What grievances does this document list against the French?

Discussion 5

Read the “Declaration of Independence of
the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945)” 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?

Discussion 6
Read “NSC-68 (1950)” 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?

Discussion 7
Read the “National Organization for
Women, ‘Statement of Purpose’ (1966)” 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 document—what 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?”

Discussion 8
Read “Bill Clinton on Free Trade and
Financial Deregulation (1993-2000)” 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?

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