Category: History

Discuss the discrimination that African Americans faced in the United States in the late 1800s. How did this discrimination effect America’s political and social culture?

Discuss the discrimination that African Americans faced in the United States in the late 1800s. How did this discrimination effect America’s political and social culture?

Discuss why and how the United States became an imperial power.

Discuss the Open Door policy and its effects on relations between the United States and Asia.

Discuss how progressives attempted to solve the nation’s social problems.

Discuss the American intervention in Mexico and the Caribbean.This intervention had a significant effect on foreign relations. Explain.

Discuss the effects of World War I on the United States.

In the 1920s the conflicts between traditional and modern values shook the country and influenced changes in America’s political and social institutions. Explain.

The economic policies of the U.S. government contributed to the economic prosperity of the 1920s. Explain.

Discuss the causes of the Great Depression.

 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?

The Civil Rights Movement

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.

Identify two major leaders of the chosen empire. Discuss one significant contribution for each of the major leaders you identified in part C1.

The Rise of Multicultural Empires

Discuss the impact of one geographical factor on each of the empires selected in part A (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs).

Describe two unique cultural characteristics for each of the empires you selected in part A (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs).

Describe changes in one of the chosen empires from part A by doing the following (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs):

Identify two major leaders of the chosen empire.

Discuss one significant contribution for each of the major leaders you identified in part C1.

Explain the methods used by the chosen empire to expand its territory and power.

Analyze how your chosen empire’s political structures changed over time.

Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content.

1. Include the following information when providing source references:

• author

• date

• title

• location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, or website URL)

How do historians and human scientists give knowledge meaning through the telling of stories? Discuss with reference to history and the human sciences.

IB TOK Essay

How do historians and human scientists give knowledge meaning through the telling of stories? Discuss with reference to history and the human sciences.

Thoughts to consider with essay 4 include:
the role of narrative construction in knowledge creation
the difference between trivial and significant knowledge
genealogical explanations of concepts and knowledge

How do you help to eliminate racism in the United States?Each person can either contribute to or help eradicate the culture of racism that has existed, so what steps can individuals take?

Solution to racism

In regards to racial issues in the United States, what needs to be done, if anything? In regards to racial issues in the United States, what needs to be done, if anything? Look back at previous racially tense moments in the US (civil war, 1960s, etc): what was learned or not learned from those periods? Have other countries experienced such racial tension, and if so, what have they done? Are racial issues something that the government needs to fix or is that up to each individual? What is racial tension and where does it come from..if even able to answer?

What about hypocricies within race-examples: a single race allowing the use of certain terms/phrases, but not allowing any other race or TV shows that only depict one race. Explain. This question(s) must be answered: how do you help to eliminate racism in the United States? Each person can either contribute to or help eradicate the culture of racism that has existed, so what steps can individuals take?

From the time of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the present, what progress have we made in the United States in terms of ALL three of our course themes―Liberty, Equality, and Power?

Final Exam

From the time of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the present, what progress have we made in the United States in terms of ALL three of our course themes―Liberty, Equality, and Power? YOU MUST write about ALL THREE THEMES.

Rebecca Edwards challenges the common depiction of the Gilded Age as a period dominated by “corruption, political stagnation, and malaise” by suggesting that the era should be reexamined (Edwards, 5). If she is right that we should reconsider the Gilded Age and emphasize its more mixed legacy, then how does she show it? If not then how should we think of the era?

Rebecca Edwards challenges the common depiction of the Gilded Age as a period dominated by “corruption, political stagnation, and malaise” by suggesting that the era should be reexamined (Edwards, 5). If she is right that we should reconsider the Gilded Age and emphasize its more mixed legacy, then how does she show it? If not then how should we think of the era?