Trace and evaluate the evolution of racism from 1750 to the present in two of the regions listed below. Include the relationship among imperialism, nationalism, and racism in showing the continuities and changes over time.

• Europe

• North America (United States)

• South Africa

Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto, The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guildmaster and journeyman, in a world, oppressor and oppressed . . . carried on an uninterrupted . . . fight that each time ended, either in revolutionary re-constitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.

Evaluate the historical accuracy of Marx’s thesis using examples from two of the following twentieth-century revolutions. Consider purpose, methods, and short-term and long-term success.

• China

• Cuba

• Iran

• Philippines

• Russia

Discuss changes over time in the Pacific Rim economy from 1945 to the present. Include world or local events or conditions that you believe are important in shaping these changes