Conduct light background research using high-quality websites to learn the basic concepts related to Civic Society (G. Almond and S. Verba), Democratic Peace Theory (E. Kant and T. Paine), and a Harmony of Interests (A. Smith and K. Marx) in the United States. At this stage, read with “metacognition” and reflect, grasping this basic information will allow you to understand the material before delving deeper.

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Assignment Prompts:

1. The Skeleton: Conduct light background research using high-quality websites to learn the basic concepts related to Civic Society (G. Almond and S. Verba), Democratic Peace Theory (E. Kant and T. Paine), and a Harmony of Interests (A. Smith and K. Marx) in the United States. At this stage, read with “metacognition” and reflect, grasping this basic information will allow you to understand the material before delving deeper. Prework: informal research and background reading only. Example of a high-quality or reliable source: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Peer-Reviewed)

2. The Muscles: Access the Research Center tab inside the course and then click on the first link “Academic Search Complete.” Reminder: there is a highly detailed course announcement explaining how to use this tool. Locate and properly cite a minimum of one scholarly source obtained via the research center tool to meet the bare minimum research requirements. Look down the list, the search tool uses AI and is a bit too smart.

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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Week 7 Assignment: Case Study- History

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 28, 29, 30
Lesson
Minimum of 1 primary source
Minimum of 4 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)
Optional Resources to Explore
Feel free to review the library guide for scholarly sources and videos at the following link:

Link (website): History Library Guide (Links to an external site.)

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.

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.

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Week 6 Discussion 2: World War II

Initial Post Instructions
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).

Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion. Based on your selections, analyze if the United States should have feared international communist subversion during the Cold War era (1945-1991).

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Week 7 Discussion: American Foreign Policy during the Cold War

Initial Post Instructions
Pick three (3) of the following American Foreign policies:

Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Containment
Anti-Communist Freedom Fighters
Vietnam (conflict) War
Détente’
SALT I & SALT II
Camp David Accords
Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed “Star Wars”)
Then, address the following for your selections:

Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion.
Based on your selections, analyze if the United States should have feared international communist subversion during the Cold War era (1945-1991).

Essay topic: Compare and contrast the policies of the Catholic Church in Europe before and after the Council of Trent.

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Research Assignment :

All essays must be at least four-five pages typed (double-spaced). The essays must be completed according to the MLA format, have citations (text references), and a Works Cited Page that consists of at least three references. References such as Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Cliff Notes, or Spark Notes are not acceptable!

Essay topic:
Compare and contrast the policies of the Catholic Church in Europe before and after the Council of Trent.

Analyze how nation states/organizations from history (or modern day) increase their power of control over citizens.

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Nationalism: Recreation of society

MLA Essay Prompt:
Analyze how nation states/organizations from history (or modern day) increase their power of control over citizens.

Your task is to research nation states or organizations (use only JSTOR, ABC-Clio, and in-class material/textbooks) and how they maintain power. During this process you will begin to find similarities and differences among various time periods and/or places. You are to aim for an essay that is 5-6 paragraphs. Each ‘theme’ that you choose to research should have at least 2 sources used as evidence (for a total of at least 6). This will be similar to how you use evidence in a DBQ, however, the sources will be found on JSTOR or from in-class sources. This will be an MLA essay and needs to include a proper works cited page and in-text citations. We will discuss this in class and you can also see the resources on Canvas.

Using the basic information from your template, write 3-5 complete sentences in Spanish to introduce your influential person. Double check to ensure that you have included the grammar and writing requirements presented in the assessment instructions and on the plantilla.

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Life of Pantro Ganzales

QUESTION 1

Using the plantilla from this lesson, fill out the essay boxes below to complete a rough draft. Before submitting this assessment, be sure to review the rubric in the lesson and ensure that you have included the following:

Grammar (use of saber/conocer, use of imperfect and preterit, use of two stem-changing verbs in the preterit, use of a minimum of two relative pronouns)
Proper spelling, punctuation, etc.

