American History

You must write an essay (500 words minimum) in which you address the following two questions or topics:  The Fundamental values that inform how our democratic government is legitimated and organized are enshrined on the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution of the United States          1. Identify and discuss the basic ideals and principals of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government.  Please use the following links for references: https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/ https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript 2. Identify the most important Supreme Court cases and executive actions and their impact on law and on our society.  The history of the United States has been marked by progressive expansion of voting rights and the protection of its citizens through legislation and Supreme Court decisions. At the same time, executive orders, particularly in periods of crisis led to the violation of individual rights.  Please visit the following links for references: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-landmarks https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/justice/landmark-scotus-cases/index.html https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/history-of-us-executive-orders/3695242.html https://www.naacp.org/ This essay must be written using proper English grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Please submit a two to three-page research paper on World War II.  Your paper should provide an overview of the War: the rise of fascism and failure of appeasement of the West; and major battles and outcomes in both the European and Pacific theaters. Format your paper according to MLA guidelines, and submit as an attachment in Word format.  While you are welcome to use information from class lectures and our textbook Give Me Liberty, you may also use additional sources for your paper, cite them properly in the body of the paper, and list them on a Works Cited page at the end of your essay.  By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates. Institution Release Statement • BY CLICKING THE “SUBMIT” BUTTON BELOW, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE CHECKED BY THE SAFEASSIGN PLAGIARISM DETECTION PRODUCT AGAINST SEVERAL DATABASES FOR ORIGINAL CONTENT AND WILL PRODUCE AN ORIGINALITY REPORT WHICH MY INSTRUCTOR CAN VIEW. • I understand that the SafeAssign product compares my submitted assignment to documents available on the Internet, in many print journals, a database of other papers submitted by students within other Connecticut Community Colleges, as well as compared to a Global Reference Database of papers submitted by all users of SafeAssign. The purpose of this feature is to minimize plagiarism and to help educate students about the proper citation of any content included in submitted papers that originated in the work of others. Professors and students must carefully review the Originality Reports, and no adverse action may be taken by a professor with respect to a student solely on the basis of an originality report which indicates the potential for plagiarism. • I confirm that prior to submission I have removed all personally identifiable information from my paper, other than my own name. • I understand that my paper, whether submitted to SafeAssign by me or by my professor, may be added to the institutional database for the twelve Connecticut Community Colleges, for comparison of future papers against my work, and that by so doing my paper will be retained in the SafeAssign database and may be subsequently reported out containing my name not only to professors of the college that I attend, but also to professors of other community colleges within the CSCU system as part of subsequent originality reports. • I maintain ownership of the original intellectual property created, but this document will remain a part of the SafeAssign Institutional Database for the Connecticut Community Colleges. It will be used only for comparisons against other papers submitted by Connecticut community college students. SafeAssign makes no use of any creative aspect of the student works.

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Read all of the secondary sources and one of the primary sources assigned for the week. Write an essay in which you develop an argument about what your analysis of the primary source allows you to understand about race in the 17th and 18th centuries in the colonies and the Early Republic.  As part of your argument, explain how your analysis of the primary source adds to or challenges the information and ideas about race in the secondary sources.  Cite all your sources (primary and secondary) using APA style at the end of the essay. (250-350 words). Secondary Sources (Read All) Hodson, G. (2016). Race as a social construction. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/without-prejudice/201612/race-social-construction (Article also available as PDF attachment under Secondary and Primary Source Readings).  “Jamestown,” “New England,” “Slavery and the making of American race,” and “Slavery, anti-slavery, and the Atlantic exchange,” from the American Yawp.  Locke, (Citation: J. and Wright, B. (2017). The American yawp. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/index.html.) 17th and 18th Century Primary Sources (Select One) Morton, Thomas. (1637) Thomas Morton reflects on Indians in New England,. 1637. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/thomas-morton-reflects-on-indians-in-new-england-1637/. Mingo, Alibamo. Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, reflects on the British and French, 1765. Retrieved from http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/colonial-society/alibamo-mingo-choctaw-leader-reflects-on-the-british-and-french-1765/ 1662-1669. Virginia slave laws. [Laws]. Retrieved from  https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/ushistoryreader/Virginia_Slave_Laws Wheatly, Phyllis. (1773). On being brought from Africa. Retrieved from https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/ushistoryreader/Phillis_Wheatley_s_On_Being_Brought_From_Africa_to Jemison, Mary. Captured by Indians: Mary Jemison becomes an Indian. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5794/.

