Should the Constitution have been ratified? Use evidence from the primary sources provided and a secondary source of your choosing to support your thesis. Write your warrant. Explain why your evidence supports your thesis.

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HIST 1301 PBE: Mastery Assessment 3 Essay Prompts

Prompt : The Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was the work of a committee of many individuals with different ideas. Its existence is credited to compromise. Despite compromise its ratification was never certain. James Madison (left image) argued for ratification in Federalist Paper No. 10. Patrick Henry (center image) and George Mason (right image) argued against ratification in Virginia. Read these works related to ratification and use them, plus those sources you find on your own, to write an argumentative essay.

1. Should the Constitution have been ratified? Use this question to develop your thesis statement. Your thesis answers this question. One paragraph.
2. Use evidence from the primary sources provided and a secondary source of your choosing to support your thesis. 4–5 paragraphs.
3. Finally, write your warrant (conclusion). Explain why your evidence supports your thesis. One paragraph.

• Sources: These should be cited as an article on a website.
o James Madison: Federalist Paper No. 10
o Patrick Henry and George Mason: Arguments against Ratification

In an essay of 1000-1500 words, examine three of the ways that Americans sought rebirth in this time period. Drawing from Lears’ book, the American Yawp reader, and our lectures and discussions in class, write an essay that addresses why Americans sought rebirth in this period and how they sought to achieve it.

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Rebirth of a Nation Analysis

In his book Rebirth of a Nation, historian Jackson Lears claims that “the political has always been personal.” He argues that politics, culture, and economics have historically been rooted in the personal decisions and emotions of people. He concludes that the greatest of these desires is the desire for rebirth, and that the desire for rebirth shaped American politics between 1877 and 1920.

In an essay of 1000-1500 words, examine three of the ways that Americans sought rebirth in this time period. Drawing from Lears’ book, the American Yawp reader, and our lectures and discussions in class, write an essay that addresses why Americans sought rebirth in this period and how they sought to achieve it. What conflicts or struggles did Americans seek rebirth from? What shape did that search for rebirth take and for which groups of people? For example, you could consider questions about the economic changes in the Industrial and Gilded Age; cultural transformations around gender roles and labor standards; or national changes in the American state and the United States’ growing colonial empire to name only a few examples. This is not an exhaustive list: feel free to draw on any examples Lears offers in his book.

Your papers should be double-spaced with your name and class section on the first page. For citation, I don’t have a preferred style as long as it is clear what document(s), readings, or lecture you are referring to.

Conduct research into a topic in U.S. History of your own choosing. Develop a historical research question that defines a period of time, a specific place and/or figure(s) and presents multiple historical perspectives.

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Historical Thesis

For this historical thesis, you will:

Conduct research into a topic in U.S. History of your own choosing. Develop a historical research question that defines a period of time, a specific place and/or figure(s) and presents multiple historical perspectives. Gather primary and secondary sources relevant to their topic and research question. Use a variety of research methods to develop multiple assertions that answers their research question. Develop a debatable argument about cause and effect, engines of change, turning points or change over time that answers their research question and encompasses their assertions. Write a paper that shows through analysis of primary and secondary sources the use of contextualization, sourcing, close reading and corroboration the logic of their argument. Show documentation of their research using correct MLA format Works Cited/Works Consulted page.

NOTE
– You must focus on a time period from 1-20 years long. and it should be between 1600 to 2000 in US History.
– It can’t be a biography of a person.
– For the final paper must have minimum 4 Primary and 4 secondary sources relevant to your topic that support your assertion for your thesis.

STEPS
The following step should Turn In for this Order

Step 1: Portfolio of Primary and Secondary Sources – 1-2 pages
Step 2: HEROs #1, 2, and 3 – 2 pages
Step 3: Historical Thesis Outline – 3 Pages
Step 4: Final Historical Thesis Paper – 9 pages

What impact did the Fugitive Slave Law have on the attitude of northern whites toward slavery? Briefly explain.

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American History

What impact did the Fugitive Slave Law have on the attitude of northern whites toward slavery? Briefly explain.

