Category: American history

2024 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. All Rights Reserved. 
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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.

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)