How do Americans view third parties?Why is it so difficult for third party candidates to win in the United States?How would having more than two competitive political parties change American politics?

Lesson 4 Writing Assignment
For this assignment, choose ONE of the writing prompts and write a minimum 300 word essay. For more detailed instructions, review the Instructions for Lesson Writing Assignments.
Read the Gallup report on attitudes towards third parties.How do Americans view third parties?Why is it so difficult for third party candidates to win in the United States?How would having more than two competitive political parties change American politics?
Review the Pew Research articles “U.S. trails most developed countries in voter turnout” and “Weekday elections set the U.S. apart from many other advanced democracies.” Specifically, how does voter turnout in the U.S. compare with voter turnout in other advanced democracies? What are some of the causes for the low voter turnout between the United States and other advanced democracies? What are the pros and cons of changing election day to a holiday or a weekend?
Look at Table 9.1 of AmGov and read the Pew Research article “News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2018.”Discuss where people get their news? What are some of the demographic differences that influence where people get their news? Where do you prefer to get your news (social media, print, television, radio) and why? Do you rely on only one news source? How do you judge the credibility of your news source(s)?

How well do you think FDR’s New Deal and Second New Deal addressed the fundamental problems in American society that caused the Great Depression?

Answer the following prompt: The 1920’s ushered in a sense of an “American way of life” built upon business, consumerism, and prosperity. The Great Depression revealed that not all Americans could realize that American way of life. How well do you think FDR’s New Deal and Second New Deal addressed the fundamental problems in American society that caused the Great Depression? Many historians argue that it was only WWII that brought the US out of the Great Depression, do you agree? And finally, although the United States was fighting in a war to ensure “essential human freedoms” for the world, how did the United States deal with domestic issues at home during the war?
These are examples of the way the professor would like you to cite (McPherson article, pg. 26) (Lecture Lesson Module Two, The American West) (Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress).

How could reformers’ efforts be construed as social control?What roles did women have during the Progressive Era?

Lesson Module Four Discussion Forum

Answer the following prompt: During the Progressive Era social reformers attempted to address the many societal problems in American society.What were some of those problems and how did reformers try to fix them? Historians today recognize that reformers’ efforts could also be considered a form of social control.How could reformers’ efforts be construed as social control?What roles did women have during the Progressive Era?

Discuss how episodes contributed to your understanding of US foreign policy during the 20th century, and what lessons these episodes can provide for the United States today.

The Cold War

CNN Cold War Video Review for this assignment need a video review of two episodes of CNN’s special on the Cold war that first aired in 1998, it can be found on YouTube. Specifically,need a review of episode 10 about Cuba and episode 11 about Vietnam.

In terms of the content of the review, there are three aspects you are to discuss:
First provide summaries of each episode. What are the topics being covered in each episode? Who were some of the main political and historical personalities being featured? And what role did the United States have in these episodes? Was US involvement due to political, economic, or cultural reasons?
Second, analyze each episode in terms of your perspectives and observations. In other words, what do you think were the most important lessons from these episodes? What were the strengths and weaknesses of each episode? Which episode did you prefer of the two that you watched?
Third, how did these episodes contribute to your understanding of United States foreign policy? How relevant are these episodes in helping you to comprehend the role of the United States today in the world stage? Do you think any of these episodes could provide lessons for you in helping you to understand foreign affairs for the rest of this decade? You are absolutely welcome to include your own personal experiences, particularly if you are an international student.
You do not need to include a works cited page for this review. Just mention which episodes you discussed in your opening paragraph. Below is a structure that you should follow in the course of your paper. Just be sure to create a clear and coherent series of paragraphs. Do not write any paragraphs that go beyond one page, and make sure each paragraph contains at least five sentences:
Structure of organizing your essay
Paragraph 1: Introduce scope of entire essay, mention both episodes you are discussing and what you hope to achieve in your essay.
Summarize the first episode you watched.Analyze the first episode you watched
Summarize second episode you watched
Analyze second episode you watched
Discuss how episodes contributed to your understanding of US foreign policy during the 20th century, and what lessons these episodes can provide for the United States today
Provide any final thoughts, observations, comments, etc. about this assignment and about US foreign policy.

