Category: History

Should World War II be considered a “Good War?”Discuss

Was ww2 a good war

Read excerpts from The “Good War” by Studs Terkel on Blackboard and answer the following question: Should World War II be considered a “Good War?”

The stories presented by Terkel are first person accounts of the Second World War by Americans who lived through it at home as civilians or as soldiers.

In Elizabeth D. Samet’s recent book Looking for the Good War, she suggests six myths that continue to surround the war as follows:

The United States went to war to liberate the world from fascism and tyranny.

All Americans were absolutely united in their commitment to the war effort.

Everyone on the home front made tremendous sacrifices.

Americans are liberators who fight decently, reluctantly, only when they must.

World War II was a foreign tragedy with a happy American ending.

Everyone has always agreed on points 1-5.

How did the suffrage movement, the labor movement, World War I, women’s clubs, feminism, and Progressive Era reform work open up new opportunities for women? Discuss how at least three of these issues affected women’s lives at this time.

Progressive Era Women’s Changing Role in the Public Sphere

Using Chapters 8 of Through Women’s Eyes and your lecture notes, write a 3-4 page paper discussing the new ways that women entered “the public sphere” during the Progressive Era.

How did the suffrage movement, the labor movement, World War I, women’s clubs, feminism, and Progressive Era reform work open up new opportunities for women? Discuss how at least three of these issues affected women’s lives at this time.

Compare and contrast depictions of the human body during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Be sure to explain those images in their contexts (i.e. the political, social, economic, technological, and religious), and follow a theme.

Compare and contrast depictions of the human body during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Be sure to explain those images in their contexts (i.e. the political, social, economic, technological, and religious), and follow a theme. This is a very broad topic that gives students considerable latitude to follow a theme of their interest.

 Explain the essential differences (and several important similarities) in the philosophical beliefs as well as the specific strategies and objectives between and among Dr. King, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers

Civil Rights Movement Document Based Questions Essay

The Four Primary Source Documents

A letter (later known as Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”) written by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while Dr. King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama in the Spring of 1963 for his role in leading non-violent protests in that city (later known as the “Children’s Crusade”)

Malcolm X’s famous “Ballot or Bullet Speech” given in April 1964

The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program issued shortly after the Black Panthers’ formation in Oakland, California in 1966

An excerpt from The Kerner Commission Report on Civil Disorders issued after
widespread riots in northern cities from 1965-1967 (and issued just weeks before the assassination of Dr. King (in April 1968) and the consequent riots that ensued across the country thereafter)
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non-violent direct action and civil disobedience by African Americans and other civil rights protestors that strategically “used” White supremacist violence, via the media, to engender more support from moderate Whites for enhanced civil rights for African Americans

riots by African American in their own communities in northern cities from 1965-1967 and then later in 1968 across the country after Dr. King’s assassination.

trace the evolution from non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to increasing militancy among African American leadership during the Civil Rights Movement and explain the reasons for (and give several specific examples of transitionary events that led to) that evolution

Explain the essential differences (and several important similarities) in the philosophical beliefs as well as the specific strategies and objectives between and among Dr. King, Malcolm X and the Black Panthers

Explain how Dr. King might have responded to both:
(a) arguments promoting “Black Power” and Black Nationalism (the latter of which Dr. King briefly addressed in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail)

the Kerner Commission’s specific conclusions about the primary causes for the riots in major northern cities in the mid-to-late 1960’s.

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois offered differing philosophies, strategies, and tactics for African Americans following Reconstruction. In your opinion, which of these leaders gave the best advice for their times? Why do you feel this way? Use . Write at least 2 paragraphs.

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois offered differing philosophies, strategies, and tactics for African Americans following Reconstruction. In your opinion, which of these leaders gave the best advice for their times? Why do you feel this way? Use . Write at least 2 paragraphs.

Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was the longest in U.S. history. He is famous for the fireside chats that informed and encouraged the American people through the Great Depression and World War II. Suppose you were asked to give your own fireside chat about Roosevelt’s presidency. What would you say?

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Franklin Roosevelt promised the American people a new deal. Most believed that he also meant a good deal. Did America get a good deal with the New Deal? Write an essay explaining ways in which the New Deal was a success and the ways in which it was not.
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Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency was the longest in U.S. history. He is famous for the fireside chats that informed and encouraged the American people through the Great Depression and World War II. Suppose you were asked to give your own fireside chat about Roosevelt’s presidency. What would you say?
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