Paper details: Identify the following TWO terms (be sure to consider historical significance): 1) Law of April 6, 1830 2) Santa Fe Expedition Detail the steps leading to Texas Independence. What role did revolutions elsewhere play in the move towards independence, especially in Mexico? What immigration policies proved problematic for Mexican officials? Who were the […]
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Pick one Founding Father and explain to the class how they dealt with the new American nation and the issue of Slaves and Slavery?Explain if they were for or against keeping slavery in America and what they did politically to ensure their choice was heard.
Pick one Founding Father and explain to the class how they dealt with the new American nation and the issue of Slaves and Slavery? ***I choose Alexander Hamilton*** Explain if they were for or against keeping slavery in America and what they did politically to ensure their choice was heard. Remember a FOUNDING FATHER is […]
Critique The Soft Cage based on how it reveals how the U.S. has historically used surveillance to carry out at least three of the particular attributes of the functioning of a state, e.g. government, territory, population, sovereignty, power, and law.
write a 5-7 page book review on the following book: Parenti, Christian. (2003). The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror. New York, NY: Basic Books. In your review, critique The Soft Cage based on how it reveals how the U.S. has historically used surveillance to carry out at least […]
Discuss How was slavery a motivating factor for both northerners and southerners to fight in the Civil War? Please use specific examples from the book
Book Essay #2For Cause and ComradesPlease choose one topic 1.Using specific examples from the book, discuss the major reasons the book gives for why the northerners and southerners fought in the Civil War.2.How was slavery a motivating factor for both northerners and southerners to fight in the Civil War? Please use specific examples from the […]
Discuss What was the impact that the following (Indian/African slavery, mestizaje, mercantilist policies, the bourbon reforms, and the criollo complaint) had on forging a “Mexican” national identity leading to Mexican independence from Spain?
Essay: Answer the question posed in a well written essay that includes a thesis statement, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. What was the impact that the following (Indian/African slavery, mestizaje, mercantilist policies, the bourbon reforms, and the criollo complaint) had on forging a “Mexican” national identity leading to Mexican independence from Spain?
What made the U.S. Slavery unique from the slavery in the Caribbean ?
create an annotated bibliography. Each resource should be evaluated for its contribution and perspective in terms of answering your research question. ( What made the U.S. Slavery unique from the slavery in the Caribbean ?”) Must have least five secondary sources and one primary source cited in Turabian format. Sources should be organized alphabetically by […]
Discuss.To what extent did the American Revolution change this? Based on your reading of Ira Berlin’s Generations of Captivity, do you think slavery was, in fact, one “institution” in this period of time?
ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS: 1. In the decades prior the Civil War, slavery came to be called “the peculiar institution” meaning peculiar to/unique to the South. To what extent do you think it is accurate to analyze slavery in the southern colonies in the colonial and Revolutionary eras as a “peculiar institution”? 2. In what sense […]
Why did the expansion of slavery become the most divisive political issue in the 1840s and 1850s?
Paper details: “Why did the expansion of slavery become the most divisive political issue in the 1840s and 1850s?” “How did a war to preserve the Union become a war to end slavery?”
Discuss,How did slavery in the Caribbean compare with slavery in the US between the 16th and 18th century?
For this assignment, you need to locate at least five secondary sources and one primary source. When searching for secondary sources, you should focus your attention on the databases available to you via the Library (e.g., JSTOR, Project Muse, ProQuest). You may want to start with the Historical Research Guide. Research question: How did slavery […]
Discuss What does she reveal about the peculiar institution of slavery, about women, and about slave owners?
Read the passage below from Chapter Six of Incidents the Life of a Slave Girl. Think critically about it and discuss Jacobs’s authorial intention. What does she reveal about the peculiar institution of slavery, about women, and about slave owners? You are allowed to reference other occurrences in the text to support your assertions. “I […]
