How were these men viewed after making their proposals to the public?

Focus Questions – Keep these in mind while you read and take notes. Did the New Deal adequately address the issues being considered? How did each man publicize his program of relief? Were any of these men prevented from presenting their proposals to the public? Were these proposals popular with the American public? Why or […]

Write a four to 5 pages review and summary  article about the Caribbean or Central America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA) and submit a short review.

Write a four to 5 pages review and summary  article about the Caribbean or Central America from the website for the North American Congress of Latin America (NACLA) and submit a short review.  

How did changing concepts of race impact immigration policies in the United States in the early 20th century?

Section 1: Short Answer Responses (12 points) Employing the lectures and readings, respond to each of the following questions in 200-250 words each. It is expected you spend 1 hour on this portion of the exam: What historical contexts defined the “first-wave globalization” of the late 19th century, and how did those features impact global […]

Analyze the historical importance of your chosen document and how it helps you understand the larger historical events/processes at play in the textbook chapter(s) it is associated with.

Analyze the historical importance of your chosen document and how it helps you understand the larger historical events/processes at play in the textbook chapter(s) it is associated with.

How the author contrasts his retelling of life in the medieval past with a critique of life in the twentieth century.

Write a 4-5-page book review on Amitav Ghosh’s account of life across the medieval Indian Ocean as reconstructed in his In an Antique Land. Devote the first 3-5 paragraphs (about a page and a half to two pages) briefly presenting who the author is (look him up online he has his own webpage with list […]

How does a comparison of different historical narratives enrich your understanding of history?

Historical narratives are often themselves history. How and why does the same historical event, movement, process generate different and at times competing historical narratives? Use examples from the course materials, your textbook, and our lectures, discuss who is writing, from what position, and to what end, and consider how historical narratives are susceptible to these […]

How did these Africans use European artistic and musical traditions as well as African ones?

Paper Topic: Write a one-to-two page paper (around 500 words) answering the following questions in the form of an essay: How did Africans enslaved in America create a hybrid Black American artistic and musical culture? How did these Africans use European artistic and musical traditions as well as African ones? Be as specific as you […]