Now that you have finished reading the novel Flight, analyze the significance of the title. Just think about it and give it your best effort. One paragraph will suffice.

Now that you have finished reading the novel Flight, analyze the significance of the title.  Just think about it and give it your best effort.  One paragraph will suffice.

What did the Union soldiers believe they were fighting for? What did the Confederate soldiers believe they were fighting for? Cite sources and give SPECIFIC historical examples.

What did the Union soldiers believe they were fighting for? What did the Confederate soldiers believe they were fighting for? Cite sources and give SPECIFIC historical examples.

Illustrate how liberty would come to be understood for the nation after the Civil War and analyze whether the abolishment of slavery was enough to propel the United States to finally exist as its founding documents suggested it should. 

Lincoln observed in 1864 that “we all declare for liberty but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.” He continued to explain what the North meant and what the South meant, and how victory meant a national norm as defined by the North.

 

Illustrate how liberty would come to be understood for the nation after the Civil War and analyze whether the abolishment of slavery was enough to propel the United States to finally exist as its founding documents suggested it should.

What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s.

What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. Analyze a popular film of the time. This paper should be 2-3 pages, in APA style, utilizing the college’s library resources. One scholarly article as a minimum should be included in your essay.

How did the music of “girl groups” help to support feminism for young women of the time?

During the 1950’s and 1960’s, female pop music groups became wildly popular with American teenagers. How did the music of “girl groups” help to support feminism for young women of the time? Why was this music seen as dangerous to parents during this time? This paper should be 1-2 pages, in APA style, utilizing the college’s library resources. One scholarly article as a minimum should be included in your essay.

How did the culture of the Plains Indians, specifically the Lakota Sioux, change in the late 19th century?

Write a 350-word response to each of the questions.

 

1.How did the culture of the Plains Indians, specifically the Lakota Sioux, change in the late 19th century?

 

2.The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail?

 

3.American History: Massacre of Native Americans

 

Write a 300- to 350-word journal entry for each historical event and describe why these events pique your interest.

 

Include an image or link to support the information for each of your two journal entries.

 

1.Elections of 1892 and 1896 (06:35) From Title: A Third Choice.

 

2.Describe the effect of western expansion and development on Native Americans.

Identify the causes for American involvement in the war.

 

 

World War II left no country untouched. The fighting left whole continents battered and devastated. Cities were flattened, and hundreds of thousands were displaced from their homes. Some 49 million people died in World War II, including 400,000 American soldiers. Another 11 million, including 6 million Jews, were killed in German concentration camps. Battles took place in nearly every corner of the globe. Soldiers fought on beaches, in jungles, and along rivers and campaigns for dominance stretched across the globe, with eventual victory by the Allies.

 

Part 1: The Military Experience

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that provides a comprehensive view of the American military experience during World War II. The paper should do the following:

 

Identify the causes for American involvement in the war.

Present an analysis of the major military campaigns of the war.

Analyze each of the following military campaigns, including two to three of the related subtopics, the results of the campaign, and overall success for the Allies.

Emphasize the American position in each campaign.

North African Campaign

Objectives

Operation Torch

Vichy position

Rommel and Von Amim in North Africa

Patton and Bradley in North Africa

Rommel withdraws from El Agheila

Battle of El Guettar

Results

Italian Campaign

Objectives

Casablanca Conference

Operation Husky

Fall of Messina

Naples

Landing at Anzio

Fall of Rome

Mussolini’s surrender

Results

Include maps, quotes, or statistics as appropriate.

 

Format your paper according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

 

Part 2: The Home Experience

 

Create a 6- to 10-slide presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® or another multimedia tool that provides a comprehensive view of the American home front during World War II. Include the following:

 

The economic characteristics, such as tax policies, industrial production, employment, and manufacturing

The political characteristics, such as the evolution of America from isolationism to limited support to full engagement in the war, and how the branches of government worked together to form a cohesive war strategy

The social characteristics, such as opportunities for women and minorities, internment of Japanese Americans, demographic shifts, leisure activities, and others

Include photographs, maps, quotes, or statistics, as appropriate.

 

Cite your reference sources according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

 

Present the World War II presentation.

How did roosevelt’s efforts lead to an independent panama.

How did roosevelt’s efforts lead to an independent panama.

 

 

Discuss the impact, change or effect that the interview had on your knowledge or understanding of the historical period experienced by your interviewee. Give specific examples.

YOUR 2018 ORAL HISTORY PROJECT REFLECTION ESSAY

 

The goals of this “bottom-line” history project are: 1) to introduce you to effective communications through the experience of conducting an interview with a person who was an actual participant in a historical period, 2) to familiarize you with the customary array of tools employed by historians to produce a historical work, and 3) to challenge you to identify and address elements of civic and personal responsibility revealed to you by your interviewee’s experiences and insights. Verbal, written, and visual communication are principal tools for this purpose. You should answer the following questions as you would any college-level academic writing endeavor you produce: with mature, thoughtful prose, correct spelling, and proper punctuation.

 

The required minimum length of your essay is 1000 words of 12-point, double-spaced text, with standard margins as set by the MLA style manual.

 

1). Discuss the impact, change or effect that the interview had on your knowledge or understanding of the historical period experienced by your interviewee. Give specific examples.

 

2). Prior to conducting your interview, what was your understanding of how scholars create historical studies? Explain how your interview experience altered, confirmed, or otherwise influenced that understanding.

 

3). What answers that your interviewee gave most surprised you? What unexpected things did you learn?

 

4). What example(s) can you identify from your interviewee’s experiences that illustrate challenging ethical decisions they faced and their efforts to find a solution? How might you deal with a similar situation and what impact do you think this might have on the fundamental principles that guide you in life?

 

5). Identify lessons you learned from the interview and its historical content that pertain to your own life and role as a daily participant in today’s ongoing history of the U.S.