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1“The problem of the twentieth-century,” the brilliant civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois famously said, “is the problem of the color line.” Describe how political, social and economic forces helped shape American racism between 1865 and 1965.

Below are the essay prompts for your final assignment. There are two questions but you are to answer only one of them. Answer as completely as possible. Your response should be 4-6 pages, double-spaced, with standard one-inch margins, and must be typed. Please include page numbers on all pages. It should be written in grammatically […]

1“The problem of the twentieth-century,” the brilliant civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois famously said, “is the problem of the color line.” Describe how political, social and economic forces helped shape American racism between 1865 and 1965. Read More »

Pan-Africanist ideologies required African people to reject European assimilation and embrace African ideologies. How is this reflected in “Song of Freedom”?

In their essays “Providential Design” and “The Negro Question,” both Robert Trent Vinson and Hakim Adi show how American ideas of Garveyism impacted South African challenges to segregation and that the Black working class saw communism as a useful tool to organize against shared oppressions of American racism and colonialism. Both Garveyism and Black Communism

Pan-Africanist ideologies required African people to reject European assimilation and embrace African ideologies. How is this reflected in “Song of Freedom”? Read More »

Relate an issue facing African-Americans in the past and the present condition of that issue.

You will write a five page research paper (excluding title page and bibliography). Submit your research paper topic in this drop box.  In 3-4 sentences, explain  what you want to do with your research project and what you think the main point of your research paper will be.  Consider the following in choosing your research

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Using at least three separate examples across time periods, show how the resources of a particular place may have influenced the way in which human beings behaved, but did not entirely determine that behavior.

Each of these essay questions are similar in structure, but entirely different in terms of interpretation and analysis. Your answers must be supported as widely by evidence from across our semester as possible—start to finish—from the Light of the Stars and the Kelp Highway to the Gas Crisis and Climate Change.The length of your essay

Using at least three separate examples across time periods, show how the resources of a particular place may have influenced the way in which human beings behaved, but did not entirely determine that behavior. Read More »

Consider The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself, by Harriet Jacobs as works of abolitionist literature. How did Douglass and Jacobs attempt to convince their readers to oppose slavery?

QUESTIONS: Be sure to use at least two primary sources and one secondary source from the list, and one primary or secondary source you find through research of the databases listed above. The textbook counts as a secondary source, as do the articles by historians. Introductions to the primary sources, written by historians/editors of the

Consider The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself, by Harriet Jacobs as works of abolitionist literature. How did Douglass and Jacobs attempt to convince their readers to oppose slavery? Read More »

Where specifically do Hamilton and Jefferson disagree on whether or not the U.S. Constitution allows for the forming of a National Bank? 

INSTRUCTIONS:   The main focus of your paper will be to examine the primary documents that form the basis of the question.  You may certainly use any relevant information from either your textbook or in-class lectures to help support your answer…WITH the understanding that you MUST quote from the required primary documents for that question.  Any

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For this assignment, you will be investigating the relics, reliquary, church, and one other type of artwork from the Romanesque or Gothic era associated with a saint you research

For this assignment, you will be investigating the relics, reliquary, church, and one other type of artwork from the Romanesque or Gothic era associated with a saint you research. The goal is to see how religious figures, architecture, and imagery all overlap during the time periods discussed in this unit. To do this, read and

For this assignment, you will be investigating the relics, reliquary, church, and one other type of artwork from the Romanesque or Gothic era associated with a saint you research Read More »

Plato and Hobbes both have some strong criticisms of democracy and of humanity. What do you think about what they both had to say about the flaws in democracy and the flaws in society?

INSTRUCTIONS: For all your Reflection Assignments, you will need to show an understanding of the material presented on Canvas and I will be looking for your own analysis. Your analysis should show some critical thinking (using your own words) and you should make sure to fully explain your responses. Please answer ALL of the following

Plato and Hobbes both have some strong criticisms of democracy and of humanity. What do you think about what they both had to say about the flaws in democracy and the flaws in society? Read More »

In an essay of at least 500 words, explain the biggest impacts of the Columbian Exchange on both the European settlers and the Native Americans.

Europeans and Native AmericansIn this unit, you have learned about the early interactions between European settlers and Native Americans. In an essay of at least 500 words, explain the biggest impacts of the Columbian Exchange on both the European settlers and the Native Americans. Click on the link in the Red Box to view the

In an essay of at least 500 words, explain the biggest impacts of the Columbian Exchange on both the European settlers and the Native Americans. Read More »