Citations
Remember to use only terms and expressions that you have learned
Keep it simple by writing in the Spanish that you know

Following the instructions below, write the introduction paragraph for your biography rough draft. (You may copy and paste the accented and special characters from this list if needed: Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡, ¿) (4 points)

Using the basic information from your template, write 3-5 complete sentences in Spanish to introduce your influential person. Double check to ensure that you have included the grammar and writing requirements presented in the assessment instructions and on the plantilla.

Use material from Pacific Eldorado, Chapter 9 and at least two outside resources to to write an essay arguing whether the Progressive Movement was significant to the history of California.

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4.4 History in Court: The Progressive Era – Part 1

The history of politics and government in California has been a story of constant efforts to make government, starting at the most local level, more responsive to the people it serves. The most significant period of reform in California was the Progressive Era, commencing with Hiram Johnson’s election as governor in 1910.

The American voting public of the early 1900s was accustomed to the tenet that the best government was the least government. Progressive era politics changed that belief when government corruption became commonplace. Reformers like Teddy Roosevelt in Washington and Governor Hiram Johnson in California responded to an epidemic of political and civic corruption by expanding the role of government in regulating the economy and in giving citizens, for the first time, direct access to the legislative process.

The movement pushed for extensive reforms in a variety of political, economic, and social spheres but ultimately fizzled out because of quarreling among the leaders. This court case deals with the Progressive Movement in California.

Instructions
Your role is to play either the defense attorney or the prosecuting attorney and argue whether the Progressive Movement was significant to the history of California.

To make your case, use material from Pacific Eldorado, Chapter 9 and at least two outside resources to to write an essay arguing whether the Progressive Movement was significant to the history of California.

Critically analyze your research and draw conclusions from the comparison and the range of opinion reflected. Use your research to explain how recent cultural developments in Europe reflect broader changes taking place during the Post-World War II era.

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Choose a European country and reflect on how recent cultural developments in Europe reflect broader changes taking place during the Post-World War II era.

Complete the following steps to develop your essay:

1. Choose one European country to focus on during the post-war era. Gather details and compare facts as you begin your research.

2. From your research findings, choose one visual or print primary source that addresses the post-war era in your chosen country. Appropriate visual primary sources include posters, political cartoons, paintings, film clips, and propaganda.

3. From your research findings, choose two appropriate scholarly sources. Your sources may include print primary sources, which is an account, item, or data generated in the historical period by a participant or witness. Print primary sources also include parts of speeches, debates, and newspaper editorials.

4. Critically analyze your research and draw conclusions from the comparison and the range of opinion reflected. Use your research to explain how recent cultural developments in Europe reflect broader changes taking place during the Post-World War II era.

5. Prepare a thesis statement. Your thesis statement should offer your reader your specific insight into the outcomes based on the data you considered.

Why do they have these differing interpretations? Which do you find to be the most accurate? Based on what you have discussed, do you feel that, in the twentieth century, Xinjiang/East Turkestan continued to experience a history of colonialism?

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Xinjiang/East Turkestan in the twentieth century

(political). One chapter comes from Gardner Bovingdon’s The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land. This chapter provides an overview of historical writing about this region of Central Asia, and how it is used to lay claim to it. One chapter comes from an edited volume, China, Xinjiang, and Central Asia: History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction in the 21st Century. Actually, this is the second section/part from the same chapter written by Peter Perdue and James Millward, two well-known authorities. This section covers the twentieth century. One website is provided by the People’s Republic of China. It addresses arguments about this region’s history, presenting the point of view of the Chinese government:

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cegv/eng/zywjyjh/t1683694.htm

One website is provided by the Uyghur World Congress. It presents the history of the region from the point of view of the Congress and, presumably, many Uyghur peoples: https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/east-turkestan-2

So, here is the subject for an essay: First, how do the PRC and the Congress differently explain the history of the region? Pick 3 or 4 factual matters of interpretations. Second, why do they have these differing interpretations? Which do you find to be the most accurate? Finally, based on what you have discussed, do you feel that, in the twentieth century, Xinjiang/East Turkestan continued to experience a history of colonialism? You can structure this how you wish. For example, you can answer these 3 questions with respect to each point of difference you choose in separate paragraphs or parts, or just answer them in succession. For citations, use a simplified Chicago style. Insert footnote and for it, Bovingdon, Uyghurs, 20. Millward and Tursun, “Political History,” 30