Category: American history

A Short Paper Assignment allows you to demonstrate your research skills to your instructor and to receive feedback that will benefit you when you write research papers for future courses. With this assignment, you will learn how to do proper research and write a short paper.
Your topic must be the the same topic approved by your instructor in Week 3.
This short paper is at least three double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12) and you must consult a minimum of two academically credible sources. Your bibliography and citations may be in APA, MLA, or Chicago Style format. Students majoring in history must use Chicago Style format.
The short paper needs to be turned in through the assignment section for grading. If you use any of the information from your sources word-for-word, you must cite the source by using endnotes, footnotes, or parenthetical citations. If you read the information and write it in your own words and it is not common knowledge, then you must cite the source because you are paraphrasing someone’s information.
The short paper must include a cover page with your name, course number and course title, instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper. While composing your paper, use proper English. Do not use abbreviations, contractions, passive voice, or first/ second person (I, you, we, our, etc). And finally, students are not allowed to use encyclopedias or Wikipedia.
Before submitting your paper, check your grammar and use spell check. Remember, the way you talk is not the way you write a paper. Please label your paper as follows: lastnamefirstnameHIST101ShortPaper.

New Mexico is a unique place in many ways. Its human landscape is the expression of a particular (and in some ways, tragic) history that has been well recorded since the at least the 1600s. Its environment is arid and continental, but high in elevation, which gives rise to the beautiful forests and grasslands within the state. New Mexico differs significantly from its neighbor states, not only environmentally and historically but also in terms of economy.
Your assignment is to DESCRIBE a different region, country, or sub-region that has a SIMILAR CLIMATE to New Mexico, and to MAKE COMPARISONS between the two. YOUR COMPARATIVE REGION MUST BE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.  In order to accomplish this, you will need to do some of your own research, report facts and statistics, and evaluate the differences and similarities based on the facts you discover. Your report should address the environment, as well as one of the following: history, culture, or economy (and ideally how two of these aspects are related). Your textbook (or even Wikipedia) is a good resource to start with, but you must reference at least two other resources as well. Any facts you report must involve references (otherwise, where did you learn these facts?). 
Your report should be at least 500 words in length, not including the works-cited section. It should not be longer than 750 words. You may use any citation style, but APA is recommended (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.htmlLinks to an external site.).
Your report will be evaluated on the basis of information-richness (30%), how well it addresses the prompt (20%), organization and writing quality (40%) and referencing (10%). Have fun!

Write a thoughtful essay examining how US Muslims have interacted with one aspect of American society and civil life. In this case, please write about their interaction with civil rights and self-advocacy in America. Do NOT use any sources except for the ones I have provided. You do not have to use all the sources. 

Your paper should focus on a central issue that interests you. Limit your topic so that you can cover it in a paper of the assigned length.
Organize the paper around the points that are most important in your opinion. State your main ideas in your own words and use information from your sources to support them 

Only use the pages linked and use the essay description to help you know what the essay must consist of.   Please note that the photos may not be in order. First up are pgs. 341-360 lincoln’s emancipation journey & then goes pgs. 371-380. 

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6. A New Nation

7. The Early Republic

based on the article that I send you, I need you to find a topic inspired by those readings, and also find no more than 2 outside sources
paper must be 2,500-3,000 words (including bibliography and notes).
You must have at least seven sources, of which no more than two may be to
materials assigned in class. It is highly recommended that you incorporate non
electronic resources from the library (i.e., books), as well as internet sources. All,
or almost all, sources should be to academic works or articles. 

Assigment: Please watch Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in its entirety. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s
What are some of the things in the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech that might have seemed controversial or shocking to those listening to it? Explain which aspects of the speech you think were the boldest, in this time period. Do you think Dr. King’s dreams, as articulated in his speech, have come true today? Be as clear and honest as you can, using specific examples from contemporary life and society to back up your point of view.

For HW #4, write one substantive paragraph of at least 200 words on EACH of the three questions below. 
QUESTIONS FOR HW #4
Based on your careful reading of Black Feminism on Capitol Hill, write a paragraph explaining in your own words what are the author’s most important analytical points are about Shirley Chisholm as a bridge leader?  First explain what the author means by “bridge leader.” Then give two examples of how Chisholm was a bridge leader and how unique a politician she was. Don’t use quotations in this paragraph. Paraphrase and summarize to explain in your own words what the author is saying.
Another article quotes Shirley Chisholm as saying, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Based on your careful reading of the article about her, write a 200-word reflection in your own words on how Shirley Chisholm did that and used her “insider/outsider” position to advocate for the issues she believed in. In your answer, give specific examples. Important: don’t use quotations in this paragraph. Paraphrase and summarize to explain in your own words what Curwood is saying as the foundation for you expressing your own opinion on the question.
Who represents your neighborhood in the House of Representatives today?  Find out here by zip code:  https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative. Do a little research on this person and discuss whether you think he or she is doing as good a job as Shirley Chisholm did in representing the people of her neighborhood (Bed-Stuy).

For this week’s document analysis, you are asked to visit The Livingroom Candidate website to view commercials from the 1964 presidential election. Once on the website, select 1964 under election year. Down below, you will see selections of 10 commercials for each of the Democratic and Republican candidates. Most of the commercials last about 1 minute each. Take a look at several of the commercials for each political party. Then write an analysis that includes at least 3 Democratic commercials and 3 Republican commercials. In your analysis, consider the following:
Common themes you notice among the commercials
Which commercials seem most on point and convincing to you
What these commercials tell us about the topics that were important to the candidates and the American public in 1964.