Category: American history

The discussion question for this week deals with chapter 16. ATLEAST ONE QOUTE MUST COME FROM THE TEXT BOOK
You should review the following ‘Historical Documents’ or ‘Primary Sources’:
A – The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, found at this link
http://www.freedmen.umd.edu/procamn.htm#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%2C%20%2C%20do%20solemnly%20swear,passed%20during%20the%20existing%20rebellion
B – The Civil Rights Amendments, which can be found in the Appendix of your textbook 
This is Amendments 13, 14, and 15 of the US Constitution
C – Abram Colby’s report ot the Joint Select Committee, which can be found at this link
https://web.mit.edu/21h.102/www/Primary%20source%20collections/Reconstruction/Colby,%20Testimony.htm
D – The I Am Committee poster, figure 16.13 in your textbook, on page 426, part of section 16.4. 
https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction
After reviewing the material, answer the following discussion prompt. You MUST post your response before you can see the posts of others. 
1) who are the authors of these documents and what is the purpose of these documents?
2) What do Colby’s report and the I am committee poster reveal about race relations in the south during reconstruction? explain your thinking.
3) What is your opinion of Lincoln’s plan for Reconstrucition? What do the so called ‘Civil Rights Amendments add to his plan? Would this plan have been succesful in ‘Reconstructing’ the South if it had not been opposed by Radical Republicans? explain your thinking.
4) Of all the different laws, amendments, and policies attempted as part of Reconstruction policy, which one was most successful and which one was least successful? Why?
ATLEAST ONE QOUTE MUST COME FROM THE TEXT BOOK

It has been just over 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre in Greenwood, Oklahoma, and for many years this tragic event was not discussed in the state’s curriculum. Now, it is a required component of Oklahoma’s history curriculum and has also taken on national and international historical significance. For example, HBO’s Watchmen includes scenes of the event and “Fire in Little Africa” is a hip-hop project commemorating Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood known as Black Wall Street.
In a three-page essay (roughly 750 words), please provide a brief overview of the Tulsa Race Massacre using the following instructions and prompts:
What else was going on during this time period? How do other social, cultural, political, or economic events of the era help us to understand the conditions that led to the Tulsa Race Massacre? 
What did you learn from your research? Offer one specific example.
What is the historical significance of the Tulsa Race Massacre?
Offer at least one specific example of reconciliation and healing.

Over the course of this wonderful semester, we have traced how a tiny offshoot of European colonial expansion evolved into a superpower post World War 2 founded on the proposition that government is of the people, by the people and for the people.  Analyze how at least 4 factors such as philosophical movements, democratic government, revolution, nationalism, timely leadership, labor (slavery and indentured servitude, industrial working class) war, imperialism (domestic and foreign), and progressive legislation brought about the United States.
You are not limited to the factors listed above for your paper. Nor do you have to write about every single one. It maybe your argument that republican virtue or gender played a significant role.
For example, if you are looking at timely leadership you may write about Martin Luther King jr., Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc. The same for progressive legislation such as the Constitution, the Reconstruction amendments, women’s suffrage, the New Deal, etc.
Paper must be 3-4 pages. 12-point font. Paper must have a TITLE (do not title paper- Final Paper) and a citations page with at least 4 quotes from the textbook. I recommend using the textbook for most of your quotes. 
DUE THE DAY OF THE FINAL EXAM -PRINTED OUT AND HANDED IN.
This was the prompt given to me by my professor. The Class is Development of the U.S. and its People. USSO for short.

When Dana returns with Kevin to the present day, she says that she “never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.” How does this reflect current attitudes about race and ethnicity? Use what you learned from 13th (DuVernay) and your own research to support your position. (3 pgs. min.)

Only use the source given and look at the sample essay provided.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING PROMPT:
What is the meaning of American freedom, according to the Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration speech? Support your conclusions with examples from the document.
Primary Source:
Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (1981)
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/inaugural-address-1981

Answer the questions. Each answer should be at least 200 words.  
Plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence will result in a 0 score.     
Do not use text citations.                                                                                                                             1.      
Discuss the goals of Americanization projects
during the early 1900s. How did they attempt to Americanize people of Mexican
origin? What did Euro Americans ultimately conclude about Mexicans following
the failure of Americanization projects?
2.      
Discuss the dynamics of Mexican immigration to
the United States during the early 20th century. How did their
patterns of mobility reflect where they settled and where they worked?
3.      
Compare and contrast the dynamics of emigrant and
U.S born Chinse and Japanese peoples’ experiences in the United States during
the 1800s and 1900s as both immigrants and citizens.

2024 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. All Rights Reserved. 
“ECONOMIC POLICY and THE REAGAN REVOLUTION.” The Ronald Reagan Presidential 
Foundation, 20 June 2023, www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/ 
the-presidency/economic-policy/. Accessed 14 May 2024.
History.com Editors. “Here’s Why Reaganomics Is so Controversial.” 
History.com, A&E Television Networks, 17 Apr. 2018, www.history.com/ 
topics/us-presidents/heres-why-reaganomics-is-so-controversial-video. 
Accessed 14 May 2024.
National Archives and Records Administration in collaboration with the National 
Issues Forums Institute and the Kettering Foundation. “How Should the 
United States Move towards Economic Recovery?” Archives.gov, National 
Archives, 9 June 2018, www.archives.gov/files/presidential-libraries/ 
advisethepresident/reagan-economy.pdf. Accessed 15 May 2024.

What you will be doing for the assignment grade: For your source analysis responses, write 200-250 words answering the question: How did the Cold War influence domestic politics in the United States?

The question I chose for this research paper (critical thinking paper) is: Was the United States justified in using the Atomic Bomb during WWII? I believe that the U.S. WAS justified in using the bomb. The details for the paper are all in the PDF that’s attached. I also need an annotated bibilography for this paper as well. MLA formatting is fine for the citations. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thank you so much! 🙂

Papers should be AT LEAST five pages in length, and MUST include references to AT LEAST four primary source documents (Maria Stewart bemoans the consequences of racism, 1832, Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave…(1845), David Walker’s Appeal, and Garnets Call To Rebellion)and AT LEAST one scholarly monograph from class. (Richard S. Newman, The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.)
One of the central themes of this course has been the historical agency of “marginalized” group: enslaved and free Black people, and the ways this agency contributed to meaningful changes in the nature of American society, economy, politics, and culture. In a well-organized, thesis-driven essay of at least five pages, students will: 1) identify AT LEAST TWO specific examples of historical agency by marginalized groups in the period 1789-1848; 2) explain the significance of these events/examples in their immediate historical contexts; and 3) evaluate the extent to which these examples of historical agency challenged/altered oppressive structures (enslavement/racism). Use quotes from each text to strengthen your central theme.