Category: American History

Explain how Senator Joseph McCarthy defined communist nations within the speech. What specific threats did these nations pose?

Construct the case study by responding to the following prompts:

Explain how Senator Joseph McCarthy defined communist nations within the speech. What specific threats did these nations pose?
Assess if Senator Joseph McCarthy charges were accurate.

Analyze anti-communist sentiments during the Cold War era, were these sentiments valid. If so, how? If not, why not?

Explain if there are other examples of events similar to the Red Scare that have occurred throughout history and modern day.

Examine what happened to people who invoked the Fifth Amendment, refused to appear or were found in violation of the law as defined by the Congressional Committee.

Construct the case study by responding to the following prompts:

Explain if the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the nation.

What effect would the Civil Rights Acts have across the continent on minority groups?

Do you think that the tactics and strategies that civil rights activists used in the 1960s would apply to today’s racial and ethnic conflicts? Why or why not?

Do the ideas of the 1960s still have relevance today? If so how? If not, why not?

Analyze how the Civil Rights Movement would impact diversity in America today.

Option 3: American Domestic and Foreign Policies (1953-1991)
Complete a search either in the Chamberlain Library or internet for domestic and foreign polices of four (4) of the following Presidents. Please incorporate at least one primary source of either a policy or act that you have chosen to write about.

Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan

Then, compare domestic and foreign polices of your four (4) presidents by answering the following prompts:

Explain how your selected presidents worked to improve the United States economically and socially. Give at least one example of each president.
Assess if the policies of your choice of presidents strengthen or weaken the United States.

Explain how you see your choice of presidents served the public interest and further the cause of democracy.

Determine if it is constitutional for the United States to fight preemptive wars.

Determine if human rights and morality should be the cornerstones of United State foreign policy.

What other influences were important in your own political socialization (school, friends, significant events, etc.)?

Political Socialization

Were they what you expected?

Were the results of the quizzes similar?

Do you agree with them? Why or why not?

Do you think such quizzes are useful tools?

Which one(s) do you think had the best design? Why?

Why do you think you are the political person you are?

Where do you think your core beliefs about politics come from?

Do the theories of political socialization discussed in the class notes or in the text seem to apply to you?

What is your earliest political memory?

Do you share your parents’ political opinions in whole or in part?

What other influences were important in your own political socialization (school, friends, significant events, etc.)?

How did any of these influences shape your development?

If you’re already thinking that there are few or no issues that you care about, think about that as well. How would you explain why this is the case?

Discuss of  the National Emergencies Act of 1976.Discuss the historical Emergencies in American History.

Presidential Emergency Powers

Use the following format requirements on all submissions.

Writing Style APA (American Psychological Association)

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Discuss of  the National Emergencies Act of 1976.

Discuss the historical Emergencies in American History.

The purpose of this exhibit is to give museum visitors an opportunity to think about the idea of the American dream through the presentation of five important moments, debates, or controversies in U.S. history from the end of the Civil War through our modern world. What, though, will you choose?

You have been chosen as the curator for a new exhibit, “Finding the American Dream: Five Critical Moments in Modern American History,” which will be featured in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this exhibit is to give museum visitors an opportunity to think about the idea of the American dream through the presentation of five important moments, debates, or controversies in U.S. history from the end of the Civil War through our modern world. What, though, will you choose?

What does he have to say about the project of American democracy?

The following readings are available on electronic reserve, and can be found by clicking on the “Course Reserves” link on the course menu:

Prompt
This week, we looked at one of the most troubled times in American history—a moment where it was not even clear America as an idea or nation would even continue. In that regard, though we traveled far and wide in our thinking, it is hard to get around the centrality of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership in this era, and for that reason he looms large. To that end, make a claim about an important or otherwise dramatic contribution in Lincoln’s thought: what does he have to say about the project of American democracy?

Do this by selecting one of the Lincoln documents we have for this week and draw connections (similarities, differences, or something else) between it and at least one other text.