Week 7 George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” In 1946, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, George Kennan, sent a 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State in Washington DC analyzing the nature of Soviet Union’s foreign policy. Kennan’s report, known as “long telegram,” provided the United States with a conceptual framework to contain Soviet expansionism during […]
Category Archives: History
What do you know about the author that may shape his/her perspective and bias?
Topic: Primary Source Reading: Hanno: Carthaginian Explorer Who is the author of the primary source? What do you know about the author that may shape his/her perspective and bias? Who is the intended audience of the primary source? Where and when was the primary source published or created? Describe the historical context and give a […]
What impact does “time period” have on understanding the content of a document?
Topic: Primary Source Analysis You will read six primary sources about the Middle Passage. Write a short paper (2-3 pages; standard formatting, double spaced, times new roman, 12 point font) that analyzes the documents. You must put the documents into conversation with each other. By using all of these documents together, what do you learn […]
Explain with specific and clearly written details.explain using your own words or no credit will be given
1-Ancient Greece is often credited with being the birthplace of democracy. However, two of its most important philosophers, it could be argued, did not approve of democracy. Summarize what Plato (Links to an external site.) and Aristotle (Links to an external site.) wrote about the ideal State and then point out any major flaws you […]
What were the most significant changes in women’s labor between 1865 and 1900?
Topic: Reconstructing Women’s Lives What were the most significant changes in women’s labor between 1865 and 1900? How, if at all, did labor organizations in this period attempt to address women workers’ issues? Include the page number in-text citation
Who is likely the intended audience, and what are they trying to convince them of?
History Question : in 150-200 words,analyze the following sets of contextual questions given the materials covered so far in the course: When and where was it written? What events were occurring at the time? How might this source relate to other assigned readings from a similar historical context? Message: in 200-250 words identify and explain […]
How important was religion in the lives of Mesopotamian people-How did they worship their gods?
Ancient Mesopotamia; Epic of Gilgamesh Read (1) Turner, Chapter 1.1 to 1.2.1 (pages 1-15; 166-171); (2) The following two selections on Blackboard: (a) Shamash Hymn; (b) Epic of Gilgamesh (3) THEN, answer the following questions with a one or two sentence response to each question: 1) How important was religion in the lives of Mesopotamian […]
How did the Supreme Court comment on some of those problems?
Stout HIST 1302 Exam 1 Part I: Short Answer (6 x 10 points each = 60 points) You must pick SIX short answers out of ten total options to answer. Responses should be approximately half a page in length, typed and single-spaced. Identify and explain the various elements of the Mississippi Plan that began the […]
Why do you think the larger, white community saw each man as it did?
The debate within the African-American community represented by W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington was, arguably, the most important intellectual and leadership issue of the early Jim Crow period. Both were sincere and both thought themselves totally correct and their opponent misguided. Give me the following (your answer should be between 1,000 and 1,200 words, […]
What do you know about the author that may shape his/her perspective and bias?
Topic: Primary Source Reading: Wenamen’s Journey Students will write a 500-750 word, double spaced, one-inch margin, Times New Roman, 12 point font paper that answers the following questions: Who is the author of the primary source? What do you know about the author that may shape his/her perspective and bias? Who is the intended audience […]
