Evaluate the arguments made by Beveridge and the American Anti-Imperialism League. Were there points made by either that especially resonated with you or that you disagreed with? If so, which ones, and why did you feel this way?

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History Question

  1. Review the following,
    • The March of the Flag
    • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2826106&path=uploads/questions/1441947/20230428000921the_march_of_the_flag.docx.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_2
    • American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899
    • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2826106&path=uploads/questions/1441947/20230428000916american_anti_imperialism_league.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1
  2. Respond to the following questions in a cohesive essay, with an introduction, a series of body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Be sure to use short, direct quotes from the documents to back up your ideas; avoid over-quoting.
    • Summarize Beveridge’s arguments for American imperialism
    • Summarize the American Anti-Imperialism League’s arguments against American imperialism.
    • How does each position try to persuade people that their own position is both grounded in American heritage and the truly righteous position?
    • Evaluate the arguments made by Beveridge and the American Anti-Imperialism League. Were there points made by either that especially resonated with you or that you disagreed with? If so, which ones, and why did you feel this way?

Explain what the Fourteenth Amendment was—how it was passed and what its consequences were in terms of how it affected the relationship between the branches of government, how it affected the power of states, and how it affected the lives of black people in the South.

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Chapter Evaluation Assignment #1:

Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 19

The following questions correspond to the chapter readings in The American Nation: A History of the United States, Volume 2: Since 1865 textbook.

Chapter 16 Questions. Choose four questions to answer.
16.1 Why did President Abraham Lincoln offer such lenient terms for the reconstruction of the South?
16.2 Explain what the Fourteenth Amendment was—how it was passed and what its consequences were in terms of how it affected the relationship between the branches of government, how it affected the power of states, and how it affected the lives of black people in the South.
16.3 Explain the complicated Northern white attitudes toward the process of Reconstruction. What were the hopes for many Northern whites concerning the process of Reconstruction in the South?
16.4 In what ways was sharecropping an advance over slavery for black freedmen, and in what ways was sharecropping similar to slavery?
16.5 What were some of the reasons why Reconstruction ended when it did?

Chapter 17 Questions. Answer all four questions.
17.1 How did American settlers and the transcontinental railroad affect American Indian tribes west of the Mississippi in the later nineteenth century?
17.2 What was ‘Custer’s Last Stand’? Why did it happen and what were its consequences?
17.3 Compare and contrast the experiences of ranchers and farmers in the trans– Mississippi West.
17.4 What were some of the ways railroads shape the growth and development of the American West after the Civil War?

Chapter 18 Questions. Choose four questions to answer.
18.1 What made iron, oil, electricity, and the railroad industry so important for economic growth?
18.2 Compare the effect of competition on railroads with that of competition on steel.
18.3 Explain laissez–faire economics and describe the grounds on which William Graham Sumner defended the idea of laissez–faire economics.
18.4 How did Americans try to impose regulations on big business in the late nineteenth century?
18.5 Compare and contrast the Knights of Labor with the American Federation Labor. Which organization had made its peace with the new economy of industrial wage work?

Chapter 19 Questions. Choose four questions to answer.
19.1 How did American society and culture undergo a process of “incorporation” in the late nineteenth century?
19.2 What differences existed between skilled and unskilled workers outside their capabilities on the job?
19.3 How did native–born, largely Anglo–Saxon Americans react to the growing number of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century?
19.4 What new technologies and innovations aided the modernization of American cities in the late or at the turn of the century?
19.5 What motivated advocates of the Social Gospel, and what did they focus on doing?

President Theodore Roosevelt became known for his phrase “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.” What did he mean by it and analyze whether or not this was a successful foreign policy strategy.

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History Question

Select ONE question from the questions below and write research paper of c. 1800 words (plus/minus 10 per cent) (the word lengths include endnotes or footnotes but exclude the bibliography)

  1. President Theodore Roosevelt became known for his phrase “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick.” What did he mean by it and analyze whether or not this was a successful foreign policy strategy.
  2. Was George F. Kennan’s “strategy of containment” as brilliant a policy for America’s foreign policy during the Cold War era as is often proclaimed?
  3. Was there indeed something like an American “unipolar moment” in international affairs in the 1990s? What was meant by it and how did it influence the making of US foreign relations?
  4. Is “hard power” or “soft power” more important for a country’s influence in global affairs? Please answer on the basis of a number of persuasive examples.
  5. While not approving of Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, many countries in the global south but also among America’s allies have a certain understanding for Putin’s actions. Analyze and assess the reasons for this.
  6. “China is a serious ‘systemic rival’ but also a normal economic competitor and a partner on some questions for Europe.” Analyze and assess this statement by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and compare it with the Biden administration’s policy toward China.

