In this unit, you learned that the United States has had a two-party political system for much of its history. Currently, most elected officials at the state and federal levels, including the presidency, are members of either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Do you think the two-party system is fair? Or, do you think the nation would benefit from having more officials from third-parties elected into offices? Suppose that you could propose a third party? Describe the purpose of you party, including the name you would give to it and the political platform it would embrace.

1. how did conditions in germany and europe at the end of world war i contribute to the rise and triumph of nazism in germany? 2. how did the german government under nazi rule build support among the german people? 3. how did nazi germany gradually isolate, segregate, impoverish, and incarcerate jews and persecute other perceived enemies of the state between 1933 and 1939? 4. how did the nazis lead germany to war in europe and, with their collaborators, kill millions—including systematically murdering six million jewish people? 5. why is learning about the holocaust important? so we don’t repeat history.