History

Fascism and the Origins of the Second World War.  1)What factors make fascism a unique political philosophy? 2)How did Mussolini gain power and establish a dictatorship in Italy? 3) Explain how the Weimar Republic collapsed and Hitler gained power. 4) What was the security system keeping the peace after the First World War and why did it fail? 5) What conflict started World War II? 6)  Why did Britain and France conduct a policy of “appeasement” of the dictators in the 1930s?  7) Did their motives change over time? 8) Describe the sequence of crises from 1931 to 1939 which set the scene for the Second World War and show the role that appeasement played. Please use the attached documents to write this essay do not plagiarize

Develop a comprehensive look at the condition of the U.S. after World War II. Why does a conflict emerge between the two wartime allies, the U.S. and the Soviet Union? What events feed the friction? What policy, articulated by whom, calling for what, does the U.S. ultimately adopt to respond to international events following World War II? Describe the applications of this policy from 1947 to 1950 in Europe.

Answer two prompts.  Write 1,000-1,250 words on each.  If you cite something from the course readings, cite author and page number.  If you bring in something from elsewhere, give a full footnote (any style).  Be sure to expand on the questions, using them to answer the larger issues raised in the course. 1.      Do you think Nazi/fascist sport and Soviet sport had much in common?  If not, how were they different?  Which was more successful in fulfilling the needs of their respective regimes and their populations?  What were the differences on matters of class, gender and race? 2.      Which of the three historical categories of class, race and gender is most useful in analyzing and studying sports history?  Give concrete examples of how one, another or a combination of all of them can explain modern sport. 3.      Trace the evolution of the practices of amateur and professional sports.  How was each concept or approach defined, or were they ever truly defined?  How did they evolve? How did these questions effect relations among social classes in the various places where sport emerged? 4.         Why do you think soccer was long unable to become one of the big-time sports in the United States?  Is there such a thing as American sporting exceptionalism?  Does it have anything to do with larger American exceptionalism?  Is there such a thing as American exceptionalism?  5.      How did modern sport come to be historically constructed as largely male?  What purposes             did that bastion serve?  How did it come to be challenged?  How successful have those challenges been?  Is there more to be done? 6.      What role did sports play in the various phases of globalization that emerged during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?  Did sports drive the process of globalization or did globalization come to focus on sports as a way to spread its various “benefits”? 7.      Do you think modern sport is largely an activity particular to cities?  How did the city impact the evolution of sporting practices, and how did those practices impact the evolution of modern cities?   8.       Historically, was sport a post-racial sphere in which talent exclusively determined success?  What roles did sports play in the global evolution of race relations throughout the world over the last two centuries? 9.      Were sports the real opiate of the working masses?  Did minds filled with sports trivia become diverted from the “class struggle”?  If yes, say why.  If no, say why not and how did this change? 10.     Which mega-event tells us more about the character of nations and social/political systems, the Olympic Games or the men’s soccer World Cup?  Elaborate 11.     Do you believe that the political right or the political left was more effective in making use of sports for political purposes?  Do not limit your answer to a single time and place.  Did different sports appeal to different social groups?  Expand 12.     Where did soccer come from?  How did it evolve and then spread to the rest of the world?  In which parts of the globe did it find most acceptance?  In which parts of society did it find most acceptance?  Why do you think it found such an immense audience? 13.     Was modern sport a creation of Victorian Britain?   How did it spread to the rest of the world?  Can you think of sports that began in other places and then spread out globally?  In other words, were there other paths sports globalization took? 14.     What role did race play in the evolution of modern sport?  Was the USA the only place where issues of race were important?  What were the power relations among races in various places and times?

Please answer two of the following questions in an organized, formal, analytical essay, of at least 800 words each. I do not want you to simply list out page after page of facts and quotes. If you do that, you will not earn a high score, because you will have written a report. You need to think about these questions, draw on what we have covered, and provide convincing answers, backed up with evidence and specific examples, and cited. Though American workers had been struggling to unionize in significant numbers since the 1860s, they were not very successful in building stable, robust national organizations until the 1930s. Why is this so, and what happened to create the conditions necessary for workers’ success in organizing labor unions?   How do we explain the rapid rise in membership, geographical spread, and power of the second Ku Klux Klan, beginning in the 1910s? (CHAPTER 7 will help with this question)

answer all  the two different question on a separate pages, (1.)How was the Renaissance a complete departure from the Middle Ages and the beginning  of the modern world? (2).Why was the Protestant Reformation led by Martin Luther a revolution within the Christian world?

