Category: American history

Essay Guidelines:
Prompt: How did the “War on Terror” shape American
politics and culture after 9/11?
The essay must be about 350-450 words.
The essay must include the analysis of two primary source documents from Voices of
Freedom and include one reference to Give Me Liberty.
Citation: Provide a brief citation for each reference (Foner, Give Me Liberty), (Author, “Title of Document”).
A separate Bibliography is NOT required.
No outside source is allowed.
The essay should be organized into 3 or 4 paragraphs: PARA 1: INTRO
what this essay will argue, some essential
background, PARA 2-3:
body paragraph with detailed analysis supported by course materials and PARA
3 (or 4): a brief conclusion that ties up the essay’s claims
and the broader
historical significance by directly answering the prompt question.
Sources:
Voices of Freedom: Chapter 28 – Document 201, George W.
Bush, Second Inaugural Address (2005) and document 202, Justice Anthony Kennedy,
Opinion of the Supreme Court in Lakhdar Boumediene et al. v. George W. Bush (2008)
Give me Liberty: Chapter 27
(uploaded pdf/pictures of the documents) 

I need to write a paper about my stance on one of 2 articles about US History, I will include the articles later. Thank you

Briefly discuss how Florida  state laws regarding gun control and its impact on healthcare. 
From reading chaper 4 and 5 
Have texts citation from 
Greenberg, E. S & Page, B. I. (2018). The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition. (12th ed.). Pearson.

Write a research paper on the cold war domestic policy, talk about Mccarthyism, communism, Americas biggest obsession with communism, how it effects us, what the obsession for communism did for the cold war for us, what happened at home that effected the cold war, the effect on foreign policy, our obsession and fear of communism, effects of the cold war. 

In 800 to 1,000 words (or more), write a review in which you dissect the article. Cover the following elements:
1. What is the current topic or news issue here? Explain this in your own words. (two or three sentences or more)
2. How does the author connect this current issue to history? Explain this in your own words. This will probably be the longest section of your memo. If you want to use a list format here — with bullet points — that is fine. This is a memo and can be informal. Does the author make comparisons between the current topic and a particular theme or historical period in the past? Explain, briefly. Does the author trace the history of a theme here? Summarize it. (The length of this section depends on the article and how many connections and comparisons the author makes between history and the current issue. Be thorough, but also make this memo your own by putting it in your own words. If you want to use a few quotes from the article, that’s fine, but make sure you do two things: first, you’ll be citing the source at the end, but definitely indicate they are quotes by using quotation marks; and second, don’t rely too much on direct quotes. Pick carefully; don’t overdo.)
3. Give one example of a primary source and one example of a secondary source in this article. In this section of the memo, just give one example of a primary source, one example of a secondary source, summarize each source, and explain what each source tells us about the current issue and/or historical context.  To refresh your memory: what is a primary source? what is a secondary source? A primary source is something created *at the time or by someone who was there* when the event is/was actually happening. It can be a picture or a quote from that time or it could even be a quote from someone who witnessed or experienced the event first-hand and is remembering it. (Note: The primary source could be related to the current event. In other words, it could be a picture of 2024. Or it could be a historical primary source, such as a picture taken in 1962.) A secondary source is information created later and by someone who did not witness or experience the event first-hand. This could be a reporter’s or historian’s summary of what happened if they were not there when it happened.  (four to six sentences or more)
4. Big take-aways: Remember that this project is titled the Knowledge is Power Project. Given that, what did you learn from this article and how could this knowledge help us make sense of what’s happening today? Explain in your own words. Consider how that knowledge could be empowering when thinking about current issues. (full paragraph, probably five sentences)
5. What do you want to learn more about? What’s missing from this story? Did this article spur on additional questions that you have about the main topic of this article? Did it spur you to wish you knew the fuller story of anything related to this topic or similar to it… or closer to home? Finally, did you feel like some part of the story was missing or should have been delved into more deeply? Explain. (three sentences or more)
6. Include a link to the story at the bottom of your memo. Please cite your link using the Chicago Style of Citation
The article for the project:
https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/november-2018/were-not-just-students-we-are-organizers-black-youth-activism-in-chicago

Answer the following question: Contrast the experiences of African American soldiers during and immediately after World War I with Woodrow Wilson’s wartime rhetoric.
What to use:  Only these sources/source excerpts; you can’t use any other sources; you can’t use the American Yawp. The use of any outside information will result in a zero.
“Oral History: Robert Sweeney, 317th Sanitary Train, 92nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces,” National World War I Museum, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HT04dxGU0Links to an external site.
Please only listen through the 41 minutes and 25 seconds mark.
What to submit: A double spaced two-page essay formatted with 1 inch margins in 12 point font using the align left setting. Essays must be submitted in Word Document format. Pages files or copypaste.txt CANNOT be opened on Canvas, and will not be graded. Do not submit a title page or works cited page for this assignment. Direct quotations from the sources are required, with parenthetical citations – examples: (Sweeney); (Elliott and Christenson); (Wilson)

Short Paper (Magazine Article Assignment) – Read the Introduction from Walker, Women’s Magazines 1940-1960, and then choose one of the two packets of articles to read (each packet contains a different selection of articles).
Describe two of the articles from Walker in some depth. What is the article’s subject? What is its intended audience? Are there any alternate ways to read the article? What does it suggest to you or make you question about women’s social or economic roles?
Having read all the articles in your section and the introduction, what impression do you have of mid century women’s magazines overall? What did their writers and editors think of their readers? How do you think readers understood this content? 
How can historians use these articles as primary sources? What strengths and weaknesses do they offer to understand mid century American women? 

The text reading from The American Yawp is titled “The Triumph of the Right” this week. The one from openstax.org is titled “Cold War to Culture Wars.” Do you think that the right “triumphed” in the 1980s and 1990s? Why or why not? And what were the biggest “culture wars”? Give three examples to support your argument. 
https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/31-introduction  (31-31.4)

29. The Triumph of the Right

The question I chose for this research 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. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thank you so much! 🙂

View the State of the Union Address of 2024. What are 3 things that you have an opinion on that the President spoke about. Do you agree
with them? Do you disagree with them? WHY?
What are 3 things that you would like to know more about? These may be policies, ideas, or
even understanding why he mentions things about the other parties. The key question is WHY?