Book under review: Frederick Douglass The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.   Chapters to read and use: First Part—Chapters 1—21 and Second Part—Chapters 1—12. (Total of 33 chapters) Look for First Part and Second Part in the Table of Contents   INSTRUCTIONS. 1. The paper should be typed. 2. Double-space it; 10 or 12 font size. 3. Use one inch margin space on all four sides. 4. The length of the paper should have a minimum of 7 complete pages. Maximum 9 pages. 5. You have to upload your paper on to Canvas. The file should be a pdf or WORD file. Title of file is “Paper”. No Google or Apple file. No zip folders. 6. DO NOT USE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK. WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED IF YOU DIRECTLY QUOTE FROM THE BOOK. 7. Answer the question completely in an essay format. Write in paragraphs. Do not number your paragraphs. 8. Organize your paper in your own style. Answer the questions in any order you like. 9. Use a spell-checker to check spellings. Points will be deducted for spelling errors. 10. I will grade your paper on your understanding of the book, demonstration of your reading through the use of multiple details and examples from the book, and your discussion. 11. The details and examples you write about should cover details from all the assigned chapters. 13. Do not hesitate to consult me while you are writing the paper. 14. I will NOT accept late submission of paper. 15. Do not email me the paper, submit it in CDs, or post it on your web site. 16.  I WILL REGARD COPYING FROM CLIFF OR SPARKS NOTES AND INTERNET AS CHEATING (PLAGIARISM). DO NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCE (Books or internet) TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. IT WILL RESULT IN A F GRADE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.   QUESTION: (Part 1 and Part 2) You should write both Parts as ONE PAPER in ONE pdf or WORD File.   Part 1 (5 pages minimum) You would have read that Frederick Douglass was born a slave in an isolated Maryland plantation and then escaped. He traveled extensively in the North and abroad and became a prominent abolitionist. He counseled President Lincoln during the Civil War and influenced some of his decisions.   What enabled Frederick Douglass to escape from slavery? In answering this, you should include all the significant people, experiences, incidents and books that created a desire in him to escape and gave him the ability to do so. You should also explain HOW these factors influenced him. Once Douglass escaped he joined up with abolitionists in the North and became a prominent abolitionist. What role did he play in the abolitionist movement in the U.S. and abroad? You should also discuss his introduction to the world of abolitionists, his extensive work as an abolitionist at home and abroad, and his views on the purchase of his freedom. You should discuss his views on the Constitution. You should further include in your answer his views on the Civil War, on Abraham Lincoln, and his work in the Civil War. Part 2: (2 pages minimum) Listen or read the transcript of historian Eric Foner’s interview in the NPR program. What similarities do you see between Douglass’ experiences and the experiences that Professor Foner discussed. According to Foner what reasons did slaves give for wanting to escape? What estimate did Foner give for the number of slaves who escaped through New York city? What is Foner’s opinion on the importance of the Fugitive Slave Act? What is the source of the information in Foner’s book “Gateway to Freedom” and who found it?

In a one page essay of at least 250 words, make one of the following arguments:   1. Argue the Missouri Compromise of 1820 help prevent the American Civil War from happening in the first half of the ninetieth century.   OR   2. Argue the Missouri Compromise of 1820 made the American Civil inevitable.   In your essay, prove your argument with evidence from at least two sources.   Learning Resources: http://www.civilwarmo.org/educators/resources/info-sheets/missouri-compromise (Links to an external site.) https://ancestralfindings.com/the-missouri-compromise-what-was-it-and-how-did-it-contribute-to-the-civil-war/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/missouri-compromise (Links to an external site.) https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-missouri-compromise-considered-cause-civil-war-510784 (Links to an external site.)

This writing assignment centers on the topic of race relations from the settling of the Americas in 1492 up to the Civil War. Its goal is to challenge you to examine the historical documents from the period that relate to that topic (e.g. the primary sources) and to place those documents in the context of the secondary sources and lecture material from the course. In short, your task is to demonstrate the ability to think like a historian by critically analyzing the types of evidence that historians utilize to make sense of the past and to answer the questions that interest us. To begin this assignment, select at least three primary sources from the course that offer three different perspectives on the nature and experience of equality and/or inequality in the United States. You need not pick a single category, such as slavery, but may choose to look at race relations from three different episodes and perspectives in different time periods that intrigue you. Your paper should focus on the primary source documents but also draw on the unit lectures and textbook readings to contextualize those documents. “Anglo or African American perspectives on slavery” is my chosen topic

analyze & evaluate the major points of operation anaconda utilizing the principles of mission command. provide transitional sentences from one topic to the other. gather one additional reference for the bibliography . the principles of mission command are-Competence,mutual trust,shared understanding ,mission orders, commanders intent, disciplined initiative, risk acceptance. adrp 6-0 is the regulation in regards to Mission Command typed, double space , 1” margins on all sides , & 12 pt font TNR. include page header (running head) at the top of each page , flush left all capital letters essay include title page, thesis statement, main body, & reference page

In no less than two paragraphs (300 word minimum), explain the significance of Women’s suffrage movement 1865-1920 and  identify a thesis question that will guide you in your research.  At the conclusion of the topic proposal, in MLA Works Cited page style, list three possible academic sources. Books, e-books, and journal articles are preferred. Carefully chosen web sources-.edu,.org .gov – are allowed. Only one .com source may be used. Important! Sources not to be used include:  history or survey textbooks, book reviews, and all encyclopedias (including Encarta, Britannica, and Wikipedia ) When writing use Third person (formal) voice, 12point font, Times New Roman typeface, double spaced

Twain’s Gilded Age has been characterized as a period of excess: excessive political corruption, wealth accumulation, expansion of railroad and mining interests, racial segregation, and haphazard urbanization. Contrast this to the Progressive Era and the desire to create a more orderly and fairer society. Did the Progressives achieve their goals of reigning in the robber barons, bringing order to the chaos of urbanization, curbing the power of corporations, and eliminating the excesses of the westward expansion in the area of resource exploitation?