Choose ONLY ONE prompt from the below list to write a short paper in two single-spaced pages (about 1000 words). Before writing your paper, mark all relevant sections from your text book, read them thoroughly –more than once, if necessary-, structure and organize information, and compose your paper as your own account of the subject. Make sure you address all the questions and issues raised in the prompt in a coherent and structured essay. Use your own words and sentences in your explanation and analysis. DO NOT copy-paste or insert bulk quotes. Use your textbook and lecture notes only! The use of external sources, printed or online, is strictly prohibited.
1.Compare the American and the French Revolutions. Pay attention and discuss the social, cultural, and economic contexts in the US and France. What led to these revolutions, how they unfolded, and what were the major consequences?
2.Explain and discuss the Marxist critique of capitalism. What aspects of capitalism Karl Marx and other socialist thinkers targeted? In what ways socialism was proposed as an alternative to capitalism? Why did socialism find such popular support in the latter half of the nineteenth century but failed to replace capitalism?
Textbook link: ( the answers to these questions would be found from chapter 15-17)
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