Write a 500-600 word essay (approximately two double-spaced pages). Your essay must utilize content from post-Civil War through World War II. In your essay, explore significant changes related to one of following Big Ideas:

1. America and the World: America's role in the world began on the periphery and has moved to take a central place.

Identify the Big Idea you have chosen to examine.
Write a paragraph that explains what the Big Idea means.
In your first paragraph, also list three major changes, events, “moments” or specific time periods from the course as a whole that demonstrate, and connect to, the Big Idea.
Write a paragraph for each of the three changes, events, “moments” or specific time periods and connect each one to the Big Idea. Each paragraph should explain the status or conditions at the time of your Big Idea and show how it reveals historical change. Be sure to use specific evidence

This is what I got for the first paragraph.Tell me if I need to make any changes.

America and the World: America's role in the world began on the periphery and has moved to take a central place.

America's involvement in World War II had a significant impact on the economy and workforce of the United States. The United States was still recovering from the impact of the Great Depression and the unemployment rate was hovering around 25%. Our involvement in the war soon changed that rate.

Starting in 1940 (18 months before Pearl Harbor), the nation mobilized, giving high priority to air power. American involvement in World War II in 1940–41 was limited to providing war material and financial support to Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Republic of China. The U.S. entered officially on 8 December 1941 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japanese forces soon seized American, Dutch, and British possessions across the Pacific and Southeast Asia, with Hawaii and Australia serving as the main staging points for the eventual liberation of these territories.At this time life was hard."Everyday life across the country was dramatically altered. Food, gas and clothing were rationed." Because of the war,everything was scarce leaving people wondering if they'll have food tomorrow. It was so deficient that women had to take obligation as well."Women found employment as electricians, welders and riveters in defense plants."The men were in the war, so there was nobody else to do the hard work other than the woman.before World War II, women had generally been discouraged from working outside the home. Now they were being encouraged to take over jobs that had been traditionally considered "men's work."The entry of the United States into World War II caused vast changes in virtually every aspect of American life. Millions of men and women entered military service and saw parts of the world they would likely never have seen otherwise. The labor demands of war industries caused millions more Americans to move--largely to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts where most defense plants located. When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic condition than any other country in the world. Even the 300,000 combat deaths suffered by Americans paled in comparison to any other major belligerent.The postwar world also presented Americans with a number of problems and issues. Flushed with their success against Germany and Japan in 1945, most Americans initially viewed their place in the postwar world with optimism and confidence. But within two years of the end of the war, new challenges and perceived threats had arisen to erode that confidence. By 1948, a new form of international tension had emerged--Cold War--between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. In the next 20 years, the Cold War spawned many tensions between the two superpowers abroad and fears of Communist subversion gripped domestic politics at home.Now,united States emerged as one of the two dominant superpowers, turning away from its traditional isolationism and toward increased international involvement.

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1.a)britain

2.b)spain

3.c)french

4.d)portugal

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