That's the whole point foolios: it was too short for the amount of stuff we were supposed to cover. Here's what the assignment was:
Question 1:
Did the United States act as an imperialist power between 1898 and 1945?
1. Describe the perspectives offered by:
- William Appleman Williams
- Emily Rosenberg
- John Lewis Gaddis
- Jeremy Suri
2. Make sure you refer to:
- The Spanish-American War of 1898
- The [Theodore] Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
- William Howard Taft's "dollar diplomacy"
- Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Diplomacy
- The Grand Alliance (allied during WWII)
Question 2:
How did Technology revolutionize the international system between 1898 and 1945?
1. Decribe the perspectives offered by:
- Russell Weigely
- Emily Rosenberg
- Jeremy Suri
Make sure you discuss:
- Industrialization
- Naval warfare
- International communications
- Air power
- The atomic bomb
- Changing balances of military power
Type a 1000 word answer for each of the questions. You may consult books and lecture notes while you prepare your answers. Make sure that you answer each question as fully as possible. Discuss all of the issues, readings, and lectures itemized in each question.
So yeah, basically it's a whole lot of material to cover and not much space to do it in.