Category: American history

Upload a brief reading response paper of at least 300 words (consisting of 3 roughly equal paragraphs), reflecting on the topics, themes, and theses in Asch and Musgrove’s Chocolate City by answering the following question: 
Compare the goals and approaches of leaders like Hobson, Barry, or Fauntroy, as well as the kinds of organizations they represented. How did they shape the DC context and vice versa? 
Criteria for Success
Responses will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
SUMMARY: providing thorough summary of chapter in paragraph 1
ANALYSIS: introducing your own response to the Assignment Prompt (above) in paragraph 2 
SYNTHESIS: making connections with other chapters in paragraph 3
Submission Instructions:  Click the link above (the title of this assignment) to submit the assignment. Responses should:
Be typed into the text box; do not link or upload a separate document. 
Be at least 300 words, single-spaced.
Utilize abbreviated parenthetical citations to cite sources, e.g. (Chocolate City, p. 36), but do not reproduce long verbatim quotations from our readings.
I UPLOAD CHPATER 11

Reconstruction after the Civil War
Was Reconstruction a failure? Why do you think this?

Read the following article from the New York Times about attempts to change the design of the state flag of Nebraska:  Nebraska’s Flag Lacks Pizazz .  Afterward, pick any state in the Union except California, and research the state flag of that particular state.  Who designed the flag you chose, and what does the design say about the people that created it?  After writing a brief history of that flag, create a flag of your own design that you think would represent the state of your choice today.  Use the following website to design your own flag, and post the flag to the assignment:  Flag Designing Software (Links to an external site.) **Please do not write about the California state flag.  I will lower your grade by a full letter grade if you write about the California state flag.  Also, you should be aware that the history of the flag of the state of Georgia is long, winding and complex.  Should you choose that state flag you would be writing about an extra challenging history.**

Take detailed notes on important information from the text only. It should be longer than one page. No Summary Necessary. Organize notes in the following order:
The Beginnings of the Great War in Europe
The United States in the Great War
The War on the American Homefront
The Homefront, Part 2
The War Comes to an End
Aftermath – First Red Scare
Aftermath – Red Summer

I will start this week’s discussion by adding information from an article (e.g., article sharing) that is about civil liberties. We have the right to express our ideas in the U.S. and the government even protects hate speech. Here is an example of how governments can limit speech. When government becomes the arbiter of which speech can be limited, it defines what is not allowed. Remember, I mentioned earlier how Putin was able to create a law in Russia that no one was allowed to voice negative opinions about him. Think about how many officials, and Hollywood personalities, would like a similar law. 
Find an write about an article that has a similar case where an official enforced a similar law to Putin’s
For Example- 
Three Thai influencers were arrested over videos that critics say insulted a royal family member.
The now-deleted clips were posted online in May as part of promotions for e-commerce firm Lazada.
All three were charged under the lese-majeste law, which forbids insults against the monarchy.
APA
250 words+
Cite references 

Students are required to write a 5 page reaction paper on American Politics: The African American Quest for Universal Freedom or Is Voting for Young People by Martin Wattenbergy Walton and Hanes.

How was Imperialism rationalized, and were those rationales justified? Cite evidence to show how late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century imperialism is still impacting world events today.
What was the relationship between World War I and World War II? Why was the isolationism of the United States after World War I such an important factor in the advent of World War II?
Explain the ideological differences between Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism. Why do these ism’s have such an impact on today’s society?
Think of another inter-ethnic or international conflict that has lasted for a long period of history. This may be a conflict that continues as we write this exam, or a prolonged conflict that was eventually resolved. Compare and Contrast the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with the other conflict from the 19thor 20th
5. Respond to this; After reading the article on Eleven Lessons in 21st Century U.S. History, I think we should focus on the lesson from 9/11. Not only was this day the biggest failure of the United States system of intelligence and national security, it has shown us that we need to do better with our security and how we respond to these crisis. As said in the article, “..the United States is not invincible..”, (Mintz, 2021),  knowing this lesson will help us keep an open eye that there are terrible things that can happen, and will happen unfortunately. Knowing we are not vincible to harm and violence, will help us overcome the shock of harm and violence if it was to ever was to occur again in this manner.  It has been said in the article that, “the United States over responded to a threat that could have been dealt with in other ways..” (Mintz, 2021). This meaning, we could had saved ourselves and avenged the lives that were taken and disturbed in a quicker way, being pressing our neighbor counties to the terrorist groups or attacking Al Qaeda with other ways than going straight to full enhanced invasions. With knowing these lessons from 9/11 we can better improve the way we respond to terrorist attacks that will help our country overcome the feelings of fear and disturbance. 
Reference 
Mintz, S. (2021, December 16). Eleven Lessons in 21st Century U.S. History. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved on June 17, 2024. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/11-lessons-21st-century-us-history
6. Respond to this; After reading “Eleven Lessons in 21st Century U.S. History” it became apparent to me how much has already so such a short period of time. There are many lessons that can be taken away from the events so far but a couple that really stuck out to me was understanding the reliability of the voting system as well as the lessons from the Great Recession (Mintz, 2021). We experience a presidential election every four years and it would come to reason that we as a people would understand what a huge undertaking it is to record all the ballots. I say this but, in every election, there are discrepancies in the polls and one side may look like a landslide victory but then lose after more votes are counted and recorded. Since the pandemic, we have seen an unbelievable change in the financial market, specifically the housing market(Mintz, 2021). House prices are continuing to climb and interest rates show no sign of coming down. This reminds me a lot of the housing market crash where people were paying large amounts of money with a high interest rate that resulted in foreclosures. I bought a condo seven years ago for 85 thousand and sold it last year for 160 thousand and I changed nothing since I bought it. The financial climate may repeat itself from 2008 and 2009 (Mintz, 2021). There are several more lessons that can be looked at as we continue in the 21st century but these are those that I look at the most because of the current political and economic situations. 

In your assigned groups, summarize the main argument of BOTH Secondary source readings from Abram and Wynn from week 5. Then, list at least 3 specific examples each author uses to support their argument. One member of your group should post the combined findings for this assignment.

The Discussion post prompt is as follows “You’re my worker, I like you well enough. You have a purple, spiked Mohawk, a tongue piercing, say “like” almost every other word, you have several tattoos, Some are hidden, most are not. You often come to work late, or a little hung-over. You do a good job mostly, customers like you. I have heard that your home life is a mess, figuratively and literally.  You make $40,000/year.
I ask you to change your hair style, cover any tattoos, speak proper English, stop partying, and I even suggest that you go to religious services frequently. I come to your house to inspect it, to make sure it is clean, and insure your partner is good at maintaining a secure, stable environment. I want to be sure your children, if you have any, are well behaved and courteous. They are not truants. If I find the rumors of disarray are true, that what I have heard is actually true, I give you a month to embrace my ideas for your life. If you do, I don’t fire you, I double your salary.
What do you do and why? Is it OK for me to enforce my ideas on you? Do you say no and quit? Am I the BOSS of you, at work and off work? Let’s discuss.”

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