Category: History

What were daily living conditions like? What did you do for work and leisure? Describe your surroundings. What were some famous landmarks and features of life in modern NYC?

4.1 film response
In your video be sure to discuss the following (in whatever order you choose):

Your background–where did you come from and why? Why did you choose to come to NYC? Are you young or old?

How did you arrive here in New York City and what did you think of Ellis Island?

What were daily living conditions like? What did you do for work and leisure?

Describe your surroundings. What were some famous landmarks and features of life in modern NYC?

Weave in something about the Triangle Fire and the politician Al Smith.

Did you feel like an outsider or did you feel at home in NYC? explain.
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 What role did race, slavery, and political ideology play in causing the Civil War?Did the democratic and social reform movements of the 1820s-1840s increase Americans’ freedoms or merely expose how some groups were victims of prejudice?

If the story of America between 1810s and 1865 is one that reveals both the expansion of freedom and its limitations, what were the main historical developments in that story?

Did western expansion and the Market Revolution expand Americans’ freedom?

Did the democratic and social reform movements of the 1820s-1840s increase Americans’ freedoms or merely expose how some groups were victims of prejudice?

What role did race, slavery, and political ideology play in causing the Civil War?

Did the Civil War lead to an expansion of freedoms? Did it expose freedom’s limitations?

Explain the origins of World War I, the deadly and destructive course of the war, its impact on the societies of those nations at war, and the immediate geopolitical consequences of the peace process.

Answer BOTH prompts. Grading criteria is on the study guide. Be sure to answer the entire prompt and include as many details as possible. Use ONLY lecture content. Any content NOT from lecture will not aid your exam and may be seen as evidence of cheating.

Explain the origins of World War I, the deadly and destructive course of the war, its impact on the societies of those nations at war, and the immediate geopolitical consequences of the peace process.

Compare and contrast the Russian Revolution and the rise of fascism in Germany in the 1930s. How did both of these transformations grow out of discontent in their respective nations and how did they both create new ways of governing and promises for change? Be sure to include both similarities and differences in your comparison of these radical transformations.

Why is this book an important example of social history? How does it shed light on significant elements of the nineteenth century?

Assignment The Village of the Cannibals :

Write a summary of The Village of the Cannibals (800 words minimum)

The summary must include:
A brief identification of the author, Alain Corbin
A short summary of the event described in the book

Your thoughts on Corbin’s historical method. Why is this book an important example of social history? How does it shed light on significant elements of the nineteenth century?

What do you feel was the major impact of the Cold War and the Reagan Doctrine specifically on Central America during the 1970’s and 1980’s? Were the actions of the United States justified in these instances? Why or why not?

What do you feel was the major impact of the Cold War and the Reagan Doctrine specifically on Central America during the 1970’s and 1980’s? Were the actions of the United States justified in these instances? Why or why not?