 

Prepare your biographical essay or powerpoint presentation. Is 750 to 1,000 words in length, prepare a Powerpoint slide show, with at least seven slides that include 20 to 25 words of accompanying text, and images.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

The purpose of this assignment is to use the historic documents that you and your classmates collectively compiled in the M2 Workshop to produce an original historical biography based on primary and secondary source documents. Here’s what I would like you to do:

Biographies of Noteworthy 19th Century Women (Frances Ellen Watkins Harper) . Here’s a link to a powerpoint slideshow from North Dakota State University that explains the genre of a “historical biography”. Prepare your biographical essay or powerpoint presentation. Make sure that your assignment:
is 750 to 1,000 words in length, OR, prepare a Powerpoint slide show, with at least seven slides that include 20 to 25 words of accompanying text, and images.
Your biographical essay or slide show should analyze the life of the noteworthy woman you are studying in the context of:

major (or minor) historical events occurring in the USA during the time the woman lived, such as the relationships of the individual woman’s life to social institutions, social movements, political events, cultural or artistic movements, etc. Not all of these aspects need to be covered in each of your essays–just what is relevant to explaining your noteworthy woman’s significance and her contributions to American history

Evaluation Criteria

Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly. Your essay should be 750-1,000 words in length with a bibliography of sources used at the end. OR, your powerpoint slide show should be at least 7 slides, plus an 8th slide with your bibliography of sources used and images used.

Be sure to identify the historical significance of the woman you are writing about.

Be sure to identify the location [website] of each image if you are creating a powerpoint slide show.

In a 500-word essay using “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and chapter 16 of the course textbook, provide a clear and detailed response to the following question: What is Martin Luther King’s clarion call?

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Greetings Hist 202.

In a 500-word essay using “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and chapter 16 of the course textbook, provide a clear and detailed response to the following question: What is Martin Luther King’s clarion call?

In your essay include the following:

  • Constitutional bases (plural of basis) MLK can claim that African-Americans are free and have the right to use the same public facilities, like lunch counters, hotels, amusement parks, and schools?
  • Constitutional basis that the fact that majority black districts have few if any blacks registered to vote, is an injustice?
  • Using specific examples, how was the violence towards African-Americans in  MLK’s time practically identical to the Reconstruction era?

This assignment is the first of two drafts you will write on this topic. After you post your rough drafts (and critique another student), I will review the rough drafts and provide feedback in the forum.

Is today’s public as gullible as it was at the turn of the 20th century? Or, given the impact of social media, are we perhaps more so? Does Wilmington’s Lie challenge your view of who we are as a nation? Have we changed over the past 120+ years? How or how not?

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Wilmington’s Lie

Answer the following questions within the body of your essay:

According to Zucchino, what about the demographics of Wilmington in 1898 made it unique? Democrats were the party of white supremacy; the Republicans were the ones that African Americans joined and supported. So you had this black middle class and meaningful representation in government. According to Zucchino, how did whites handle this? What were race relations like in the city? There was a very influential piece by an African American newspaper editor, Alex Manly, which played a role in all of these events. Using specific details from Wilmington’s Lie, describe in detail who Alex Manly was and what role his newspaper played in Wilmington. November 8 was election day in Wilmington and across the state. Using specific examples from the book, what was the plan of Wilmington’s white supremacists and what eventually happened in Wilmington? Using specific examples from the book, discuss in detail the response of the governor of North Carolina, as well as that of President William McKinley to the events in Wilmington. What prevented both men from intervening? This wasn’t simply a change of government. It was a radical transformation of the lives of black citizens. African Americans were successful attorneys and merchants who had real lives and stakes in the community and lots of black people who were employed in working-class roles. How were their lives affected by this? One little detail which underlined the permanence of these changes were that Tom Miller, this wealthy black citizen of Wilmington, the real estate broker who was banished from the city, years later asked permission to just come back to attend his mother’s funeral. What happened? According to Zucchino, this was America’s first and only armed overthrow of a legally elected government, and that’s because there were local officials who were not on the ballot; that, even after these horrific events, were technically still in office, legally elected – some of them African Americans. What happened to them? According to Wilmington’s Lie, after this violence in 1898, what measures were – did the white leaders enact to make permanent the denial of voting rights for blacks? In the decades that followed, how were these violent events characterized by white papers, white newspapers and leaders in the South? In 1998, as the 100th anniversary of the events in Wilmington was approaching, there was quite a debate about how these events were to be regarded. How did the community contend with this legacy? Had you known of the Wilmington massacre before reading David Zucchino’s book? If so, what was your understanding of the events recounted in the book? Josephus Daniels, publisher of the Record, and Furnifold Simmons of the state’s Democratic Party were able to exploit the anger and fears of the white population through an intentional campaign of disinformation. Is today’s public as gullible as it was at the turn of the 20th century? Or, given the impact of social media, are we perhaps more so? Does Wilmington’s Lie challenge your view of who we are as a nation? Have we changed over the past 120+ years? How or how not?

Explain this quote: “We do not ride upon the railroad; it rides upon us . . . . ” Give this some thought; you can get what Thoreau is saying.

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Henry David Thoreau – Walden

1 In the middle of “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Thoreau explains that he went to the woods to “live deliberately” and “to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life” (p. 967). What does Thoreau mean by this? How might a person “live what was not life”?

2. Summarize the paragraph that begins “Still we live meanly . . . .” Are the ideas in this paragraph applicable to contemporary life?

