History

selected civilization for this is mesoamerica Option 1: The ancient civilizations in this course all follow a similar path: they rise up, they have a period where things flourish, they experience a decline and they leave the world with some sort of legacy. Which part of the path is the most significant for your chosen civilization? Be sure to use specific examples to support your arguments. Option 2: Thomas Carlyle gave the world the “Great Man” theory, by which we can evaluate a leader. Which criteria is most important in determining whether or not a leader is great, and how does one person within your selected civilization exemplify that criteria?

Explain the social, economic, and political impact of slavery on the development of the United States and its people between the establishment of the Republic in 1787 and the end of the Civil War. Where, why, and how did it flourish? How did it affect the development of separate identities within and between the major regions of the country? How did it affect economic growth and development? What major events connected with the slavery issue led to the Civil War and affected its conduct, as well as its outcome? As always, be explicit in your arguments and support them with specific examples.

There were many groups who came to the New World from England.   Create a timeline of the various groups who traveled here between 1585-1630 and discuss why these groups traveled to the New World and where they settled. Which groups were successful, which were not? What did the English government hope to gain from establishing colonies? Compare that with what colonists may have hoped to gain from coming to the new colonies.

Write a 4 pages essay about 2019 Hongkong Protest. Relate the topic to political activism in China. Compare and contrast different journals’ perspective on this issue (mainland China vs. Hongkong Press vs. international press). Please include 8 sources in the format of direct quotes or summary. Make sure that the essay is authentic. Reference: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/asia/hong-kong-extradition-bill.html https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=SxStAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=hong+kong+protest+journal+article&ots=FuT8j4__og&sig=8EH02wSnN83b4L9DiztOp6mVOkk#v=onepage&q=hong%20kong%20protest%20journal%20article&f=false

The exploitation of colonial resources and indigenous labor was one of the key elements in the success of imperialism. Such exploitation was a result of the prevalent ethnocentrism of the time and was justified by the unscientific concept of social Darwinism, which praised the characteristics of white Europeans and inaccurately ascribed negative characteristics to indigenous peoples. A famous poem of the time by Rudyard Kipling, “White Man’s Burden,” called on imperial powers, and particularly the U.S., at whom the poem was directed, to take up the mission of civilizing these “savage” peoples. Read the poem at the following link: Link (website): White Man’s Burden (Links to an external site.) (Rudyard Kipling) After reading the poem, address the following in a case study analysis: Select a specific part of the world (a country), and examine imperialism in that country. What was the relationship between the invading country and the native people? You can select from these examples or choose your own: Belgium & Africa Britain & India Germany & Africa France & Africa Apply social Darwinism to this specific case. Analyze the motivations of the invading country? How did ethnocentrism manifest in their interactions? How does Kipling’s poem apply to your specific example? You can quote lines for comparison. Callebaut, P., & Saey, N. (Directors), & Callebaut, P., & Saey, N. (Producers). (1984). Armenian diaspora [Video]. Landmark Media. Academic Video Online. Duiker, W. J. (2015). Contemporary world history (6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Explain the social, economic, and political impact of westward expansion on the development of the United States and its people from the establishment of the Republic in 1787 to the beginning of the Civil War. What were the major acquisitions of new territory? When, how and why did they happen? What changes in the social, economic and political development of the country did they generate? How did they contribute to growing divisions within the American identity and the eventual coming of the Civil War? As always, be explicit in your arguments and support them with specific examples.

For this first discussion, read this excerpt from historians John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham’s book From Slavery to Freedom. According to Franklin and Higginbotham, “Throughout much of the sixteenth century and into the eighteenth, North American slavery evolved unevenly–by time, by region, and by European colonizer.” For this forum, discuss why this is so by looking at the following colonial regions as divided up in the passage of Franklin and Higginbotham linked above: New England (Massachusetts Bay Colony, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire) The Mid-Atlantic colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware) The Chesapeake Bay colonies (Maryland and Virginia) The South (Carolina [later North and South Carolina] and Georgia) For your first post, choose two of these regions and compare and contrast them. As you review chapters three and four, look especially at the following factors: Who settled the colonies in question, and why? What major crops were grown in that region? How was slavery introduced, and when?  What was the legal status of slavery and how did it change over time? What work was reserved for slaves? What were conditions like? What other forms of unfree labor competed with slavery? Which was most efficient? What other cultural factors, like religion, were at play? For instance, how did Puritanism in New England, Quakerism in Pennsylvania, or Catholicism in Spanish Florida effect slavery? How much contact did the colonies in question have with other European colonial regions like New France, Louisiana, Florida, or the Caribbean? How much contact did slaves have with their masters?  With these factors in mind, respond to the following reflection questions: In the two regions you’ve selected, how did the institution of slavery develop and what factors changed its legal status? In the two regions you’ve selected, what kind of distinctive slave culture developed and what factors shaped its distinctive characteristics? What most surprised you about this topic of study, and why? For your first post, respond with thorough, detailed reflections.

Using these 3 sources answer the following questions.  Source 1: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/jhrWVMfQ3N3g_8wwOWIV4D55bHEFxM90dRRXljdm2euZk7hPFntZnFcFFQc6nvgb1Z3VqpoDVgqbtpc.gZWrbgNy0Vluq5dj?startTime=1609781502000&_x_zm_rtaid=zSkTlbuBSx2OSoBMK7omFg.1610078332280.3521a8b0d3dba2f34e0927df63c1a1f3&_x_zm_rhtaid=823 Source 2: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/ZZAnDPUv1wdEa6uB01FEgsfFZWEPLPOiNyHeWUHwkG-I2_ErhHZBMHcH1j1wr3uvQTrw_bM54bkegSd1.DUkSsslpHM8KjTr4?startTime=1609784958000&_x_zm_rtaid=zSkTlbuBSx2OSoBMK7omFg.1610078332280.3521a8b0d3dba2f34e0927df63c1a1f3&_x_zm_rhtaid=823 Source 3: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/10uN1uee64ixio2-FtBKdtQHmPLwD9ceon3tf_Yul9AxJt38ODsVYFyEJ6C9hCGCrsPQk0Nt5yEH7Cyq.iTPPKBp-s0VXcP2B?startTime=1609788445000&_x_zm_rtaid=zSkTlbuBSx2OSoBMK7omFg.1610078332280.3521a8b0d3dba2f34e0927df63c1a1f3&_x_zm_rhtaid=823 Minimum 500 words and include specific details, key terms, and contents from assigned 3 sources to answer:  1. Explain why W.E.B. Dubois described and summarized Reconstruction as “the slave went free, stood a brief moment in the sun, and then moved back again towards slavery.” 2. Identify, provide, and discuss examples of how blacks resisted the rise of white supremacy after Reconstruction and defended their political rights and human dignity.

Video:  The video “What is History For?” argues that history matters because it provides solutions to the problems of the present. Recall the statement “Those who don’t know history won’t be able to improve the present.” Consider a recent event, either in your personal life or in the news. In a few sentences, describe a way that a past historical event could inform your understanding of the recent event. Briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism (the use of modern values to interpret past events) in the study of those past events.

Cabaret  (1972)   1.       Who are the main characters and what are their dreams for their lives? Why are they pursuing their dreams in interwar Germany?     2.       How does the rise of Nazism all around encroach on the lives of the main characters?   3.       What do Sally’s sexual adventures and Brian’s sexuality mean in interwar Germany? To what degree are they free to live how they want?   4.       How does the fact that Natalia is Jewish alter her prospects? Why do you think Fritz has hidden his Jewishness?     5.       What does the end of the movie imply about what is to come? Describe the culture that is being lost and why?