Assignment instructions HIS326 Discussion 1: Answer the below question regarding the discussion topic. Topic: From 1880 to 1930, some 27 million immigrants poured into the United States, many of them Catholic or Jewish immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. Immigrants of all backgrounds had traits considered by many to be “un-American”. Immigrant women in particular […]
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What individuals, groups,-organizations does it involve? What is your second action?
The President and Crisis Management Today is your presidential Inauguration Day. You were elected as president last November by a slim margin in both the popular vote and the electoral vote. You attended a worship service this morning with your family and about a dozen high-ranking members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. […]
Describe one argument that supports “stop and frisk” policies-Describe one argument that opposes “stop and frisk” policies.
Reflect: As you learned in this week’s readings, many constitutional scholars consider the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures as one of the most basic freedoms that the Bill of Rights clearly protects. This central freedom supports and protects other essential freedoms, like free speech, press, assembly, and religion. Recently, this core freedom has become […]
How did they justify the potential of war over slavery’s defense-abolition?
US History Essay Between the years 1830-1861 how did American northerners and southerners discuss and debate the issue of slavery? How did they justify the potential of war over slavery’s defense or abolition?
Discuss what life was like in early American history for those who were not white and male?
When the United States was formed, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights provided basic protection for certain Americans while denying these rights to other groups of people in this country. Who was protected by these founding documents? Be sure to address the legal status of women, children, indentured European servants, and nonwhites (e.g., African […]
How did the group you chose unite-divide women in pursuit of their agenda-vision of American womanhood?
How did the group you chose unite or divide women in pursuit of their agenda and vision of American womanhood? How did the reform movement you chose intersect with the suffrage movement? How did the arguments used to push for suffrage unite and divide American women?
How did native-born American women interact with immigrant women? Where did they discover commonalities? In what ways did they differ?
How and why did immigrant women’s experiences with work, family, and migration differ from men? How did native-born American women interact with immigrant women? Where did they discover commonalities? In what ways did they differ? What does the fear of “race suicide” articulated by Theodore Roosevelt say about motherhood and women’s roles? Whose motherhood was […]
Do you feel that Blackmon’s work offered an effective presentation that added to your knowledge of the main themes of American history?
Slavery by Another Name: Prompt – The author of Slavery by Another Name, Douglas Blackmon, writes in the epilogue to his book: Certainly, the great record of forced labor across the South demands that any considerations of the progress of civil rights remedy in the United States must acknowledge that slavery, real slavery, didn’t end […]
What are the structural and cultural theoretical frameworks that impact the academic failure of African American males?
African American Studies- “Academic Success of African American Males in a Historically Black University” and “African American Male Achievement: Using a Tenet of Critical Theory to Explain the African American Male Achievement Disparity” In a minimum of two pages in essay format use MLA style, answer and discuss the following questions: 1. First impressions-What parts […]
What has society taught us regarding Michael Sam and others like him about homosexuality and black masculinity?
African American Studies- “What Michael Sam Has Taught Us?” and “African American Gay Men Lead the Way in Sports” In a minimum of two pages in essay format MLA style, answer the following questions: 1.) First Impressions-What parts of the reading(s) did you find surprising, puzzling, useful, new, already knew, and interesting? 2.) Essential Message […]
