What is at least one specific example of the enslavement system as: forced, resisted, legal and contradictory? What is at least one specific example of Black women resisting enslavement bondage in any 2 of following 4 categories: day-to-day, cultural, escape and revolt?

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Multiple Choice Questions

Engage ALL related resources, including “Study Guide: Constructing Womanist History” and Berry and Gross’ Introduction and chapters 1-5 ” a Black woman’s history of the united states.” and consider the specific ways Black women resisted bondage and forged honorable and exemplary lives for themselves and their families. In paragraph format using specific support details from relevant resources, answer the following questions in a thread you create:

-How would you describe the difficulty of constructing or researching the stories of Black women in pre and early America?

-What specifically is new to you about the biography of Angela and Belinda, however limited, as recounted by Berry & Gross; what do their stories help you to understand about the settlement of the “Americas” and/or early U.S. history?

-What is at least one specific example of the enslavement system as: forced, resisted, legal and contradictory?

-What is at least one specific example of Black women resisting enslavement bondage in any 2 of following 4 categories: day-to-day, cultural, escape and revolt?

-How specifically did any number of specific Black women contributed to brining enslavement to an end (participation in Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc.)

-In light of the resources engaged, do you believe that the enslavement system had an ongoing impact on any aspect of American realty (racism, incarceration, etc.) today; if so, how specifically; and does any of the resources engaged leave you with any wonderment; or unanswered question/s?

Compare Jackson’s actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural Address with the path of events during the Trail of Tears. Determine if the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence?

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830

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: The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Read the following primary source:

Link (website): Of Debates in Congress (Clay’s Debate of the American System in 1832) (Links to an external site.) (Click on “Next Image” to see all pages of the debate: pp.258-262.)

Then, address the following:

Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”

Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?

Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

Option 2: The Indian Removal Act of 1830

Read the following primary source:

Link (website): Transcript of President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress ‘On Indian Removal’ (1830) (Links to an external site.)

Then, address the following:

Evaluate the rationale that President Jackson used in the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River. Did the removal have the intended impact?

Identify the responsibilities given to the President under the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Compare Jackson’s actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural Address with the path of events during the Trail of Tears.

Determine if the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence?

Option 3: The Abolitionist Movement

Read the following primary source:

Link (website): Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) (Links to an external site.) (Click on arrows to view all images of the document. Click on plus and minus signs to enlarge or reduce size of images.)

Then, address the following:

Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?

Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.

Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.

Analyze how the women’s rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)

1-inch margins

Double spaced

12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

References page

In-text citations that correspond with your end references

One of the largest debates in Minoan and Mycenaean studies revolves around the questions of whether the Mycenaeans ruled over the Minoans at Knossos in the Late Bronze Age, and if so, at what time period did they hold sway, and what was the nature of their rule?

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Minoans and Mycenaeans

Answer the following question in a well-researched and well-thought-out essay of 1800 words (word count does not include bibliography). When writing the essay, make sure to back up statements with evidence both modern and ancient, document that evidence (with an in-text citation), and structure your arguments so as to support your own opinion on the topic.
Research Essay Topic:
One of the largest debates in Minoan and Mycenaean studies revolves around the questions of whether the Mycenaeans ruled over the Minoans at Knossos in the Late Bronze Age, and if so, at what time period did they hold sway, and what was the nature of their rule? Explore the arguments put forth in this debate, and make a case as to which of the theories seems to hold the greatest weight.

Is the concept of environmental racism useful to explain the impact of pollution? Why Why and how did the Louisiana corridor become an extreme case of pollution? could have it been preventable?

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Environmental Racism

Urban and environmental scholars have examined why minority and low-income groups are more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards or the impact of natural disasters. In their study about toxic waste in Chester, Pennsylvania, Cole, and Foster (2001) argue that cases of environmental racism are “emblematic of the social, political, and economic forces that shape the disproportionate distribution of environmental hazards in poor communities of color.” In other words, natural disasters, environmental hazards, epidemics, and industrial pollution do not affect all people in the same ways.
Example: Louisiana and "Cancer Alley"

In 1909, petrochemical plants (oil refining and processing) installed a series of plants along the bank of the Mississippi River, from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Cheap labor, undeveloped land, and few urban regulations made the area outside Baton Rouge an attractive space. If the petrochemical industry became an important source of jobs (employment increased from 700 to 9,000 between 1909 and 1940), it also devastated the local environment: air pollution, explosions, accidents, and localized effects on poor families that lived nearby (cancer rates). In 1978, a national newspaper used the term "Cancer Alley" to refer to this place. Today, there are about 135 plants in the Louisiana corridor, and the state has the second-highest rate of cancer in the nation (Dorceta Taylor, Toxic Communities)
Explore the interactive map (Links to an external site.) and learn more about the problems in Louisiana
Watch the short clip (3 min.)

