History

Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War: The Debate Continues

Question Writing Assignment for Essay 4 According to the author of this article what was the order of events that led to the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? What specific changes to the foreign policy of the Reagan Administration occurred to encourage an end …

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Examine the aftermath of the Mexican War and its consequences for American Indians, enslaved Africans, free blacks, and whites in the newly acquired areas

Question Write a 500 words essay for each prompt below. Prompt 1. The various reform communities that sprang up throughout America during the first part of the nineteenth century typically understood the meaning of freedom differently from mainstream Americans. Analyze the various meanings these groups gave to the word “freedom,” and compare those meanings with the ones …

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Mobilizing The Masses

Question Instructions For this assignment, selectoneof the following options. Option 1: Chronicle Adolf Hitler’s rise from failed art student to political speaker to eventually gain control over Germany. Option 2: Describe Benito Mussolini’s revival of European Imperialism in North Africa and how he came to be Adolf Hitler’s ally. Option 3: Chronicle the rise of extreme militarism in …

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Chronicling America: The 1848 Alabama Platform

Question Using the Chronicling America website, the student will examine a local or state political event from the state (or adjacent state) of the student’s current home (or birth/raising, if desired). This could be an election, controversy, political party dispute, debate, etc. The event must have occurred before 1931, and the student must find reference …

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Failure of Democracy and the Rise of Totalitarianism

Question During the 1930s, much of the world seemed to give up on their hope for a democratic solution to their problems and instead turned to totalitarianism, both in Europe and in Asia. For the initial post, select and address one of the following: Germany/Hitler USSR/Stalin Japan/Tojo Address the following questions for your selection: What effects did …

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