Research Paper. The paper must be at least 20 pages long (not including the title page and bibliography), in current Turabian format, with default margins, and in 12-pt Times New Roman font. Each paper must include citations to at least 20 scholarly sources, which should include the course readings and other sources, such as academic journals or books published by university presses, supporting and/or illustrating your positions. Each paper must include a title page and bibliography, also in current Turabian format.   Research Paper Topic:  Is the Christian conception of Natural Law indispensable to a coherent moral theory of the State?   In your paper, be sure to mention the Natural Law thinkers examined in the course and include the many Natural Law concepts contained in their theories: justice, statesmanship, covenant, Christian kingship, democracy, the interaction between religious and civil offices, and positive law/public policy formation.   Be sure to read closely the grading rubric for the assignment. Scriptural excerpts with citations are required in all written assignments. Note that at least 20 scholarly sources (peer-reviewed academic journal articles or books published by university presses), which should include the course readings.   John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice Abandoning the Natural Law: Rawls

Don’t use first person and must answer these questions  1). What were the Crusades 2. What was the purpose of the crusades? Give some of the background information. 3. Who participated? Why were men (and women) so willing to become involved in these events? What was the appeal and what was the benefit? 4.What was the desired outcome of the Crusades? Was this goal realized? The files I uploaded are the given sources. They don’t all need to be used (you can if you’d like) but The First Crusade file does for sure. Need at least three.

KEEP THE EXAM QUESTION IN MIND AS YOU CHOOSE YOUR 5+ QUOTES FROM THE ESSAY: THREE WAYS OF MEETING OPPRESSION BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Read only paragraphs 1-10. Following instructions is part of the exam. LINK: https://www.everettsd.org/cms/lib07/WA01920133/Centricity/Domain/462/11AP%20MLK%20on%20Meeting%20Oppression.pdf ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY WITH A MINIMUM OF 5 QUOTES:  DR. KING MENTIONS THREE WAYS OF MEETING OPPRESSION. WHAT ARE THOSE THREE WAYS of meeting oppression, AND WHICH ONE DOES Dr. King ENDORSE?      WHY? (What are the 3 ways, the one he endorses and why?) MINIMUM OF 5 QUOTES IMPORTANT: PARAGRAPH 1 = 4-5 SENTENCES MINIMUM                           PAR. 2, 3, AND 4  = 5-6 SENTENCES MINIMUM EACH                           PAR 5 = 4-5 SENTENCES MINIMUM ANY FINAL SUBMITTED AFTER DECEMBER 13 WILL BE MARKED LATE AND LOSE POINTS. SUGGESTION: OUTLINE FOR GETTING QUOTES FIRST WRITE THE INTRODUCTION PAR. I  ACQUIESCENCE.  FOR PARAGRAPH 2       1 -2 QUOTES II VIOLENCE AND CORRODING HATRED. FOR PAR. 3       1 -2 QUOTES III NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE FOR PAR. 4          1 -2 QUOTES FINALLY, WRITE THE CONCLUSION PAR., BUT MAKE SURE TO HAVE MINIMUM OF 5+ QUOTES. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR THIS ESSAY OR PERSONAL STORIES; STAY FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE ESSAY.

In this 7.5-week course, we have looked at the historical experience of African Americans from the period of 1619 to 1918. We have undertaken a number of activities including; assign reading/written exercises; quizzes, video reviews; and forum discussions. Among other topics; (a) we have looked at the history of Africa as prelude to debunk or demystify the notion that the ancestry of African Americans had no links to human civilization prior to their enslavement;  (b)we have looked at the transition from indentured servitude to chattel slavery; (c) we have looked at the emancipation struggle leading up to the civil war and the periods thereafter; and (d) we have looked at the institutionalization of racial segregation.  In our last forum discussion, we explored the persistency of institutional racisms/segregation by juxtaposing the past and contemporary experiences of African Americans At this point; Select and reflect on one key historical issue/event that you think contributed negatively to shape the African American community. NB: your pick cannot be the issue of “slavery” but any other issue or event that occurred at the onset of slavery through to emancipation.     Reflect on the past policies that aimed to address the ramifications of the issue/event that you have selected.     Were those past policies effective considering the contemporary challenges of the African American community?   Based on your reflection so far, what lessons have you learned that you consider to be relevant to your current field of study or professional aspiration?   or    What contributions can your field of study (nursing, computer science, social work, engineering, etc.) make to address the lingering challenges of the African American community.   Your write up should not be less 2 pages It should be double-spaced (12-point font) Appropriately referenced.

The Gettysburg Address – Abraham Lincoln 1863 (Links to an external site.) After reading and/or listening, answer the following:  What do YOU believe to be the enduring qualities of the Gettysburg Address? Why do YOU think this two-minute speech has endured?