Group Discussion:

Based on the map, video, and information, select one of the prompts to engage in

Is the concept of environmental racism useful to explain the impact of pollution? Why
Why and how did the Louisiana corridor become an extreme case of pollution? could have it been preventable?
Do you know other examples? Explain

Write about the how the civil rights movement quickly gains momentum and what were the the biggest 3 events that help lead to changed in America after world war II

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American history paper

Write about the how the civil rights movement quickly gains momentum and what were the the biggest 3 events that help lead to changed in America after world war II

Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. Why was the nation having difficulties functioning under the Articles? List and discuss the presidency of George Washington. What precedents did Washington set as president?

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American History

Introduction paragraph can be short and doesn’t need a thesis. About 2 paragraphs per question. Sources only from website with .edu or .org, and in-text citations. Bibliography will be the fourth page.

1. Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. Why was the nation having difficulties functioning under the Articles?

2. List and discuss the presidency of George Washington. What precedents did Washington set as president?

3. Analyze and evaluate the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Be sure to discuss his domestic and foreign policies.

4. Describe the War of 1812. Why was the war fought and what was its outcomes?

Compare how different historians have approached the topic – what sources have they used? How have they used them? What approach have they taken? What arguments do they make? What contribution does this work make? Are there issues of bias and omission?

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Marriage in post-Famine Ireland

Compare the treatment, in three or more historical studies, of any approved theme, event or episode

Compare how different historians have approached the topic – what sources have they used? How have they used them? What approach have they taken? What arguments do they make? What contribution does this work make? Are there issues of bias and omission?

Is there a different category you would add or one that seems weak? Is this a useful way of writing history? Is it helpful? What do you think of the hummingbird effect? Does it seem plausible?

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How We Got To Now Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

The book is called “How We Got To Now Six Innovations That Made the Modern World”.
Include: -Is there a different category you would add or one that seems weak?
-Is this a useful way of writing history? Is it helpful?
-What do you think of the hummingbird effect? Does it seem plausible?

For each category(glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light) answer these questions:
-Does it make the world modern?
-What evidence is there to support thesis?
-Convincing argument?

Include: -Is there a different category you would add or one that seems weak?
-Is this a useful way of writing history? Is it helpful?
-What do you think of the hummingbird effect? Does it seem plausible?

For each category(glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light) answer these questions:
-Does it make the world modern?
-What evidence is there to support thesis?
-Convincing argument?

Describe and briefly discuss the evidence that supports the claim that modern humans originated in Africa.

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Africa

Your essay should focus on answering fully one of the following questions. You should choose the question you feel the most comfortable answering.

1) Describe and briefly discuss the evidence that supports the claim that modern humans originated in Africa.

2) What evidence links the Sahara during the wet period to pharaonic Egypt?

3) Why was there a strong demand for West African gold for many centuries, and what were the consequences of the trade in gold for societies of West Africa’s Sahel?

To what extent are they separate from each other in the course of the book? What are the messages that the author wants to convey on each of these levels? To what extent does he use different sources and/or different narrative strategies for each one? How successful is he in integrating all the elements to form a single book?

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Holocaust

 

The book is written on three levels. It functions as a biography of Emanuel Ringelblum, as a history of the Holocaust (in Warsaw, at least), and as a consideration of the role of the historian in history.

To what extent are they separate from each other in the course of the book?

What are the messages that the author wants to convey on each of these levels?

To what extent does he use different sources and/or different narrative strategies for each one?

How successful is he in integrating all the elements to form a single book?

Now, here are some more detailed prompts:

What is the role of the introduction? How does it help Kassow establish and reach his goals for the book?

Why is the story of Ringelblum’s early history important in this biography of him? What does it add to our understanding of the man?

Chapter Two discusses Ringelblum’s political beliefs and affiliations. Though the text is very detailed and quite obscure for a twenty-first century reader, why does Kassow insist on including it? What dimension does it add to the narrative?

The next chapter discusses Ringelblum the historian. Why is this an important aspect of Ringelblum’s story? N.B. This is connected with what Kassow sees as the overarching importance of Ringelblum’s life and work.

Then there is a discussion of Ringelblum’s work organizing welfare activities in the Warsaw ghetto. Which aspects of the book does it shed light on (i.e. of those I mentioned in the previous prompt: Ringelblum’s biography, the history of the Holocaust in Warsaw, and Ringelblum’s influence as an historian)?

The next three chapters deal with the archive itself, those who created it, and the texts they wrote. Once again, ask yourselves which aspects of the book the three chapters shed light on and in which ways they do so.

The last two chapters tell of the end of Ringelblum’s life and his last actions as an historian. What do they add to the story Kassow is telling?

Once you have finished reading, think how each chapter (or couple of chapters) deals with the three different aspects I raised in the initial prompts. In which ways does it (or do they) add to and enrich the story Kassow is trying to tell and the points he is trying to make?