Entries by Sarah Kaelo

Chapter 5: Public Opinion: Chapter 6: The Media

Instructions: This exercise is divided into two sections or parts and you will have to answer two (2) questions: Part One: First, you must visit and take the quiz to find out your political ideology at one or both of the following websites: Advocates for Self Government a libertarian website: www.theadvocates.org/quiz Pew Research Center for People & the […]

Supreme Court Media has a great search engine for finding information on landmark cases like Marbury v. Madison

Instructions: For this assignment, you are required to choose an essay topic (only one) by visiting the websites listed under the heading Chapter Options below. Write one short essay (two or three paragraphs: minimum 9 sentences) on the article/topic you selected that includes the following: explain why you decided to research that topic how does it relate to the chapter(s) […]

Despite many calls for the abolition of slavery, the founding fathers shrank from leading the antislavery cause.

After completing the assigned readings, media clip, and PowerPoint lectures for this Module, draft your 500-word Discussion Board essay in response to the below query.  Moreover, when drafting your response, remember that you are required to use and reference specific details from the Module’s assigned readings, media clips, and/or PowerPoint lectures to support the points […]

Describe how you see soft power being used in the United States today

  In the interview and scholarly article, Professor Joseph Nye discusses the role and use of soft power and its impact on the global political scene in the post World War II era. For this assignment, please write a discussion post which addresses all the questions below.  Your post must be at least 350 words. […]

. How can he make such a claim considering the brutality of slavery? 

In My Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick Douglass argues that slavery was an institution that “victimized” everyone – slaves, slave holders, and non-slave holding whites alike. How can he make such a claim considering the brutality of slavery? This is an argumentative paper. It is essential that you provide a thesis statement (argument). In writing this […]

What were some of the dynamics of the early nineteenth century that underlay the alliance between abolition

After completing the assigned readings, media clip, and PowerPoint lectures for this Module, draft your 500-word Discussion Board essay in response to the below query.  Moreover, when drafting your response, remember that you are required to use and reference specific details from the Module’s assigned readings, media clips, and/or PowerPoint lectures to support the points […]

What impact did the historians and other commentators suggest that Booker T. Washington had on black people?

During this Module, you will be required to complete a Discussion Board Assignment that will task you with viewing excerpts from two documentaries that have segments that perspectives on Booker T. Washington’s impact on Black America.  The first of these documentaries is Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Watch the […]

Was this system simply another version of slavery?  Why or why not.   

Discussion #2: Reconstructing the Nation The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, and the original goal of the North to preserve the Union was accomplished. The task that lay before Lincoln and Congress was to reintegrate the rebellious Southern states into the Union. For many white southerners “Reconstruction was a vicious and destructive experience […]