Category: History

Summarize what the author is trying to tell the reader about slavery’s impact on the economy: Plus add your analysis of the article..did you agree with the author’s theory or view?Did slavery make economic sense? by C.W. and A.J.K.D.

Impact of Slavery on the economy

Economic debate about slavery follow up–

Read one of the following articles and summarize what the author is trying to tell the reader about slavery’s impact on the economy: Plus add your analysis of the article..did you agree with the author’s theory or view?

Did slavery make economic sense? by C.W. and A.J.K.D.

Slave Tax as Sin Tax: 18th and 19th Century Perspectives by Joel S. Newman

The Impact of the Slave Trade on African Economies by Warren Whatley and Rob Gillezeau (PDF that Downloads)

The economic basis of the slave trade by Dr Alan Rice

Excerpts from Edmund Ruffin, The Political Economy of Slavery.

Slavery and the American Economy By Waldron H. Giles, Ph.D.

How Slavery Helped Build a World Economy by Howard Dodson

How Slavery Led to Modern Capitalism: Echoes By Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman\
Without Slavery, Would The U.S. Be The Leading Economic Power? by Edward Baptist
Slavery and American Capitalism

What are the various conclusions, insights and arguments made by historians over the nature of different wars in the middle ages? [what do these historians say about what medieval war was exactly? its composition, its way of fighting, what made it distinct?

Historiography (How Do Modern Historians Interpret Medieval Warfare)

What are the various conclusions, insights and arguments made by historians over the nature of different wars in the middle ages? [what do these historians say about what medieval war was exactly? its composition, its way of fighting, what made it distinct?]

What aspect of war – causes [religion–see Riley-Smith, for example], motivation [how do the historians on the list argue for different motives], technology [ [atrocities, for example in the crusades; rules of war]], conduct, on-the-ground experience – do different historians focus on?

[how do they compare and contrast with each other]]And how do the particular wars they study – Crusades, 100 Years’ War – shape their analysis? [eg, how does studying the First Crusade inform the authors analysis?]

 

Did you effectively tackle the issues of the day?Were you thoughtful and engaging in presenting the issues of the day?

In regard to the content you will be graded on the following:

Did you effectively tackle the issues of the day?

Were you thoughtful and engaging in presenting the issues of the day?

Did you look at the issues from both sides and present a clear answer to those issues?

Did you cite three sources in Chicago Style using at least one primary source?

Remember that all sources must be scholarly and authoritative.

Did you integrate primary source citation into your bibliography?

Did you properly format your speech?

 

Discuss the connection of commerce and trade between the cultures of this unit and their effect on world history. Include the silk roads (sand and sea, too) the Islamic Empire, worlds of Christendom, China during the Ming Dynasty, and across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

Question No. 1

Trace and discuss the connection of commerce and trade between the cultures of this unit and their effect on world history. Include the silk roads (sand and sea, too) the Islamic Empire, worlds of Christendom, China during the Ming Dynasty, and across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

Question No. 2

Trace and discuss the role of women through this unit, comparing and contrasting their roles in the cultures of China, Islamic societies, during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and in the Americas, including native North America and the Aztecs.

Question No. 3

Traces, discuss and compare the existence of scholarship and humanism as evidenced by the the cultures of this unit. Include China, Southernization, Islam, the Muslim Synthesis, the Middle Ages and the Byzantine Empire, monastic institutions and the Renaissance.

How did the American victory in World War 2 impact us politically, socially, and economically? What were the long-term consequences of that victory? How did it change our economic position in the World? What impact did it have on our culture and social expectation of Americans?

World War II

How did the American victory in World War 2 impact us politically, socially, and economically? What were the long-term consequences of that victory? How did it change our economic position in the World? What impact did it have on our culture and social expectation of Americans?

If you had to teach a U.S. History class for one week, what topic would you choose and why? What level would you teach (elementary, middle, high, or college)? How would you go about it (lecture, videos, research, etc.)? How would you evaluate the success of your efforts/students? 

FINAL

If you had to teach a U.S. History class for one week, what topic would you choose and why? What level would you teach (elementary, middle, high, or college)? How would you go about it (lecture, videos, research, etc.)? How would you evaluate the success of your efforts/students?

Identify a historical failure created by a historical character that lived between 1700 and 1860.

Historical Failure was Christopher Columbus (select title)

Write a 600-800 word paper about a failure in History. (Example George Custer–do not use him for your paper, just an example!)

Identify a historical failure created by a historical character that lived between 1700 and 1860.

Students should show why this failure happened and how it could have been prevented or resolved more effectively.  note that you need to use logic and valid reasoning that goes beyond opinions or just a change of mind to properly address the issue of preventing a failure or correcting the failure. Use historical data and research to construct a solution to the failure. Your suggestion for correcting or preventing the failure should focus on systemic/cultural/political reasons for the failure.

Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Double-space.

Three cited sources are required. One of the three sources must be a primary source.

“What kinds of opportunities did the destruction of the Janissaries create, and what was missing without the Janissaries?”

The Auspicious Incident and Janisarries’ Competing Vision of Power

Answering the question

“What kinds of opportunities did the destruction of the Janissaries create, and what was missing without the Janissaries?”