Essay Questions for other Personality Studies (1 Viewer)

[braindrainedAsh]

This is the place to post your essay questions for the lesser studied personalities. Please makes sure you clearly identify which personality your questions are about!!

Please contribute your essay topics to make this thread useful for your HSC cohort, and HSC students of the future!

 

[Skillo]

William Randolph Hearst (USA 1898-1941)
"Assess the extent of William Randolph Hearst's success in American politics and business" (CSSA 2002 Trial)

 

[ujuphleg]

J. Edgar Hoover Questions

2001 HSC

Question 5 (20 marks)
(b) J Edgar Hoover
(i) Outline the major events in the career of J Edgar Hoover from
1917 to 1941.
(ii) Assess J Edgar Hoover’s contribution to law enforcement in the 1920s
and 1930s.

2001 CSSA

Describe J Edgar Hoovers role in the FBI in the period to 1941

Assess the impact of J Edgar Hoover on American society in the period to 1941.


2002 HSC

Question 5 (20 marks)
(b) J Edgar Hoover
(i) Describe the significant events in the career of J Edgar Hoover
from 1917 to 1941.
(ii) ‘Hoover spent as much time promoting himself to the American public
as a crime fighter as he did fighting crime.’


2003 HSC

Question 5 (20 marks)
(b) J Edgar Hoover
(i) Identify the major features of the life of J Edgar Hoover in the period
1917–1941.
(ii) ‘J Edgar Hoover, a man of secrets, held enormous influence over the
direction taken by the USA before World War II.’ In the light of this statement, assess Hoover’s contribution to social conservatism and anti-communism in the period up to 1941.


2003 CSSA

Question 5 (20 marks)
J Edgar Hoover
i) Describe significant influences in the career of J Edgar Hoover
ii) “Political and civil unrest infiltrated American society”
In light of this statement, assess the extent to which J Edgar Hoover resolved problems in American society up to 1941.



NOTE: with Hoover, the first question will always be a straight "tell us all you know about Hoover" question (for people reading this in the distant future, ie, from 2006, this is subject to change.) It is also worth mentioning that the second question, can only ever come from three questions. More than not, they will be asking you to assess Hoover's contribution to

• conservatism
• anti communism
• or law enforcement

Good luck to everyone.

 

[Skillo]

NOTE: with Hoover, the first question will always be a straight "tell us all you know about Hoover" question (for people reading this in the distant future, ie, from 2006, this is subject to change.) It is also worth mentioning that the second question, can only ever come from three questions. More than not, they will be asking you to assess Hoover's contribution to

• conservatism
• anti communism
• or law enforcement

Good luck to everyone.

Thats why I wish I did Hoover instead of Hearst...with Hearst they can ask all kind of random ones like:
Outline Hearsts business life...or personal life...or contribution to the newspapers of USA...

Then again, apparently only 90 kids Hearst last year (!) so I have a good chance of whipping arse in that section...

 

[i remember 5ive]

Alexandra Kollontai:

2002 HSC:
(i) Describe the significant events in the career of Alexandra Kollontai between 1917 and 1945.
(ii) 'Despite her early achivements in the liberation of women, Kollontai was unable to withstand the reversals in the status of women under Stalin'.
In the light of this statement, asses the role of Alexandra Kollontai in achieving social reforms for women.

2001 HSC:
(i) Outline the main events in the life of Alexandra Kollontai between 1917 and 1945.
(ii) Asses Alexandra Kollontai's role in changing women's lives and experiences in the Soviet Union.

2002 Trial (Catholic trial paper):
(i) Outline the ideas and political ideas which influenced Alexandra Kollontai between 1917 and 1945.
(ii) Asses the influence of Alexandra Kollontai's ideas on the growth of the socialist movement.

...getting a good pattern evolving here.