What were the catalysts for the composition of each document? What were the objectives or anticipated outcome(s) or response?

Analyze, Evaluate and Compare the Olive Branch Petition and the Declaration of Independence.

Write a comparative analysis of the two documents. In your analysis be sure to include responses to the following questions.

Who were the authors and/or signers of each document?

What were the catalysts for the composition of each document?
What were the objectives or anticipated outcome(s) or response?
Why were they written?
When was each document written?
What actions or events preceded the writing and presenting of the documents?
How were these two documents written?
What was/is the tone? Did the tone assist in the objective?

Your paper must
include no less than one and no more than two direct quotations from the Olive Branch Petition.
include no less than one and no more than two direct quotations from the Declaration of Independence.

Must be no less than 600 and no more than 800 words.

How do the events or characters in this book compare (or contrast) to contemporary issues.

Glenn Tucker, “High Tide at Gettysburg” 394 pages. A comprehensive story of the Gettysburg Campaign and Battle. Details of who, what, where, and when are outlined and the hard fought engagement is explained in detail.
Each formal critique must include the following elements:

History context: Set the stage, what is the purpose of the book?What is the story line or narrative?Key figures or agents of Change: Who were the main characters and what role did they play history?

Research: review and reference using Turabian footnote citation a scholarly reference to either key figures or historical events.How do the events or characters in this book compare (or contrast) to contemporary issues.

What does Paine think the future of an independent American nation will look like? How will it governor? What advantages does it have going for it?

Common Sense Paper

As tensions rose between American colonists and British officials in mid-1700s, debates arose on what colonists should do. One colonist, Thomas Paine, encapsulated the ideas of many colonists seeking independence from Britain in his work Common Sense, a pamphlet first published in January of 1776. It quickly became a bestseller and remains a classic work on American politics. After reading Common Sense, you will write a 3-4 page paper describing its contents and significance. In your paper, you will need to do the following:

What does Paine think about monarchy and hereditary rule? What does this mean for the American colonists?
What arguments does Paine make in support of American independence? Why can’t American colonists and the British solve their dispute peacefully?
What does Paine think the future of an independent American nation will look like? How will it governor? What advantages does it have going for it?
Formatting: Papers must be typed and double-spaced. The papers should be formatted with 1 inch margins on all sides and be written in a standard font, like Arial or Times New Roman, in size 12 font. A minimum of three full pages of text are required.

Who wrote the document? Until you know this you know little about the document. Sometimes you can figure this out from the document itself. Was the author a political or private individual? Was he educated or not?

Essay about President John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address, June 11, 1963 . That being the primary source and A secondary source supporting . The essay must answer these 10 questions.

Who wrote the document? Until you know this you know little about the document. Sometimes you can figure this out from the document itself. Was the author a political or private individual? Was he educated or not?

Who was the intended audience/who was the letter or speech written to? This will tell you about the author’s use of language and the knowledge that he assumed on the part of the reader.

What is the story line? What is going on in the document?

Why was the document written? Everything is written for a reason. Is it just a random note, or a scholarly thesis?

What type of document is this, or what is its purpose? A newspaper article is different than a diary. Thus, one can expect to extract different kinds of information from different kinds of documents. A private letter to a friend is very different from a political letter written to discuss governmental matters.

What are the basic assumptions made by the author? For example, did the author assume that the reader could understand certain foreign or engineering terms?

What can you learn about the society that produced this document? All documents reveal information about the people who produced them. It is embedded in the language and assumptions of the text. Your task is to learn how to “read,” or analyze, a document to extract information about a society. You might wish to analyze each document in terms of various aspects of a society (economic, political, religion, social structure, culture, etc.).

Who was the intended audience/who was the letter or speech written to? This will tell you about the author’s use of language and the knowledge that he assumed on the part of the reader.

What is the story line? What is going on in the document?

What are the basic assumptions made by the author? For example, did the author assume that the reader could understand certain foreign or engineering terms?

What is the importance of this document to history? Everything can be considered important even if it is not important for political or governmental purposes.

Does it shed light on what life was like during the time period it was written?

Does it demonstrate views of the world from a time long ago?