3. Explain this quote: “We do not ride upon the railroad; it rides upon us . . . . ” Give this some thought; you can get what Thoreau is saying.

4. Look at the paragraph that begins “Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature . . .” (p. 971). In your own words, paraphrase what is he asking us to do.

5. Compare and contrast Thoreau’s reason for going to the woods and his reason for leaving them (p. 990). Give lines from the text to support your answer.

6. In his conclusion, Thoreau again applies the lessons of his experiment to broader experiences. Look at the first paragraph of your assignment, what general lesson about conformity is to be drawn from the path he wore between his house and the pond? (p. 990)

7. In the next paragraph, Thoreau relates what he has learned about success. Summarize his definition of success.

8. The example on page 992 of the man who “hears a different drummer” is one of the most quoted passages from Walden. How does this passage support Thoreau’s earlier criticism of conformity?

9. The paragraph beginning “However mean your life is, meet it and live it” (top of 993) has many great ideas. What is the overall theme of this paragraph? What does he mean by “Sell your clothes; keep your thoughts”?

10. Look at the paragraph at the bottom of 995 that begins, “The life in us is like the water in the river.” This paragraph centers upon the rebirth that is possible once we have opened ourselves to nature and to our true inner being. Within this context, what is the “moral” of the story of the beautiful bug that hatched after being buried many years in an old wooden table?

11. In some respects, the final sentences of the passage sum up all of Walden. Thoreau reminds us that finding our “perfect summer life,” as the beautiful bug did, is not merely a matter of waiting. According to Thoreau, in what way may any of us prepare to experience spiritual awakening?

Explore how the Constitution was written to ensure the Republic’;s continuity and would remain relevant throughout our history.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

750 word paper exploring two examples on
1. how the Constitution was written to ensure the Republic’;s continuity and would remain relevant throughout our history.
2. How the founders were intentional when designing our form of government

Choose from this categories:

The Great Compromise"
The three Branches
Checks and Balances
The Bill of Rights
Constitutional Amendments

Of course correct grammar spelling puntiation Include your research source on the report

Did anything in the first video shock or surprise you in terms of poverty in America? Did you know that the very poorest Americans live on Indian Reservations?

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Fighting Poverty in the Poorest Place in America

  1. Did anything in the first video shock or surprise you in terms of poverty in America?  Did you know that the very poorest Americans live on Indian Reservations?  Although this first short video can be heart wrenching and depressing, did you find anything positive in the young “warrior” Robert Looks Twice’s attitude toward his situation, especially near the end when he talks about “the muddy road” and the “easy road”?  Based upon his words and thinking, in your opinion how important is the “attitude” of poor people themselves in the effort to fight poverty in America?  Is there any role for social justice to assist young people like Robert or should we expect them simply to work hard and keep a good attitude as all that is needed to succeed in America?
  2. In video #2, we learn the story of young Louise Clifford, whose Lakota Sioux name is “Stands Against the Wind.”  What touches you most about her story?  Clearly, her Sioux people are trying to help her in the ways that they can by giving her a prayer feather, a bag of marbles representing her family, and a Lakota name that reminds her to be strong.  A deeper question to ask is this:  Is the U. S. Government, which overseas all Indian schools, providing good schools and education to these poorest Americans?  What do you you think are the most important areas where the government might make changes for the better, based upon what you have seen in this second film?
  3. In video #3, we meet 18-year-old Elaina and see the struggles that she faces to reach her dream of a better life.  Is there anything hopeful in her story or in the mother boyfriend and stepfather in her life?  If you could give Elaina advice about what to do next to succeed in the mainstream world and to get out of poverty, what you advise her to do?
  4. Video #4 is especially valuable for the statistics that it works into the flow of the story of little dancing Tashina Iron Horse.  There are 15 people who sleep in her house each night.  Some 80% of the adults in her community suffer from alcohol addiction.  They get the alcohol off the reservation in a white “town” of 11 people who sell 4 million cans of beer each year to their Indian neighbors.  At the end of the film, we see Tashina dancing with narrator Diane Sawyer.  How hopeful are you that Tashina will escape from poverty to a better life?  Based upon the statistics above and the role that white businesses have in reinforcing the struggles that the Lakota face, what seem to you to be the biggest challenges that young people like Tashina must overcome to have better lives in America than the ones that they are now living?
  5. Do you find anything hopeful in this final video in the five-part series?  Explain.  More than the other videos, this one shows how much the U. S. Government has played a role in creating poverty on the Sioux reservation.  If this is true, might the Government have a big role to play in helping to solve the poverty issue there?  Based on this and the other videos in the series, what are some things that the Government could do, in your opinion, to help Lakota people create better lives for themselves?  What are some things that the people themselves could  do to create better lives above the poverty line?