American History

Each question just needs a paragraph answer. 1. Describe the policy of containment and how it came into existence. Who were the major players, and was the policy successful? 2. Assess the effectiveness of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency. What were the highlights and shortfalls of his policies? 3. Assess the achievements and failures of John F. Kennedy’s foreign policy.

Short Answer Question #4 You are to choose ONE question from part A and ONE question from part B to answer. Your answers should be in complete sentences and be between two and three paragraphs. You may only use information provided to you from your textbook or a reading in the module. Please use APA Style citation, and upload the document as a Microsoft Word attachment. Refer to the Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing LibGuide to prevent your work from being flagged for plagiarism. Please refer to the Short Answer Questions Rubric to understand how you may earn full credit for this assignment. Part A For “We Feel as though Our Country Spurned Us,” answer the following: Who was the author of the document? Provide a short biography of the author (be sure to provide APA Style citation for the source used). What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document. What three things are found in the document that tell you about life in the United States at the time it was written? Quote from the document. Describe the word choice and the language used by Lewis Douglass in his letter “I Hope To Fall With My Face to the Foe”. What are the feelings and views that Douglass shares with the reader? In this letter Douglass described the battle, although he was still unaware of his regiment’s losses. How is this made evident? What is the theme in “Men of Color, To Arms?” Explain what Douglass meant when he said, “Who would be free must strike the blow. Better even die free, than to live slaves.” What effect did this writing have on the slaves and Enlistment? Part B John Brown has been depicted as both a patriot and a terrorist. Which do you think is the best description of him and why? List the advantages and the disadvantages of both the North and the South during the Civil War. After examining your list, there emerges an obvious winner. Yet, why did the war last for 5 years? Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? In your answer, please include land policy, key legislation during this time period, southern politics, and racial and political violence. Be very clear by what you mean to be a success or a failure. below you can click on the link to access the textbook. https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history

Short Answer Question #3 You are to choose ONE question from part A and ONE question from part B to answer. Your answers should be in complete sentences and be between two and three paragraphs. You may only use information provided to you from your textbook or a reading in the module. Please use APA Style citation, and upload the document as a Microsoft Word attachment. Refer to the Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing LibGuide to prevent your work from being flagged for plagiarism. Please refer to the Short Answer Questions Rubric to understand how you may earn full credit for this assignment. Part A After reading “The Lowell Girls Strike Back”, discuss how the Lowell girls would respond to someone who argues they chose to work at the Lowell factories. How do the women strikers use the term “slave” in these lyrics? How would their audience, people in Lowell, MA, and in the rest of the North respond to the use of this term? How did the strikers use the term “liberty” here? What would be the meaning of this to the poem’s audience? In Chief Ross’s letter, “Our Hearts are Sickened”, what is Chief Ross arguing? What reasons does he give for not accepting the Treaty of Ochoa? If the public had read this letter, would history not have happened the way it did? After reading “The Happiest Laboring Class in the World”, what are the advantages and the disadvantages that the two Virginia slave holders give for having overseers? What are the best ways to treat slaves? What is the true nature of a slave? Lastly, why is it best to have and keep the institution of slavery? Part B Explain the similarities and differences between the Democrats and Whigs. Many Americans and immigrants from other lands believed California presented a magnificent opportunity for economic freedom once gold was discovered. However, the boundaries of freedom were tightly drawn in California. Explain the expansions and limitations of freedom there. Below you will be able to click on the link to access the textbook. https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history

This assignment allows you to reflect critically on primary sources and engage with the ideas described by the author. It also demonstrates your understanding of the material in the first three lectures and your awareness of how concepts in the readings and the lectures overlap. In particular, this paper will illustrate your understanding of the issues that arose following Reconstruction.   Task:   You will choose one of the prompts from the list below, referring to the assigned readings and the lectures from the first week of class. Write a 2-page paper (approximately 900 words long) in which you answer the questions, engage with the readings, and relate the readings back to the lectures. Your paper must have a thesis statement which answers one of the following prompts:   · Compare the speech by Booker T. Washington with the declaration from the Niagara Movement. What are the differences between these two documents? For example, what are Washington’s goals? How does the Niagara Movement propose to achieve their goals? · Why does Henry McNeal Turner feel disappointed in the United States? How does he express this disappointment? · How does The Voice of the Negro reflect the struggles and experiences of an African-American family in the South in 1906?   Use specific examples from the readings and the lectures to support your thesis.   Your paper must be typed and saved in PDF format. Your paper must be typed in 12 pt Times New Roman, double spaced, with 1” margins

Question: As one historian notes, Andrew Jackson was a “symbol for an age,” and “the everyman’s president.” There is much debate as to whether he should still be on the $20 note. Citing what you’ve read about him in this unit, do you believe he should still be given this honor? Use the terms and concepts you learned from your textbook to support your answer. Cite your source(s) using APA Style. below you are able to access the textbook. https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history

