Analyze the role of trans-Atlantic trade and Great Britain’s mercantilist policies in the economic development of the British North American colonies in the period from 1650 to 1750.

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In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1690s?

Analyze the role of trans-Atlantic trade and Great Britain’s mercantilist policies in the economic development of the British North American colonies in the period from 1650 to 1750.

Analyze the differences between the English colonies in the Chesapeake and the English colonies in New England in the 17th century in terms of the following: politics, religion, and economic development.
Compare and contrast the pre-Columbian indigenous cultures in North and South America. Explain why the cultures of Meso-America were more advanced.

How was the walking city different before the Civil War than after the Civil War?

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  1. Pick out 2 political stereotypes from the National Politics lecture video. Are those stereotypes concerning politics in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era correct?  Use specific examples, meaning exact names of people or things, to prove your answer.  This will mostly come from the Politics lecture, but you may also find help in the business and cities lecture.  (Caution:  This question is about politics and not business.)

Big Business

  1. Do you believe that businessmen between the Civil War and World War I were Robber Barons or good examples? Give three reasons to prove your answer.  Always use specific names of people, companies, muckrakers, court cases, laws, strikes, methods of big business, etc.  Use information you learned about businessmen from the Politics, Business, Cities, and Labor lectures.  (Caution:  Don’t confuse politicians with businessmen.  This question is about businessmen.)

Industrial Cities

  1. How was the walking city different before the Civil War than after the Civil War?
  2. What were some of the problems of the industrial walking city?
  3. Explain how three people or groups, including Muckrakers, political machines, Progressives, businessmen, or any other groups tried to help resolve the problems of the industrial city.

*** Notice that this is not the same question as #4.  This question is about living conditions in the city, not the workplace.

Reformers

  1. There are two parts to this question: Working Conditions and Labor Unions who tried to fix those conditions.  (This is not the same question as number 3.  This question is about workers and the workplace, while #3 is about living in the city.)
  2. What were problems that workers experienced because of industrialization? Use specific examples of conditions including writings from Muckrakers, strikes, and reasons for strikes instead of simply saying conditions were bad.
  3. Compare the Knights of Labor to the American Federation of Labor, particularly the way that they tried to resolve these problems. Using the “Test Strikes,” why did the AFL survive until today and the Knights no longer exist?
  4. If the 13, 14, and 15 Amendments were supposed to protect African American rights, why didn’t those amendments in the Constitution work?
  5. What did these amendments say?
  6. What people, laws, court cases, groups, or event/activities took those Constitutional rights away?
  7. Who were people and groups who fought to restore those rights? Did these people or groups agree about how to do this? Explain.

 

Explore the impact of black women’s clubs in the late 19th to early/earlier-20th century.

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Explore the impact of black women’s clubs in the late 19th to early/earlier-20th century. In other words, how did they challenge racism and sexism? What were their preoccupations? How did their programs and agenda help and/or hurt black women?

What role did black girls and women play in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? In what ways were they the “backbone” of the boycott? Who were its major players/contributors (individually and collectively)?

Compare and contrast why and how black slavery developed in Britain’s North American colonies

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Compare and contrast why and how black slavery developed in Britain’s North American colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern). Specifically deal with the political, economic and geographic conditions in the colonies (by section and/or individually) as

Who was most responsible for the outbreak of the American Revolution

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Who was most responsible for the outbreak of the American Revolution – the British or the colonists?

What were the reasons for unions joining or not joining the federation?

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500 Words
Essay is to address the following facets based off of the attached book:
Which unions belong to the New Brunswick Federation of Labour (“NBFL”) and which groups of workers were organized in these unions.
Which unions did NOT belong to the NBFL and which group of workers were organized?
what were the reasons for unions joining or not joining the federation?
What were the federations goals? what did the federation do?
what was the federations relation to electoral politics and provincial governments?
How did the above change over the federations history?

Explain which source felt the most compelling or informative to you and why.

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Use the following website: https://slavevoyages.org/ to research more about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Use the database, interactive maps, estimate tables, and the 3D video to enhance your understanding.
From there, in a 200-word initial post, explain which source felt the most compelling or informative to you and why. Then comment on two other students’ posts as well (50 word minimum). Choose students that pick sources different than your own selection.

Discuss the early development of policing in the United States?

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1. Discuss the early development of policing in the United States?
2. Describe the Political Era of Policing.
3. What were the results of the Political Era?
4. What is the purpose of preventive patrol? How would a police agency implement preventive patrol?
5. Describe 3 of the 6 intervention strategies of traditional policing.
6. Why are police agencies considered the most threatening government agency regarding to civil liberties?
7. Define democratic accountability?
8. What is democratic policing?
9. What are the duties of the police officer regarding serve & protect? Define each.
10. Describe the current era of policing, identifying the tenants of this era?

Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy.

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For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following (any program and/or act of the New Deal):
Programs Acts
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Farm Security Administration (FSA) Emergency Banking Relief Act
Economy Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA)
National Employment System Act (Wagner-Peyser Act)
Home Owners Loan Act
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIA)
Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act)
Securities & Exchange Act
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Resettlement Administration (RA)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
Social Security Act
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Reflecting over the weekly reading and lesson video The New Deal Coalition (also linked in the Required Resources), address the following for your selections:
• Consider workers, immigrants, and African Americans. Explain how minorities were represented by the New Deal.
• Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy.

For the initial post, consider three (3) of the following events:
• Treaty of Versailles
• Rise of fascism, militarism and imperialism
• Failure of the League of Nations
• Hitler and the Nazi Party
• The Lend Lease Act
• Japanese expansion and the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Based on your three selections, choose two (2) of the following and craft a response for your selections:
• Assess if the United States foreign policy during the 1930s helped to promote World War II. Could the United States have prevented the outbreak of World War II? If so, how? If not, why not?
• Explain if the United States, despite neutrality, aided the Allies against the Axis powers.
• Analyze if the use of atomic (nuclear) weapons to defeat enemies in war is a setback for democracy (President Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan).

Write your reflection on Islam’s approach to the problem of evil. Identify similarities and differences to the Christian tradition.

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Write your reflection on Islam’s approach to the problem of evil. Identify similarities and differences to the Christian tradition. (Chapter 36 Ya Sin)