History

he lives and cultures of Africans and American Indians were radically and irrevocably altered as a result of their contact with Europeans, and the enslavement and marginalization of these groups had a profound impact on the development of colonial America leading up to the Revolutionary War. For the first essay of this course, you will […]

I\’m a literature major but I’m taking a history course and I need you to answer these questions 1. Why did you choose to take this course? 2. what is your definition of history? Here is the course description “What is history. What makes history, as a field of scholarship and a way of knowing,

���In 1912, the US House Committee on Immigration debated whether Italians could be considered ‘full-blooded’ Caucasians,” and immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe were considered ‘biologically and culturally less intelligent.” (Dunbar- Ortiz, 157) As a student of immigration history, provide some context and explain the significance of this quotation in understanding how race and

he final project will be a case study of a particular area of the country, a part of a city, a town, a village or an ethnic or religious group (in a particular area) from the perspective of their history and activities from 1870 through 1960. The goal of the case studies is to examine

hat does it mean to be an American? From the authors in this chapter we get opposing views on how to define it, where are these authors right and wrong, according to your definition? Why? Use Faultlines Chapter 1 to defend your answer. Link to Chapter 1 is attached:

18-3 European Society in the Age of Enlightenment 1. How did \”European society\” change in this century? What problems can you see in using such a broad designation like \”European society\”? How were societies \”ordered\” in different countries (specifics, please)? What kind of \”social protest\” appears here? Where did the notion of the \”nation\” appear

John O’Sullivan coined the phrase “Manifest Destiny” in 1845. What did he mean by the phrase and is there any difference between then and now in how historians apply the term? Did the term have an effect on settlers traveling to the West? What were the motivations and/or philosophy of settlers in the westward expansion?

Middle East: Examine the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its beginnings some 4000 years ago and how it has evolved/devolved over the centuries to the current time? Analyze the role of the Balfour Declaration on Israel\’s rebirth in 1948 and its effectiveness in helping Jewish people in their quest to reclaim their ancient homeland.

African Nation-State Development: Examine some of the main (internal or external) reasons why the African people were to develop into nation-states later than most experts feel was appropriate/normal. Examine the role of European imperial powers in African nation-state developmen.

Document Analysis Assignment For this assignment, you may choose from any of the “Learning from a Primary Source” documents from the three chapters we’ve read since the previous document analysis assignment, that is, from chapter 16, 17, or 18 [sections 16-1, 17-2, 18-2]. Primary sources are the building blocks of history. Some examples of primary