Discipline: American History

Explain how John Locke justifies a right to rebellion and how Silas Downer builds on his argument. Explain how the Federalist and Anti-Federalist positions are different and also similar.Explain how John Locke justifies a right to rebellion and how Silas Downer builds on his argument. Explain how the Federalist and Anti-Federalist positions are different and also similar.

Write a 3-page essay on ONE of the following topics: Explain how John Locke justifies a right to rebellion and how Silas Downer builds on his  argument. Explain how the Federalist and Anti-Federalist positions are different and also similar.  Make sure to format your paper using Chicago writing style. Please note that a title page […]

Internal Causes – America at Home did bank failures, reduction of purchasing power and the drought cause the depression?Internal Causes – America at Home did bank failures, reduction of purchasing power and the drought cause the depression?

TOPIC>>>>  Internal Causes – America at Home did bank failures, reduction of purchasing power and the drought cause the depression? Introduction: One of the great mysteries of the twentieth century is how the U.S. economy could have gone from a state of unprecedented prosperity in the 1920s to one of unprecedented failure in the 1930s. In […]

Some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. Others have argued that what has been presented is a myth. How much was the truth, and what was a myth?Some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. Others have argued that what has been presented is a myth. How much was the truth, and what was a myth?

The American Frontier-Reality versus Myth. Main prompt: The history of the American frontier has celebrated the opportunities that the West offered to everyone. Some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. Others have argued that what has been presented is a myth. How much was the […]

Read the background resources related to the Emancipation Proclamation (including the document itself) and respond to each of the four quotes about it.Read the background resources related to the Emancipation Proclamation (including the document itself) and respond to each of the four quotes about it.

Explain why you agree or disagree with each of the assessments of it. “The act makes clear that the lives of our heroes have not been sacrificed in vain. It makes a victory of our defeats.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1862) “We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and […]

Why did Martin Luther King and Malcolm X have different—and sometimes competing—ideas regarding African American civil rights?Why did Martin Luther King and Malcolm X have different—and sometimes competing—ideas regarding African American civil rights?

Instruction: Why did Martin Luther King and Malcolm X have different—and sometimes competing—ideas regarding African American civil rights? I. General Info Your paper should be double spaced and roughly five pages long. All papers should include your name, the name of the class, and the due date at the top left-hand corner. The title of […]

conditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesconditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Instructions Assignment: Short Paper #1 Based on the readings,* write a paper of at least four pages that answers the following questions, elaborating with evidence and detail from the readings as necessary.  You must use at least three of the readings. What were some of the conditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and […]

Compare and contrast the strategies of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACPCompare and contrast the strategies of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP

Source – Pearson eText for The African American Odyssey  Chapter 16 examines key leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, along with development of women’s clubs, the “Black Elite,” military service in World War I, race-related riots, adn the onset of the “Great Migration.”  Submit a well-written, coherent, and detailed […]

The state of Florida has passed laws that effectively ban the teaching of race and racism in k-12 public schools. Florida is trying to do the same thing with college education. Texas and Tennessee are following close behind, as are many other “red” statesThe state of Florida has passed laws that effectively ban the teaching of race and racism in k-12 public schools. Florida is trying to do the same thing with college education. Texas and Tennessee are following close behind, as are many other “red” states

The state of Florida has passed laws that effectively ban the teaching of race and racism in k-12 public schools. Florida is trying to do the same thing with college education. Texas and Tennessee are following close behind, as are many other “red” states.  Write a 5-page, double-spaced essay that explains what is lost by […]

What were some of the conditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? How did African Americans respond to these conditions?What were some of the conditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? How did African Americans respond to these conditions?

Instructions Assignment: Short Paper #1 Based on the readings,* write a paper of at least four pages that answers the following questions, elaborating with evidence and detail from the readings as necessary.  You must use at least three of the readings. What were some of the conditions that African Americans faced in the late nineteenth and […]

How would you respond to someone who presents you with the arguments proposed by Social Darwinists, OR the stories written by Horatio Alger, OR Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (choose ONLY ONE of these), to explain the success or failuresHow would you respond to someone who presents you with the arguments proposed by Social Darwinists, OR the stories written by Horatio Alger, OR Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (choose ONLY ONE of these), to explain the success or failures

Consider the following questions for your essay. These questions can and should be addressed in the essay, but it should not constitute the only discussion in the essay. What is Frederick Turner’s “frontier thesis,” and what are the criticisms of it? The link will direct you to Turner’s Thesis, The Frontier in American History The […]