources that is based off a topic that is determined by your instructor. At least 3 primary sources must be used for this paper. The body of your essay must be between 6 and 8 double spaced pages. It is to be formatted according to the Chicago Manual Style Guide, and is due in Week 7. This assignment is due in Week 7 by 11:59 pm Sunday to the appropriate Dropbox.

Choose from the following topics

• Compare and contrast two Revolutions of the 18^th or 19^th Century.

• Evaluate the Major impact of the Protestant Reformation, its major figures as well as the 30 Years War and its impact.

• Discuss the major changes in Japan during the Meiji Restoration. How were Japan and China different during the 19^th Century?  Include the weakness of China during the Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion

• Evaluate the major events of the Industrial Revolution. Include key inventions and inventors.  How was the early industrial revolution different from the later periods?

• Compare and Contrast the major technologies, events and outcomes of World War I and World War II.

• Evaluate the Worldwide Depression of the 1930s.  What steps did the United States and other nations in the Americas take to remedy it?  How did the Depression in Germany lead to the rise of Hitler, in Japan to the invasion of Manchuria, and Italy and its invasion of Abyssinia?

• Discuss the major events of the Cold War include the Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Korean War,  Vietnam War, and Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.