British and US History
Which country became the 1st British colony?
Ireland -- 12th cent.
What do MP and PM stand for?
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister
Name 5 divisive social issue in the US.
Abortion, gun control, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, death penalty, legalizing marijana, healthcare, federal gov role
What is the main idea of Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" (1899)?
It is the duty of Western powers to civilize and uplift non-Western societies (justifying imperialism).
Give a synonym to "excruciatingly tedious"
Which event marked the beginnig of mass immigration to the UK? When?
The arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948.
This ship brought 492 passengers from Jamaica to Tilbury Docks in Essex on June 22, 1948
What are the chambers in the UK Parliament and in the US Congress?
The House of Lords and the House of Commons
The Senate and the House of Representatives
Which of the four countries within the UK voted to stay in the EU?
Northern Ireland (56% v 44%) and Scotland (62% v 38%)
What is missing:
Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, ..............
Post-Modernism
Name 5 features of formal language
Advanced vocabulary (precise, words, terms);complex sentence structure; no contractions; no slang; no conversational fillers; impersonal style; serious tone;
Which former British colony has recently broken ties with the UK and became a republic?
Barbados is no longer a constitutional monarchy. It stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Nov 30, 2021 as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.
What is disenfranchisement?
= voter disqualification, is the restriction of suffrage (the right to vote).
Reasons: felony, age, citizenship, voter registration, etc.
What is devolution?
Transfer of political power and decision-making authority from a central government to regional or local governments.
Name the literary works (slide 15)
Robinson Crusoe by D. Defoe
Gulliver's Travels by J. Swift
What are the parts every essay introduction should have?
Hook
Background information
Thesis
What kind of policy did the US pursue before WWI and WWII?
Isolationism / Non-interventionism / Neutrality
What are the branches of the US government and who are they represented by? (checks and balances)
Congress (legislative)
President (exec.) Supreme C. (judcicial)
How has Brexit turned out to be problematic for Northern Ireland peace process?
Brexit = hard border btw NI and the Rep -- endangered peace established by Good Fri Agreement
opened up debate about reunification of NI and the Rep of Ireland
What makes "Oliver Twist" by Ch. Dickens a perfect example of social realism in literature?
- depicts the everyday lives of ordinary people,
- focus on the harsh realities of poverty, injustice, and social inequality.
An example of oxymoron
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory or incongruous words to create a paradoxical effect. Alone together, awfully nice
What was the Marshall Plan and what were the effects for the US?
-- a U.S.-initiated program that provided aid to Western Europe following the devastation of WWII;
-- boosted the US economy, strngthened political influence, consolidated NATO and the Western block.
How are presidential elections in the US undemocratic?
The Electoral College system
Winner-Takes-All (or First-Past-the-Post) System
Voter Suppression and Disenfranchisement
Influence of Money in Politics
Where do Conservatives and Labour party in the UK and Democrats and Republicans in the US stand on illegal immigration? Are there parallels?
Conservatives + Republicans are tough on immigration
Democrats and Labour: more compassionate + comprehensive immigration policies, focusing on human rights, pathways to citizenship, and addressing root causes of immigration
Main themes of the modernists in literature.
Identity and alienation
Relationships
Protest
Name 8 literary or rhetorical devices
Alliteration, allusion, rhetorical question, metaphor, similie, hyperbole, antithesis, paralleø construction, imagery, personal appeal, assertion, punch line, repetition, rule of three, oxymoron, etc.