protest and change: Please answer ALL questions FULLY and COMPLETELY. The answers require that you marshal facts and draw conclusions from the historical and social science arguments you present, and defend them in a logical, coherent and convincing manner. Vague and /or incomplete answers will, accordingly, be penalized. 1. In assessing and interrogating the success and /or failures of social protest many social scientists and historians introduce the “ human dimensions” of leadership as an explanatory variable (factor) , with regard to its impeding or catalyzing effects on policy and actions. In so doing they examine critically, the strengths and flaws of personal actions by these leaders in their quest for social change. With this context as a framework, please evaluate the leadership of Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jnr, and FDR, with regards to how the “human dimensions” of their leadership impacted their efforts, positively or negatively, to bring about change in our nation. 2. Recently, policy makers , commentators and academics have all tried to draw parallels between the historical juncture and policy dilemmas faced by President Johnson as he was trying to make a decision between two “contending imperatives “- the War on Poverty and the War in Vietnam; and the situation President Obama faced on taking office in 2009 in dealing with a severe fiscal crisis ( the Great Recession) – impacting employment massively and negatively- while executing a War in Afghanistan ,which he himself had once described as a necessary one , and the ongoing War on Terror. a) What were the major issues facing LBJ, the divergent policy options; and what was his decision and with what consequences? b) What are/were the major issues facing the Obama administration, what were the divergent policy options and what has been his decision(s) and with what consequences? Finally, do you see any parallels between President Johnson’s actions in Vietnam and President Obama’s in Afghanistan? Why or why not? Explain fully! 3. Much to Shirley Chisholm’s credit the U.S Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in1972, and by 1973, 30 states had ratified it.Yet the ERA encountered significant opposition from Phyllis Schlafly and others. a) Based on the primary sources, what were the pressing issues facing women in the 1970s? To what extent have women made progress in the twentieth – first century and how did Chisholm’s legacy affect such? b) Chisholm always saw herself as teacher. How did Chisholm campaign for public education and to expand access to higher education and, finally, c) Why did Chisholm run for the presidency? And what did she believe were the most compelling issues facing the American people at that time?
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