Entries by Sarah Kaelo

The Civil Rights Movement

Discussion #10: The Struggle for Civil Rights Throughout the 1950s African Americans in northern cities grew increasingly active in opposing discrimination and in protesting white resistance to black progress in housing, education, and employment. Martin Luther King and others embarked on a campaign of nonviolent resistance and demonstrations, which spread to the south. Some of […]

Write an obituary 

Assigned person: Lydia Barrington Darragh List here: Write an obituary Enter your response here: (it will expand as you type)   Instructions- Write an obituary Write an obituary regarding the person you have been assigned. An obituary is a notice of a death that typically includes a brief biography of the deceased person along with […]

How have party politics influence Congress?

1)  Do you feel it is beneficial that we have countless interest groups and that  they  have an enormous influence in our political system: (2)  Do interest groups end up helping the powerful segments of society at the  expense of the collective good or not? (3)  Would America be better or worse if interest groups […]

What is political socialization, and why is it important?

What is political socialization, and why is it important? 1. What, essentially, is the difference between a federal government and a confederation of states? Between a republic and a democracy? 2. What are the benefits to the states of a strong central government? 3. What is federalism and how does it work in the U.S.? 4. The role does […]

Identify the distinction between civil liberties and civil rights

Directions: Write a 400 word, APA-formatted expository essay that addresses the following: Identify the distinction between civil liberties and civil rights. Identify where civil liberties are addressed within the U.S. Constitution. Identify where civil rights are addressed within the U.S. Constitution. Select two Supreme Court cases from the Supreme Court Case List: one case that […]

CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Where should we place the blame?  Economists believe the Great Depression was caused by the weaknesses in the 1920s economy, but the person whose name will be forever linked to the depression is President Herbert Hoover.  Personally blaming him for the crisis, Americans started to call the shantytowns set up by unemployed people “Hoovervilles.” Read the linked […]

Do you think the Cold War was inevitable?

Students must write a research paper–using both primary and secondary sources–that answers the following question: In American historiography, Marxist historians consider the Cold War an attempt by the U.S. to establish economic hegemony, while Revisionist historians blame individual personalities, namely Stalin and Truman. Might there be some other explanation for explaining the Cold War? Do you […]

What impact did the discovery of the New World have on the African slave trade?

urgent instruction: Secondary Sources: There will be ten (10) Secondary Sources that students will read over the class. Each Secondary Source will require the student to read a short article and answer the questions on the last page. There will not be a length requirement for answers. Just answer the questions completely. The goal is to […]