Identify and elaborate on one or two lessons you have learned from our study of United States history that affect you today in your daily life and/or work. Provide advice to the next group of students who will be taking this course.

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Hist 405N Journal entry

INSTRUCTIONS

For this activity, reflect on the course content and answer the following:

  • Identify and elaborate on one or two lessons you have learned from our study of United States history that affect you today in your daily life and/or work.
  • Provide advice to the next group of students who will be taking this course.
    • How has this course affected you today in your daily life and/or work?
    • What should incoming students be aware of regarding this class?
    • What strategies did you use that they may find useful?
    • What advice can you provide to help them earn an A?

Entirely read all the attached documents and identify main ideas and key points. Then write ONE 300-400 word essay (not one for each reading) reflecting and commenting on the main ideas and key points of the readings, the essay should not simply be a summary.

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History Question

Instructions

Step 1: Entirely read all the attached documents and identify main ideas and key points. Then write ONE 300-400 word essay (not one for each reading) reflecting and commenting on the main ideas and key points of the readings, the essay should not simply be a summary. Have at least one citation from each reading WITH THE PAGE NUMBER to support your reflection and comments in the essay.

Step 2: Formulate 2 discussion questions from the readings (2 total, not 2 for each) that can be discussed in class. The answers to these questions should not be able to be easily pulled from the readings. The questions should require some intricate thinking to answer so we can have a discussion in class about them.

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2822965&path=uploads/questions/502390/202304252024331_earle_return_of_the_native.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1
  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2822965&path=uploads/questions/502390/202304252024362_hale_mexican_liberalism.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_2

Choose three of the journalists in the book and use them as examples in the review itself. This implies a brief discussion about each of the three journalists selected, their writings, the significance of the issue addressed, and what happened as a result of his/her reporting.

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The Carl Jensen work, Stories That Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century.

In the process of doing steps one and two above, choose three of the journalists in the book and use them as examples in the review itself. This implies a brief discussion about each of the three journalists selected, their writings, the significance of the issue addressed, and what happened as a result of his/her reporting. Choose an author from the first third, middle third, and last third of the 20th century (spreading out your choices from across the book).

Describe the context of your historical event that influenced your current event. How does the context of your historical event help tell the story of what was happening at the time? How might this historical event connect or lead to your current event?

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Hist project

Part 1: Creating a Research Question: The quality of research often depends on the quality of the question driving it. It is important to understand how personal opinions, perspectives, and historical sources all play a part in developing and examining a research question. Complete the following steps to discuss how you developed a strong research question about your chosen historical event.

  1. Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic.
    1. How might your own perspectives and opinions impact the topic you chose and how you may approach studying it?
  2. Discuss the significance of your historical research question in relation to your current event.
    1. State your historical research question and explain the connection between your current event and your question.
  3. Explain how you used sources to finalize your research question.
    1. Identify the specific primary and secondary sources you used.
    2. Discuss how evidence in these primary and secondary sources strengthened or challenged the focus of your question.

Part 2: Building Context to Address Questions: In this part of the project, you will examine the historical context related to your historical event. The context will be like snapshots that capture what was happening in history that affected the development of your current event.

  1. Describe the context of your historical event that influenced your current event.
    1. How does the context of your historical event help tell the story of what was happening at the time? How might this historical event connect or lead to your current event?
  2. Describe a historical figure or group’s participation in your historical event.
    1. This person or people must have directly participated in the event you identified as it was happening, not after it.
    2. Use specific details from your primary and secondary sources to demonstrate how the person or people participated in the event.
  3. Explain the historical figure or group’s motivation to participate in your historical event.
    1. Consider why the person or people were motivated to get involved in the event.

Part 3: Examining How Bias Impacts Narrative:Narrative is how people tell stories based on their own assumptions, beliefs, and values. From a historical perspective, narratives influence who we focus on, what we focus on, and how we discuss events and issues in the past and present. Complete the following steps to explore how the stories about your current event and the historical events leading to it have been told.

  1. Describe a narrative you identified while researching the history of your historical event.
    1. There can be multiple narratives depending on your sources. Pick one or two that you feel have been the most influential.
  2. Articulate how biased perspectives presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.
    1. How do potentially biased sources influence knowledge of your historical event and current event?
    2. Support your stance with examples from your primary and secondary sources.
  3. Identify the perspectives that you think are missing from your historical event’s narrative.
    1. Whose stories were not recorded? Whose voices were ignored or silenced?

Part 4: Connecting the Past With the Present:Consider how the work you have done to develop your research question and investigate it can be used to explain connections between the past and present. Complete the following steps to discuss the value of developing historical inquiry skills.

