What was the impact of Iberian conquest and settlement on the peoples and ecologies of the Americas?

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Iberian conquest and settlement

What was the impact of Iberian conquest and settlement on the peoples and ecologies of the Americas?

To what extent is racism crippling the progress of civilization. Discuss

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Racism

To what extent is racism crippling the progress of civilization. Discuss

What did the Nazis take from this idea, or did they? How are reservations and concentration camps similar and different? Is this a valid argument?

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Native American Reservations and Nazi Concentration Camps

Use internet sources, but have at least ONE library source (book, magazine, or otherwise) to show that you DID look in the library for sources (you may end up with better sources). Remember, the internet does NOT have it all, and you can’t always trust it. At least TRY the library (you never know when the perfect book might be there, like a WHOLE book on Picasso).

For years there has been talk that the Nazi concentration camps were based on Native American reservations in the United States. In other words, a verbal spar with a German might include the rebuttal of, “so, you started it with Native American reservations” when one talked about the concentration camps. So is this true? What did the Nazis take from this idea, or did they? How are reservations and concentration camps similar and different? Is this a valid argument?

Compare the challenges faced by Richard Smith in New York City and by British soldiers and their families in Boston as newcomers on the landscape of eighteenth-century North America. Which city seems to have been more receptive to outsiders?

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Pre-Revolutionary colonial cities

Both Golden Hill and The Boston Massacre tell stories that are in part about the experiences of strangers who arrive in pre-Revolutionary colonial cities. Compare the challenges faced by Richard Smith in New York City and by British soldiers and their families in Boston as newcomers on the landscape of eighteenth-century North America. Which city seems to have been more receptive to outsiders?

Explain the differing positions between federalism and anti-federalism in the debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution during Virginia’s Ratifying Convention in 1788. How did these differing viewpoints concerning the role of the federal government?

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Federalism and Anti-federalism

Explain the differing positions between federalism and anti-federalism in the debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution during Virginia’s Ratifying Convention in 1788. How did these differing viewpoints concerning the role of the federal government?

Is voting (rights, districting, etc.) currently consistent with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Baker and Reynolds cases? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on those cases and two articles

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Assignment Instructions
Select one of the questions to answer. Based entirely on the sources, answer the question. Clearly identify which information came from which source.

2-4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margin all around. In addition, have a separate Works Cited page listing your two sources (author, article title, website/journal/newspaper/magazine title, date). Use paragraphs and proofread for proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.

Questions and Sources

A. Voting
Question: Is voting (rights, districting, etc.) currently consistent with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Baker and Reynolds cases? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on those cases and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Voting rights – Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

2. Voting rights (Links to an external site.)

3. Voting rights – Georgia (Links to an external site.)

4. Voting rights – Texas (Links to an external site.)

5. “New Jim Crow” voting laws (Links to an external site.)

6. Republicans defend voting laws (Links to an external site.)
7. Defense of Georgia law (Links to an external site.)

8. Germander (Links to an external site.)

9. Redistricting and Supreme Court (Links to an external site.)

10. Redistricting and Republicans (Links to an external site.)

11. Supreme Court and Politics (Links to an external site.)

B. Sullivan Case
Question: Should the Sullivan case be overturned? Explain, based on the textbook chapter on the case and two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. South Carolina (Links to an external site.)

2. Reason (Links to an external site.)

3. NY Times (Links to an external site.)

4. CNN (Links to an external site.)

5. American Bar (Links to an external site.)

6. Medium (Links to an external site.)

C. Secession
Question: Can states legally secede? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

2. Texas (Links to an external site.)

3. American Conservative (Links to an external site.)

D. Original Intent?
Question: Should the Constitution be interpreted as the writers intended or is it a living document which changes over time? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

2. Northwestern (Links to an external site.)

3. Chicago (Links to an external site.)

4. Time: Gorsuch (Links to an external site.)

E. Original Intent: First Amendment
Question: What was the original intent of the founders regarding the First Amendment? Explain, based on two articles below. Or you can substitute one or both of your own sources for the articles, but they must have named authors (not editor) and be written since 2015.

1. Richmond (Links to an external site.)

2. Mother Jones (Links to an external site.)

3. Constitution Center (Links to an external site.)

4. Virginia (Links to an external site.)

5. Varsity Tutors (Links to an external site.)

6. Middle Tennessee (Links to an external site.)

7. Library of Congress

By using two of the theories that you learned in the course, explain the root causes of your conflict case in detail. Do not forget to elaborate on the theory’s main assumptions, arguments.

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Conflict Theory

Your theory paper should be 5-7pages long, double space, 12-point font. Pick an ongoing or a frozen conflict (you can work on the same conflict that you had worked earlier for your conflict mapping assignment or you can work on another one) and apply two theories you learned so far in the course into your analysis. These theories range from Galtung’s Structural Violence to Azar’s Protracted Social , from Realist Paradigm to Globalisation, from Greed to Grievance. The main question you should ask to answer in the paper is “which of the two conflict theories have the potential to explain the root causes of the conflict that I am analyzing?”

The paper will have 3 sections: Introduction, Theoretical Analysis I and II, and Conclusion.

Introduction: In 1-2 sentences, introduce your conflict topic, and in 1-2 sentences, introduce what you are going to write in your paper (max a half-page long).

Theoretical Analysis: By using two of the theories that you learned in the course, explain the root causes of your conflict case in detail. Do not forget to elaborate on the theory’s main assumptions, arguments, etc. and then explain how these apply to your case.

Conclusion: Summarize what you discussed in your paper. Don’t discuss anything new in this part.

Sources you may find an ongoing conflict to work on:

10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022, Crisis Group
https://www.crisisgroup.org/global/10-conflicts-watch-2022

10 Conflicts to watch in 2022, Chatham House
https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/members-event/10-conflicts-watch-2022

The top 10 crisis that the World Cannot Ignore in 2022, International Rescue Committee
https://www.rescue.org/article/top-10-crises-world-cant-ignore-2022

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?

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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.

Explain why the Crisis of Union 1848-1877 was a turning point in America.

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The Crisis of Union (1848-1877) A turning point in America

Need to explain why the Crisis of Union 1848-1877 was a turning point in America.

• The purpose of the research paper—to inform the reader—is evident.
• The research paper has an introduction, body, and conclusion.
• The thesis statement is included in the introduction.
• The body paragraphs contain facts and quotations from research.
• The research paper includes formatting, graphics, and multimedia.
• The research paper includes both in-text citations and a Works Cited page.
• The citations include both print and Internet sources.
• The language of the research paper is formal and includes domain-specific vocabulary and literary techniques or devices that help convey complex ideas.
• The tone is serious and the voice is objective.
• The paper has 1,800 word

Choose one of the topics listed and describe the transformation that occurred. Include specific examples in your description.

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American foreign policy

1. American history from the late 1800s through the pre-World War I era witnessed a transformation in foreign policy. Imagine that you are preparing the introduction to a book that will cover American foreign policy before 1914. You will need to give some succinct, but the essential background, beginning with the changes that took place in foreign policy and the reasons for those changes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

First, list at least three topics you will want to cover. Then write one paragraph about each one. The information should relate only to foreign policy, between 1867 and 1914.

2. Change abounded between the end of the nineteenth century and the period following World War I. Choose one of the topics listed and describe the transformation that occurred. Be sure to include specific examples in your description.

• Modernism
• The Harlem Renaissance
• The youth culture