Category: American history

Select 1 Local ballot measures detailed in the San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet for March 5, 2024 (access link to PDF above)
In the analysis you are expected to critically explain the pros and cons of each ballot measure you have selected.
This cost-benefit analysis should include your close examination and explanation on of all political, economic and social, and cultural aspects that may have both a positive and/or negative impact on individuals and/or community. 
Your analysis should also clearly explain your rationale; reasoning that clearly defines why or why you do not support the respective ballot measures you have selected.
Papers should include preemptive counter arguments from the base case from the opposing argument/side/point of view.
https://voterguide.sfelections.org/files/2024-01/March%205%2C%202024%20Voter%20Information%20Pamphlet%20English.pdf

Parameters:
1. Cover-page in Chicago Manual of Style.
2. Footnotes and a bibliography in Chicago Style.
3. 6 pages in length: cover page and the bibliography do not count towards the page count.
4. double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman.
5. Each paragraph must be three sentences in length.
6. 15 total sources, at least 3 of them must be books, and at least seven of the sources must be primary sources. Do not cite reference websites like history.com, britannica.com, wikipedia.com etc.
7. The submitted document must be a Microsoft Word document (no pdfs or google docs accepted). If you submit a non-Word document, you will receive a 20 point reduction.

The two of the group research projects presented would be:
1. Immigration:  Plyler v. Doe (1982)
2. LGBTQ+ : Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Read the file below and you should understand. 

Sources 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/renaissance_europe_01.shtml

Instructions:
The exam consists of one essay. It’s cumulative, which means it covers the entire course.
The essay answer should be 1000 words or longer. In the essay, you will be expected to refer to at least FIVE primary source readings assigned for the class (i.e., the original documents from the eras we’ve studied. NOTE: The textbook, Module/Unit slides, and any modern summaries/explanation pieces do NOT count as primary sources).
You should limit your time on the exam to TWO HOURS or less, all in one sitting. This is honor system-enforced!
Please make sure that your answers are well-organized, address all aspects of the prompts, and exhibit good grammar and spelling.  Perfection is not expected, as this is a timed test, but do make an effort to create essays that are legible and easy to read. Please use a readable font and double-space (skip lines)!
If you use direct quotations, limit them to two lines or less each.
You may use your course textbook, the primary source texts/your study questions, and class lectures to help you with the test (basically, anything I’ve assigned to you or provided). You may not use any other sources. 
Do not use AI or cheat sites.
You may not work with other students on this exam. There is to be NO exam-related interaction of any kind with others at any time during the time that the exam is active. 
Prompt:
Liberty is a commonly cited American value. How was the concept of liberty defined, debated, and achieved in the United States from the colonial era through Reconstruction? How did the concept evolve, and how did various American constituencies perceive it? Don’t forget to discuss the concept re:
Religious and ethnic minority groups —-
Policy debates throughout US history from the colonial era through the 1870s
Independence and Constitutional debates —
Political parties and activist movements.
Sources:
http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/pafrm/doc/declaration-congress-held-new-york-october-7-1765
https://corematerials.homestead.com/30_Letter_XII_legal_disabilities_grimke.pdf
https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/walker.html
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N00397.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa
https://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/AIH19th/female.html
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murray/equality/equality.html
http://www.civ.strangegirl.com/federalistpapers.html
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/5us137
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp
https://books.google.com/books?id=kxcOAAAAIAAJ&q=political+parties#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ajveto01.asp
https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2946
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/anthonyaddress.html
THOSE ARE JUST SOME SOURCES YOU CAN USE BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO SE ALL OF THEM BUT 
AT LEAST 5 OF THEM BECAUSE 5 SOURCES ARE REQUIRED.. 
if something doesnt work or you need more explaining or anything just let me know. 
please do your best, thank you!

at least 5 paragraph
Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:
Identify and discuss the factors leading to the Age of European Exploration and Conquest during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and discuss how any two of the following nations: Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French- differed in terms of their motivations for exploration and their settlement patterns.

Imagine you are in the 1960s — you can pick the year and setting, but you’re going to be exactly as you are now… your age, sex/gender, ethnicity/race, etc. Do you think you would have joined a protest movement? Which one and why? What would have driven you in that direction? Or what would have prevented you? List a couple of accomplishments of any of the rights revolutions or social movements in the sixties, picking those that you think had the largest impact.
The perspective you are going to give is from a 19-year-old black woman. The movement she is going to join is the civil rights movement.
An article talking about the sixties:

27. The Sixties

(Feel free to reference other articles talking about the civil rights movement.)

From the following list, you are to clearly and succinctly write an in-depth, thoughtful essay (on average, 5-6+ pages) clearly answering all of the questions, and discussing all of the points in one of the following prompts. Be certain to answer and discuss all aspects of and questions in your selected prompt. Be certain to discuss relevant issues and terms, addressing key points, dates, and/or people involved within the topic; specifically addressing issues of context and significance.  
Discuss the rise and events of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s-the early 1990s. What were the major disagreements, and issues that separated the United States and the Soviet Union? Where did the “Cold War” boil over into a “hot war”? How and why did the United States try to counter the spread of communism? Lastly, orthodox historians place blame for the Cold War on the Soviet Union, while revisionist historians attribute its creation to the rise of American imperialism. Who is at “fault” for starting the Cold War? Is it that simple? Can we clearly blame one side or the other for the start of the Cold War? Be sure to discuss specific examples and cite specific events.

i have attached the question as a fileI have added the link to the source
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/murray/equality/equality.html
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=2&smtID=2
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=3&smtid=2

The Impact of Reconstruction 1865-1877
Since Reconstruction is often a period in American history that gets skipped or quickly covered, this Discussion is asking you to choose one (or more) of the following topics (listed below) from Chapter 16 and discuss the origin and purpose of these individuals, groups, laws, events/programs, etc. and their impact on Americans and the recovering nation.Your response should be at least 300 words long , include two direct quotes from the text (with page #).  Required Text
The American Promise. Roark – Johnson – Cohen -Stage –  Hartmann. Volume 1. Value Edition. 7th Ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2017. Boston, New York.
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The Presidency of Andrew Johnson                Radical Republicans and Their Agenda
The Freedman’s Bureau               Origins and Agenda of the KKK             The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875
The 14th Amendment                   The Military Reconstruction Act            The Impeachment of President Johnson
The 15th Amendment                          Black Codes                        Sharecropping 1865-1877
“Redeemers”                        The Presidential Election of 1876                 “Corrupt Bargain” – Compromise of 1877