History

Discuss the Vietnam Police Action. How and why did the U.S. become involved in Vietnam? What strategic or tactical errors did the U.S. commit in Southeast Asia? How did Americans respond to U.S. involvement in Vietnam? Who won the war and what were its results?

How do Chuck Berry’s career and the history of Motown Records illustrate the influence of Booker T. Washington’s doctrines of racial self-help on efforts to expand African American economic, cultural, and political power during the 1950s and 1960s?

In an essay of 1000 words or more, answer the following questions.   You should cite the sources you use according to the Chicago Manual of Style complete with footnotes and a bibliography.  To what extent must modernism depend on early modern “mechanistic” thought from the Scientific Revolution?  What is modern about Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Freud, and Sartre, and where does it come from?  How is Dostoevsky’s underground man a specifically modern character?  Based on the texts assigned in this course, what is modernism?  What contributed to its development, and what impulses drove the process?

Explain the ways in which the Medieval West understood and expressed the idea of community.

Write a vivid description about the alps. Write a dramatic opening in the beginning, a simile, and some facts at the end.

What happens when the past meets the present? One of the most important jobs of historians is to conduct research and present that research to colleagues and the public in an engaging way.  Another critical job of historians is to examine how the past impacts the present.  This project is designed to encourage you to do both.  This assignment asks you to contextualize a historical monument, museum exhibit, artistic piece, literary work, or invented tradition. Each student will write a 5-6 page (Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced) review of their respective site or monument and critique its cultural value as well as its representation of history and memory.  Consider the following questions when writing your essay: Why was the monument originally created? Can you say more about the historical context and background of when and why the monument was created? Who benefits from the monument? Who resists or disproves the monument? How has the monument been used over time to express grief or joy, dissent or consent, power or subordination, and other values? How have they been designed to include, exclude, identify, politicize, unify or divide? How do these symbols help us as a nation contextualize our values as we strive for a “more perfect union?”  In your opinion, do they help or hurt in this regard? Why? Should the monument be destroyed, reinterpreted, or replicated? Why or why not? You will need to utilize and include 4 sources related to your topic. These sources can comprise of the following:1) American Yawp (and primary sources contained within)2) Academic journal articles and texts found using the F.I.U. Library’s database.3) Online newspaper articles and/or blogs related to your specific monument.4) Online newspaper articles, blogs, or academic articles related to the concept of historical memory in general.*Tips:You may want to revisit and review course materials on Historical Memory from week 2 (Dr. Seeley’s lecture and the articles on Confederate monuments).There are many ways to organize this paper. Your essay must still contain a clear argument and thesis statement. I would highly suggest spending the first 1-2 pages discussing the background and historical context of your monument. When was it created? Revisit American Yawp and your notes to see what was happening at that point in U.S. History. Is it connected?The second half of your paper (2-3 pages), should analyze your monument in greater depth. You do not need to consider all of the questions above, they are simply there to help add to your discussion. There are many ways to think about monuments and historical memory. Your job is to make meaning of a monument and to analyze what it says about society today.**When citing sources, you can simply cite the author at the end of your sentence in parentheses, followed by the page number. For example:The New York Times claimed, “bla bla bla (New York Times, 232).” You must include a works cited page which lists your sources for this assignment. This can be in MLA or Chicago-style format, whichever you prefer and are more familiar with.

Beginning in the late 15th century, European Kings and Queens began sponsoring voyages in search of quicker over-seas trade routes to Asia. While most of these voyages did not ultimately lead to the discovery of over-seas trade routes, the discoveries that were made had a profound and lasting impact on the world. At a similar time in history, east Asian nations, such as China and Japan, were doing the opposite and effectively killing their expansionist policies and choosing to withdraw into foreign policies of relative isolation. What factors drove European nations to explore and expand? What factors led east Asian nations to seek policies of relative isolation at the same time as European exploration and expansion? How do the discoveries of the European explorers continue to impact the western world today? (What impact did the discoveries of European explorers have on North and South America?)

Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History explains ten specific archaeological finds that have changed how world history is understood.  Your assignment is to select seven of these discoveries and describe their importance, as Patrick Hunt described it.  How were these items discovered?  Do you believe that these discoveries are as significant as the author explains? Why or why not?  Please answer these questions in a thesis driven, properly cited essay in a 12-point font, double spaced paper AT LEAST three pages in length.

Instructions: You will write five (5) short answer identifications, answering who or what the term is, when and where it appeared or was active, and how the term is significant to the history of witchcraft, witch-hunting, and magical belief and/or disenchantment in the modern world (provide 2-3 reasons) in a short paragraph. You do not need works cited or bibliography page but you need to cite your evidence using parenthetical citations.  *All sources included under uploaded files, no internet or other sources needed.  Five Identifications: 1. “Old witches” & “new witches”     (Use Sources: Behringer Chapter 7 titled Old and New Witches and either JenkinsWeberDisenchantment pdf or AspremDisenchantment pdf) 2. “Witch camps”     (Use Sources: The film “I Am Not A Witch” or ZachrissonZimbabweWitchcraft pdf and either JenkinsWeberDisenchantment pdf or AspremDisenchantment pdf) 3. “Wicca’s “Creation Myth””     (Use Sources: Hutton’s book Chapters 11-19 and either JenkinsWeberDisenchantment pdf or AspremDisenchantment pdf) 4. “Margaret Murray”     (Use Sources: Hutton’s book Chapter 10 and either JenkinsWeberDisenchantment pdf or AspremDisenchantment pdf) 5. “Satanic Panic”     (Use Sources: Witchcraft Today Readings pdf and either JenkinsWeberDisenchantment pdf or AspremDisenchantment pdf)

please write 1 substantial paragraphs for each of the below questions.  1) Please watch the film “Sir! No Sir!” (2005). Why were these soldiers opposed to the war? Could a similar movement like the one in this film develop now?  Why or why not?  2) Read the letter exchange between Lyndon Johnson and Ho Chi Minh.  Do you find either of their proposals more rational?  Why or why not?