History

Objectives Contextualize understandings of gender, race, and uplift theory Understand the experience of Americans in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era as they developed newer ideas of race and belonging. Apply historical lessons to our present experience Apply the information covered by the book, documentary, and podcast to form an argument based 5-7 page paper. Directions Read Louis Moore’s, I Fight for a Living (Links to an external site.): Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 Write a 5-7 page paper on the prompt provided in the “What to Include” section Formatting Guidelines: 12 pt – Times New Roman Font Double-spaced 1″ margins No added space between paragraphs (Go to “Paragraph” settings and set “space after” to 0pt) Citation Guidelines: Non-historians use the MLA style. Make sure all citations include specific page numbers! Submit your paper online as either a Word Document (.doc or .docx) or as a PDF What to include Answer the following prompt (including all subsections): Professional boxing gave black men the ability to make substantial earnings and escape the poor prospects of post-Reconstruction America. In what ways did these men face questions about their race, manhood, and their roles as leaders for their families and communities? What, if anything, changed over the period covered by this book? How were theories about uplift and race united by the actions of the boxers studied by Moore? How might a study on sports, like this book, give us a deeper understanding of culture, race, gender, and politics? How does the documentary add context to the book? What specific content supports or refutes the argument of the book? Is there anything in the documentary that adds complexity to the story of boxers in Moore’s book? How did the legacy of the Civil War and Reconstruction define “freedom” for African Americans? What was the target of the mob violence in Tulsa, OK, in 1921? How does this podcast episode strengthen, complicate, or change the story told in the assigned book and documentary? What are your thoughts about the memory of the Tulsa Massacre in American culture? Had you heard of it before? If so, does this telling of the history of that event add to your previous knowledge? Is there any further takeaway that you personally feel should be shared with people outside this class about the content assigned for this paper? Resources The only resources to be referenced in this assignment are provided to you below. Do NOT use outside sources for your paper or you will lose points. Book: I Fight for a Living – Louis Moore (Links to an external site.) There is a documentary The African Americans Many rivers to cross with Henry Lewis gates, Jr. and a podcast Confronting the Past Sidedoor

Answer Essay questions using book Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Seagull Sixth Edition) (Vol. Volume One) 1.Discuss the conflict of the early United States government and the transition to the constitution: with the establishment of the Declaration of Independence, what issues emerged with the attempt to establish the United States? What was the Articles of Confederation and how did it function? What were its weaknesses and issues in society that led to the shift to the creation of the Constitution? What issues took place with the creation of the constitution? What arguments took place between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist movement and how did the Bill of Rights become established as amendments in the constitution? What tensions were present between the north and south during the creation of the constitution? 2.Examine the Lowell Mills and the role of industrialization in urban society: what was the early structure of farming, artisans, and merchants? How did technology change the nature of society in the north and the shift to industrialization and urban society? What was the structure of early Lowell Mills and the Lowell Ideal? How did the town follow the concept of paternalism with the young women who worked the mills? What issues arose that led to the shift to the use of immigration labor and conditions? What was the new middle class and how did it establish a consumption society? What was the Cult of Domesticity and how did middle class women’s roles change? 3.Discuss the North and South sectional divide and consequences:how did the North and South come to be polarized in beliefs over slavery? How did the north turn towardsgradualabolition and why? What was plantation society and how did paternalism play a role in the view of slavery in the south? What were the roles of the plantation mistress, poor white southerners,and slaves? What was the conditions of slavery and how did slaves resist slavery and the conceptof paternalism on a regular basis? What role did the north play in the abolition movement? How did women and freed slaves play a role in promoting total abolition? How did these differences lead to the ultimate conflict between the north and south?What was the women’s rights movement and how was it connected to the abolition movement? 4.Examine the events leading up to the Civil War: what were the major factors that contributed to US territorial expansion in the 1840s? Why did the expansion of slavery become the most divisive political issue? What were the different events that took place inattempt to solve the conflicts between the north and south? Examine Missouri Compromise of 1830, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, popular sovereignty, Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas. What were each of these actions and what were they attempting to do? How did the election of Lincoln lead to the secession of southern states and what was South Carolina’s justification of secession? How did all of this lead to the Civil War?

A.Discuss life and civilization in Africa before 1500. B. Discuss life and civilization in the Americas before 1500. C. Discuss the major factors leading up to contact between previously isolated areas of the world in about 1500, including the connectivity brought about by Mongol conquests and the Black Death, the cultural phenomenon of the Renaissance in Europe, and the rise of Spain.

Read the article and write a reflection bearing the following in mind: https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ -colonialism is about military domination -colonialism is about displacement of people from their land -colonialism is about stripping away human dignity of peoples -the relationship between colonialism and out-migration into the U.S.

Cold War How did the Cold War impact US cultural life? What areas were impacted the most? Did our cultural beliefs create an outside group or “other than American” group? In past discussion and in our history, how did we handle this group? In the article by Whitfield, what did he consider Americans’ birthrights and do you agree with him? Civil Rights What were the goals and objectives outlined by the civil rights movement, as indicated in Hollitz chapter 10? (Make sure to use the secondary and primary sources)? Did all organizations / groups have the same agenda? Distinctly, outline which goals were achieved by those involved in the civil rights movement? In other words were they successful and do you see advancement in American lives today? How does popular memory affect the development of history?

After viewing the Frederick Douglass Documentary, I would like you to tell me what you learned in no more than two paragraphs, in your own words. Give me some background on him, and then describe his contributions to the slavery movement you found the most interesting, tell me about his relationship with William Lloyd Garrison, and your thoughts on John Brown. Tell me what stood out to you as the most interesting facts about him. Write the essay in no more than 800 words.

Part 1: Consider the following questions: What problems with the original Constitution, or changes in society, led to the creation of the Bill of Rights and the other amendments that followed? How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution? Part 2: Select one of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Explain the liberties protected by the amendment, citing the text of the amendment. Describe the factors and history that led to the establishment of the amendment. Explain the constitutional process for adding amendments. Part 3: Select one of the other 17 amendments to the U.S. Constitution not included in the Bill of Rights: Explain the amendment, its goals, and/or the protections it affords. Describe the process by which the amendment was ratified. Part 4: Cite 4 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your assignment. Do not use Wikipedia, Quora, Yahoo Questions or other crowdsourced websites as references. Include a reference list in APA format. Use in-text citations in APA format. Format your assignment following APA guidelines including references as one of the following: 18- to 20-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes in a separate word document 875-word paper Another format approved by your instructor

Introduction to International Relations 1. Discuss how the neo-Marxist perspective on international politics differs from the liberal perspective and show how it relates to the dependency theory. 2. Discuss the differences between the Concert of Europe and the League of Nations and show why the Concert succeeded in preserving the European peace for nearly a century, while the League failed miserably.

1. Summarize the concept and what it means to be a slave. How were slaves treated in the Ottoman Empire? 2. We know that slavery is a social construct and each society treats slaves differently. Give an example of slaves in a different era/region/society and how they were treated (this does not have to be from the timeframe of this course – it can be early America, Spanish colonization, etc).

Fifth amendment Answer the following questions. What do these amendments seek to protect against? Why might this be important? How might these protections inhibit the government from achieving other national goals? In your opinion: are these trade-offs worthwhile?