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Discussion #10: The Struggle for Civil RightsThroughout the 1950s African Americans in northern cities grew increasingly active in opposing discrimination and in protesting white resistance to black progress in housing, education, and employment. Martin Luther King and others embarked on a campaign of nonviolent resistance and demonstrations, which spread to the south. Some of the leadership in the Deep South responded with brutal force, taking a militant stand against change, and in defiance of federal legislation to grant African Americans their civil rights.In order to prepare for this discussion forum:Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapter 29 that support your discussion.Read the linked essay DEBATING THE PAST: The Civil Rights MovementReview the material contained in the site Responses Coming from the Civil Rights Movement.After you have completed your readings post your response to only one of the following questions:Identify and list some of the factors that contributed to the success of the Civil Rights movement. Choose one, and discuss its significance to the movement, and explain why you made this particular choice.Ironically, the reaction of many southern whites to the civil rights activities may have actually served to help the blacks’ cause.” Agree or Disagree with this statement. Make sure that you provide evidence to support your argument.

Spanish, French, and Dutch North America – Describe each of the following colonies. Explain what the colony’s economy was based on, and what the relationship with the Native Americans consisted of.a. New MexicoEconomy:

Interview someone, preferably of Asian American descent, and preferably older than you are.Keep the interview in 30 minutes or less and get as much details of the person’s life as you can.Write a description of the person and how/where you interviewed them. (1/2 page double spaced)Write a summary of the main portions of the interview and include short quotes. (2 and 1/2 pages double spaced)Describe how the person’s experience fits into American history by including other major events that were happening at the same time as events in the person’s life. (1 page double spaced)Describe your 3 or more takeaways from doing the interview. (1 page double spaced)Who is your Interviewee?My friend’s grandpaHow will you do your interview?phone call or facetime

Analyze what are the most significant causes of dictators coming to power in Europe after WWI?What is Totalitarianism? What traits does it have?What is Fascism? What traits does it have?What is Nazism? How is it a type of Fascism? What specific trait(s) make it unique?What is Communism? What traits does it have?

By providing your full legal name, perm number, and TA/section time below you confirm that you have completed this exam independently without any outside assistance.Please also sigh the following pledge: I pledge that I would finish the examination by myself and independently, and I do not seek outside support or cheat on the exam.Full Name: _____________________ Perm Number: _______________TA: __________________________ Signature: ___________________This exam is designed to take about 4 hours. In order to accommodate different time zones, Internet issues, and other potential disruptions, you have 60 hours to complete this exam from the moment it is posted on the Gauchospace course website, and upload it back onto the portal on the Gauchospace course website. There are 2 questions on this exam: pick 2 of the 3 questions.In your responses, draw from more than one type of material (readings, lectures, documentaries or film clips) to formulate your own analysis. You don’t have to use all types of material for each question; just more than one for each question, and each type at least once for the entire exam. Your responses need to be between 500 and 600 words per question. The total exam should be 4-5 pages double-spaced, 5 pages MAX.Be concise, analytical, and organized. Read the questions carefully and think deeply. Make sure you cite your sources using either MLA or Chicago style, including both in-text citations and a works cited/bibliography according to the Midterm Paper Citation Guide. When you are finished, please proofread your exam and run a spell-check before uploading.1. Throughout this entire class, we have been struggling with this issue: What is China? We learned that in different time periods, people used different names to talk about themselves: Hua, Huaxia, Zhongguo [the middle kingdom] were the earliest self-identifications and later, there were terms such as Han appearing in the Song, Jin and Mongol documents to address this particular group of people.Despite the changes in names, were there something persistent and long-lasting in what we consider as “Chinese culture” today? What were some of the most important features of “Chinese culture?” What were the key institutions and mechanisms that contributed to its longevity? What were the key dynasties and who were the key individuals that helped shape the “Chinese culture”?At the same time, in this class, we learned that “Chinese culture” was constantly changing and reacting to its interaction with other cultures and people, especially with the people in Inner Asia and the northern steppes. What were some of the time periods that we see “Chinese culture” heavily influenced by other cultures? Can you give some good and concrete examples?2. Discuss the relationship between China and the West (broadly defined) over the course of modern history (after 1700). How was contact first established? What sorts of people, objects, and ideas moved between the China and the West? How did large-scale Western and Japanese imperialism affect China during the 19th century and how did imperialism and China’s response change its economy, culture, and political systems? How did China interact with the West in the 20th century (the Republican era, the Mao years, and the Deng Xiaoping era) and how does China position itself now?3. Discuss the evolving roles of women within the family, in society, and in politics throughout Chinese history. Please use at least three periods of Chinese history that we have studied and concentrated on at least two topics. Topics include but are not limited to: the prescribed roles for women in Confucian discourse, female rulers in China, women in the Han gender discourse, women under the Tang Code, women in the Song commercial economy, Cult of Widow chastity, the institutions of marriage and concubinage, individualism and women, women in revolutions, and women under socialism since 1949, and many more.