You may choose any topic regarding the coming of the Civil War (The Antebellum Period is considered to be between 1848-1861. Please contact me if you need ideas or would like me to approve your idea). Once you have chosen your topic, you are to look up an article from the timeframe that the event happened. Students are required to cite a primary source (this is an original source from the time period) at the end of their post. After reading original representations of the event, look up at least one other article outside of your text books describing the event. This source can also be a primary source or a secondary source (any information written based upon primary documents – usually after the event); it also needs to be cited at the end of your post. Then, you need to write an article as if it was a newspaper article about the event. You can make this as creative as you would like. You can take on a southern or northern persona, or even an international reporter (if you do so, make sure you state this in your post). You can write as if you are writing an editorial, or simply reporting the news. Your article needs to be at least 500 words. At the end of your article, you need to name your sources in CMS bibliographic format and point out which one is a primary source. Test your links to make sure they will lead your readers to the appropriate articles. The best resources for finding a primary source can be found in the Ludden Library Databases America’s Historical Newspapers, 1690-2000 and U.S. History in Context. To enter these sites, go to the Ludden Library, click on the “databases” link, and then click on the link for “Social Sciences: History, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science.” Several helpful databases are listed. My intention in having you do this is to view primary sources from the time the event occurred. You may comment on other people’s posts, but you are not required to do so. However, you need to read them. After all of the posts are in, I will create a test based on the information the students provided in their articles and make a short 20 point test on the historical discussion. My intent in this assignment is to have students do original research on a topic that interests them, while also allowing for creative historic writing.

Very few would argue with the claim that the President’s role as Commander-in-Chief is the greatest formal power that a president possesses. Yet, in the Constitution, only Congress has the authority to formally “declare war.” Presidents for the last 60-70 years have openly stated that they do not need Congressional authorization to use the military to pursue America’s interests on the global stage. As proof, America has not formally declared war since WWII. So, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan, and now Syria have all been military exercises, but not wars in the Constitutional sense. Has the power of the President of the United States as Commander-in-Chief exceeded constitutional boundaries and should those powers be curtailed, given the constant state of war we find ourselves in? Or should the President’s military powers continue to expand to address the growing chaos in our world, despite the Constitution or in congruence with the Constitution? Explain your answer.

Three full pages minimum (excluding the title page, works cited, and citations). Double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font, with 1 inch margins all around. Each essay should support a thesis statement with information gained from research or investigation. Make sure your thesis is narrow and focuses on one particular aspect of a topic. This is a short paper so make sure the topic is small enough to fit. Each essay will not be just a report presenting information, but will be an essay that carefully examines and presents your own historical interpretation of the topic you have chosen and your interpretation of the information you have gathered. History is more than telling stories of past events and people, instead it is the interpretation of their importance. Citations must be included. It does not matter which format that you choose as long as they are accurate and include page numbers. INTRODUCTION & THESIS: Includes a clear thesis statement, an assertion or position. Topic is original and manageable in a short research paper. FOCUS AND DEVELOPMENT: Body of the essay focuses on this thesis and develops it fully, recognizing the complexity of issues and refuting arguments in opposition to the thesis. SUPPORT AND SYNTHESIS: Uses sufficient and relevant evidence to support the thesis (and primary points), including facts, inferences, and judgments. Quotes, summarizes, and paraphrases accurately and effectively–appropriately introducing and explaining each quote. Shows a clear understanding of the sources; has evaluated each source and used it appropriately. Uses a wide variety of sources reflecting significant research. CONVENTIONS: Uses MLA format correctly; includes a Works Cited list; is free of errors. CORRECTNESS AND STYLE: Introduces the topic in an interesting way; shows critical thinking and depth of understanding; uses appropriate tone; shows sophistication in language usage and sentence structure.

1) Read the article “The People’s President.” 2) Look at four or five of President FDR’s “fireside chat” speeches located at http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html (Links to an external site.) 3) Consider the sentences in the conclusion of the article: “Roosevelt’s rise and then wide popularity in national politics was, in part, molded and fostered by his use of radio. His radio reside chats entered the living rooms of most people at a crucial economic period, inspiring confidence that, together, the citizenry would ensure and stabilize its way of life.”[1] 4) In a four page paper provide other examples than stated in the article from FDR’s speeches that support this argument. What did FDR say specifically that would give the listeners such “inspiring confidence?” Be sure to cite any quotations or any references to the texts. Use MLA style citations.

NOTE ** here is the video that the professor include to answer there 3 question https://youtu.be/nhg7-xHTi-E Re-submit Assignment • Due ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A 1 PAGE REFLECTION ESSAY 1) Based on the information presented in the class lecture, what were the main differences in Christian and Jewish traditions of worshiping G-d (hint, Jews do not write the word God in full, considering informal use of the word to be blasphemy so they write G-d instead)? 2) What were the controversies of the Roman Emperor Constantine embracing Christianity? How did previous Roman emperors react to this faith? 3) Of the two competing Christian faiths of the 6th Century, which would you have sided with, the Roman Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church? Why? Support your answer.