  1. Explain how researching its historical root shelped improve your understanding of your current event.
    1. How did examining your current event from a historical perspective help you better comprehend its origins?
  2. Articulate how questioning your assumptions, beliefs, and values may benefit you as an individual.
    1. Why is it valuable to be aware of your assumptions, beliefs, and values when encountering information in your personal, academic, and professional life?
  3. Discuss how being a more historically informed citizen may help you understand contemporary issues.
    1. Consider how having knowledge of history could influence how you approach current challenges or questions in the world

Read about the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings and Dr. Ford/Kavanaugh hearings. Assess public reaction to each and the final decision of the Senate on each. Draw three parallels. Find one difference.

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CASE STUDY

Several years ago, if you were paying attention to the news, the U.S. Senate considered whether or not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. For some of us old enough, it was very reminiscent of another nomination and appointment of Clarence Thomas in 1991. Read about the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings and Dr. Ford/Kavanaugh hearings. Assess public reaction to each and the final decision of the Senate on each. Draw three parallels. Find one difference.

According to Saussure, who patronized coffeehouses, and why? What could coffeehouse customers learn from the newspapers and magazines they read? How did coffeehouses represent a new type of social interaction?

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Read and Answer

The expanding change in thought during the Enlightenment may not have been possible without coffeehouses and salons. A product of the thriving metropolitan scene, these places allowed for the sharing of ideas that, through debate, typified city life in the eighteenth century.

For this week’s Participation Activity, read “Documenting Everyday Life” on page 515 of your textbook and answer the following:

  • According to Saussure, who patronized coffeehouses, and why?
  • What could coffeehouse customers learn from the newspapers and magazines they read?
  • How did coffeehouses represent a new type of social interaction?
  • And lastly, can the advent of the Internet be viewed as a 21st-century Enlightenment coffeehouse? Why or why not?

The format and length of your submission is up to you. just make certain to: write in complete sentences, double space, and proof read before completion to eliminate grammatical errors

Explain how Senator Joseph McCarthy defined communist nations within the speech. What specific threats did these nations pose? Assess if Senator Joseph McCarthy charges were accurate. Analyze anti-communist sentiments during the Cold War era, were these sentiments valid. If so, how? If not, why not?

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Hist405N Case study

INTRODUCTION

The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

  • To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
  • To advance critical thinking and writing skills
  • To compile a response to the prompts provided
  • To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

INSTRUCTIONS

Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: McCarthyism and Anti-Communist Campaigns
The Cold War brought about an irrational fear of communism and communist activities in the United States. As we are learning this week, one of the most vocal instigators of this paranoia was Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy delivered a speech about the imminent threat of communism on February 9, 1950. Perform a search on the internet and locate and read Joseph McCarthy’s speech given in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 9, 1950. Copy and paste the following keywords into your Google search bar: “Joseph McCarthy, Wheeling, West Virginia.” The speech is also referred to as “Enemies from Within.”

Construct the case study by responding to the following prompts:

  • Explain how Senator Joseph McCarthy defined communist nations within the speech. What specific threats did these nations pose?
  • Assess if Senator Joseph McCarthy charges were accurate.
  • Analyze anti-communist sentiments during the Cold War era, were these sentiments valid. If so, how? If not, why not?
  • Explain if there are other examples of events similar to the Red Scare that have occurred throughout history and modern day.
  • Examine what happened to people who invoked the Fifth Amendment, refused to appear or were found in violation of the law as defined by the Congressional Committee.

Option 2: The Civil Rights Movement
Using the Internet, locate and read Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech given in Washington D.C., August 1963. Copy and paste the following keywords into your Google search bar: “I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.” Feel free also to locate and incorporate additional scholarly sources to respond to this case study, including information on the Civil Rights Movement.

Construct the case study by responding to the following prompts:

  • Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the nation.
  • What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the continent on minority groups?
  • Do you think that the tactics and strategies that civil rights activists used in the 1960s would apply to today’s racial and ethnic conflicts? Why or why not?
  • Do the ideas of the 1960s still have relevance today? If so how? If not, why not?
  • Analyze how the Civil Rights Movement would impact diversity in America today.

Option 3: American Domestic and Foreign Policies (1953-1991)
Complete a search either in the Chamberlain Library or internet for domestic and foreign polices of four (4) of the following Presidents. Please incorporate at least one primary source of either a policy or act that you have chosen to write about.

  • Eisenhower
  • Kennedy
  • Johnson
  • Nixon
  • Ford
  • Carter
  • Reagan

Then, compare domestic and foreign polices of your four (4) presidents by answering the following prompts:

  • Explain how your selected presidents worked to improve the United States economically and socially. Give at least one example of each president.
  • Assess if the policies of your choice of presidents strengthen or weaken the United States.
  • Explain how you see your choice of presidents served the public interest and further the cause of democracy.
  • Determine if it is constitutional for the United States to fight preemptive wars.
  • Determine if human rights and morality should be the cornerstones of United State foreign policy.