Category: History

What do you think about the Hummingbird Effect? Does it seem plausible?Did you find this book enlightening?Do these six categories make the world modern? How is he using the terms Modern and Now?

Book Review

Within the context of our Western Civilization II class:

Do these six categories make the world modern? How is he using the terms Modern and Now?

What evidence is he using to support his thesis?Does it make for a convincing argument? Why or why not?
What were the greatest strengths of his argument?

Is there a different category you would add or one category that seems weaker than the others? Why?
Did it provide insight into modern Western history?

Johnson spends a lot of time on the Hummingbird Effect. Be sure you can explain this effect and provide one example from the book.

What do you think about the Hummingbird Effect? Does it seem plausible?Did you find this book enlightening?

Answer these questions based on your reading of the book. Use Johnson’s book, your textbook, materials provided by class, and other reputable sources to support your argument.

What is your final opinion of him as an author? Would you recommend him to others – or would you not suggest others consider reading him?

Single-spaced,. (Important) (12 point Times New Roman font)

Respond to chapters 8, 9, 10 of Howard Zinn, A People’s History. Talk about what you thought about the reading. Feel free to say anything.

What is your final opinion of him as an author? Would you recommend him to others – or would you not suggest others consider reading him?

The link for the Zinn book:
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html

Ancient Greek definitions of ‘male’ and ‘female’ gender and sexuality are often linked to ideas of hierarchy, power and control. Discuss this connection, and be sure to consider exceptions to the ‘rules.

Ancient Greek gender and sexuality linked to ideas of hierarchy, power and control

ANSWER the QUESTION:

Ancient Greek definitions of ‘male’ and ‘female’ gender and sexuality are often linked to ideas of hierarchy, power and control. Discuss this connection, and be sure to consider exceptions to the ‘rules.

Why were the student run sit ins during the civil rights movement so significant for the civil rights movement? time peroid 1954-1968

Academic style: Chicago style 17th edition (To site use footnotes) here you will build your argument with primary sources.

The prompt question is, why were the student run sit ins during the civil rights movement so significant for the civil rights movement? time peroid 1954-1968

Compare and contrast the sources arguments. the arguments have to be mixed in the paragraphs. No source should be alone in a paragraph.

 

What hints (visual or otherwise) do you see that K is misunderstanding some of the facts of the situation?Is this facebook post informed and trustworthy from what you can see here?

Write a Post that addresses the following in narrative form (not bullet points) in around 200-250 words

How does K’s post encourage people to be outraged? What might they be outraged about?

What’s changed between the headline and K’s commentary?

What hints (visual or otherwise) do you see that K is misunderstanding some of the facts of the situation?

What is some additional information you would need to look for to fully understand the situation?

Is this facebook post informed and trustworthy from what you can see here?

Describe the three major issues that Andrew Jackson dealt with as president. How did he respond to each and was his response appropriate or constitutional? Given what we discussed about Andrew Jackson, do you think he was more or less dangerous to democracy than Trump was as president?

Describe the three major issues that Andrew Jackson dealt with as president. How did he respond to each and was his response appropriate or constitutional? Given what we discussed about Andrew Jackson, do you think he was more or less dangerous to democracy than Trump was as president?

1. Crappy Introduction
a. Native Americans and Westward Expansion (removal or assimilation)
b. The tariff/Nullification crisis
c. Bank war

2. First Paragraph
a. Cherokee Removal: explain the background of the removal, why and how did it happen, what led up to the Trail of Tears, and the way Andrew Jackson responded to the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the Cherokee Nation; was his response appropriate and/or constitutional?

3. Second Paragraph
a. Nullification Crisis: explain the tariffs and what they were meant to do, why the South was angry about it and how South Carolina responds, what the idea of nullification was, and how Jackson responded to the crisis; was his response appropriate and/or constitutional?

4. Third Paragraph
a. Bank War: provide background on the issue, how he managed to kill the National Bank, what happened as a result; was his response appropriate and/or constitutional?

5. Crappy Conclusion
a. Was Jackson more or less dangerous to democracy than Trump?

What are the challenges to increasing economic interdependence, both within the domestic and international systems? Which theoretical view from the course best fits how you think the US should approach the future of international economic relations?

The Final Exam questions are as follows:

When did the challenge of Islamic terrorism emerge and why? In what ways did US foreign policy contribute to this global challenge, and has domestic terrorism risen as a result too?

In your considered opinion, has the United States adopted appropriate strategies to cope with these threats? Be clear on what those strategies have been and why they were or were not appropriate.

Compare the challenges of climate change and global health dilemmas to the challenge of renewed great power competition.

To what extent do solutions in the area of climate change and global health clash with the need to cope with challenges from Russia and China? Are there ways to deal with both issue areas consistently and simultaneously?
Consider the rise of economic globalization.

What are the challenges to increasing economic interdependence, both within the domestic and international systems? Which theoretical view from the course best fits how you think the US should approach the future of international economic relations?

For example, how might you assess the liberal claim that the US should continue to integrate economically with China so as to benefit both societies economically and politically by causing peace between the tightly bounded trade partners?

What do the people they interview know about the Amistad? What is their understanding of the impact of the slave trade in their lives? What about Colonization?

films analysis

https://www.ghostsofamistad.com/Synopsis:

Possible Questions to consider:

1. What is the premise of the film? What are the goals of the film makers? What do they hope to learn?

2. How do the locals receive the film makers? How are they able to make connections along their journey?

3. What do the people they interview know about the Amistad? What is their understanding of the impact of the slave trade in their lives? What about Colonization?

4. How does this film and the Amistad provide connections between slavery, Africa, and African culture?

 How did the government handle the drug crisis in California? With the ongoing war on drugs, how did the California government step in and handle this widespread problem? How were the communities within the state affected?

This is the main question of the group for a digital storytelling project which we will do later and we are doing individual research papers for it now.

How did the government handle the drug crisis in California? With the ongoing war on drugs, how did the California government step in and handle this widespread problem? How were the communities within the state affected?

This is the question that needs to be answered for this paper:
How did police forces intervene in communities of color relating to drug use?

How and why did the anti-Semitism of the time before the French Revolution differ from the anti-Semitism that emerged after the French Revolution? Be certain to make reference to specific writings.

THE HOLOCAUST

1. Explain the causes of prejudice as it has been presented to you in my lecture and in your readings. Be certain to give examples of each cause you discuss.

2. In the film series Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, Abba Eban discusses the many different ways Jews attempted to deal with centuries of exile, discrimination, and persecution. Discuss these ways.

3. How and why did the anti-Semitism of the time before the French Revolution differ from the anti-Semitism that emerged after the French Revolution? Be certain to make reference to specific writings.

4. Explain in detail the racial theory of Adolf Hitler as he presents it in Chapter 11 of Mein Kampf, “Volk und Rasse” (“People and Race.”)

5. The Nazis came to power in Germany in January of 1933 by perfectly legal, constitutional means; by the summer of 1934 they had transformed Germany’s democratic republic into a totalitarian dictatorship. How did Hitler and his followers effect this transformation?