Questions to Consider:1) How did the rise of cotton cultivation affect the geographical distribution of population and the economy of the Old South? How did northerners’ image of the Old South differ from the way in which southerners saw themselves?2) What major social divisions segmented the white South?3) How did slavery affect social relations in the white South? Why did non-slaveholding whites come to see their futures as bound up with the survival of slavery?4) What conditions in the Old South made it possible for a distinctive culture to develop among the slaves, and what were the predominant features of that culture?

Prompt: Replace the bracketed text with information from a secondary source of your choice. Be sure to include specific examples (page numbers, etc.). See the Sample Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet for reference on how to complete this assignment.Full APA citationIdentify author and describe potential biases.Identify thesis and arguments.What primary sources did the source rely Is the source reliable and convincing? Why or why not?How does the source relate to your project topic? How does it add to what you already know about the topic?

1. Based on the skills approach, how would you assess Dr. Wood’s leadership and his relationship to themembers of the Elder Care Project team? Will the project be successful?2. Does Dr. Wood have the skills necessary to be an effective leader of this research team?3. The skills model describes three important competencies for leaders: problem-solving skills, socialjudgment skills, and knowledge. If you were to coach Dr. Wood using this model, what competencieswould you address with him? What changes would you suggest that he make in his leadership?

For this assignment, you need to visit the National Archives DOCSTeach site. Historians typically use two types of materials, secondary source, and primary source documents. Secondary sources are typically books and articles written on a particular historical event, well after the fact. Primary source documents are usually generated by first-hand participants. Good historians rely heavily on original materials created at the time of the event. For this reason, historians spend a good deal of time at the archives. There are many types of archives, but by far, the largest in the United States, is the National Archives in Washington, D.C.The National Archives contains more than 10 billion documents, and they have collected thousands of those in the National Archives DOCSTeach site. After you have opened the above link, click on “Menu” on the upper left, and then “Documents.” In the “Keyword” box type in the subject you wish to research. Please remember that your topic should fall within the period of history covered by this course. Typical keywords might be something like Jefferson, American Revolution, Madison, Civil War, Lincoln or any number of topics.After your images have appeared, you need to select five (5) of them that are relevant to your topic. In the upper right hand corner, just above your image, there is an icon to save that image. You will also note that below each image there is some information about that document as well as full citation.There are two ways that you can complete this assignment. Once you have collected your documents, you can create a PowerPoint, or use them as evidence for writing a 3-5 page essay. Naturally, you will need some other information, and you can gather that through the internet, or other books and articles. As a precaution, avoid using textbooks.1. PowerPoint Presentation: To complete the powerpoint you will need to collect your documents from the site. All documents must be cited, so be certain to note the citation at the bottom of each image.Must include a minimum of five slides.Presentation must include a narrative that explains the historical significance. There are a few ways to do this, but Powerpoint does have a dialogue box that is available at the bottom of each slide. You can also do this in the slide itself. It is not sufficient to have five slides with an unrelated narrative. Instead, your slides should follow a well-organized argument that begins with a thesis statement on the first slide.Project Assignment Rubric2. Paper Option:If you are writing a paper, it must be double-spaced (Times New Roman, font size 12), and include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date.Paper should include a thesis statement, and a narrative and conclusion that defends that argument.

What led to the “urbanization” of the English population?