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1、1)TheFallofRome(476A.D.)TheRomanEmpirewasamongthemostpowerfulcivilizations,yetitcrumbledintoruin.HowcanwewriteaboutitontheSAT?Themes:·Leadership:Incompetentemperorsandmilitaryleadershipmayhaveplayedapartinthedeclineoftheempire·Civicduty:ThespoiledRomancitizensbegan

2、tohiremoreandmoremercenariestodefendtheirborders–paidsoldierswithnopersonalloyaltytotheEmpire.TheRomansmayhavebeenbetteroffiftheyhaddefendedthemselves,insteadofpayingandtrustingoutsiderstotakecareofthem.·Imperialism: TheRomanEmpirewastoobigtogoverneffectivelyandout

3、erterritorieswerenotwell-defended.·Decadence:Theupper-classoftheRomanEmpirehadsomuchwealththattheymayhavebeencomplacentaboutthedangerstotheirempire;theoppressedlowerclassesmayhave wanted theEmpiretofall,asthiswouldbenefitthemdirectly.2)TheAmericanCivilWar(1861-1865

4、) Inthecivilwar,brotherfoughtbrother.Somefoughtforfreedom,othersfoughtforoppression.Saysalotabouthumannature,doesn’tit?Themes:·Freedom:Oneofthemajorcausesofthewarwasthecountry’sdivisionoverthepossessionofblackslavesandsomehistoriansseethewarasonehugebattleforhumanf

5、reedomandindependence.·Dividedloyalties:Familiesweredividedontheissuesandoftenfoundthemselvesarguingorevenphysicallyfightingoneanother,inordertosupporttheirbeliefs.·Leadershipandauthority:ThesouthernstatesrebelledagainstLincoln’sleadershipanddeniedhisauthorityovert

6、hem;hewasforcedtogotowarinordertoreassertthatauthorityandleadership.·Violenceasasolution:TheAmericanCivilWarisanhistoricalexampleofviolencebeingtheonlyapparentsolutiontoanimpossibleproblem–reunitingadividednationandassertingLincoln’spresidentialauthority.3)TheVietn

7、amWar(1955-1975) Atimeofconfusionandargument.Moralissuesbecameclouded,makingitveryflexibleevidenceforavarietyofSATessayprompts. Themes:·Powerandimperialism:ThepowerfulUnitedStateswasstagingaself-interested,imperial,politicalinterventioninaforeigncountry;manyhavearg

8、uedthatitwasnotourplacetodoso,andweshouldhavesimplylettheVietnamesechoosetheirownformofgovernment.·Fearandviolence:FearofworldwideCommunisttakeov