Analyze if the South should have been treated as a defeated nation or as rebellious states. Explain how the American culture and society changed in the North versus the South during Reconstruction.

Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

For the initial post, craft a response comparing the three (3) Reconstruction plans:

Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction  – Lincoln
Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Congressional Reconstruction Plan
Then, address one (1) of the following for your selections:

Analyze if the South should have been treated as a defeated nation or as rebellious states.
Explain how the American culture and society changed in the North versus the South during Reconstruction.
Analyze the impact of the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction on African-Americans.

 

What do you agree with? And why? What do you disagree with? And why?How did the book affect you?How have your opinions about the topic changed?

Provide your reactions to the book
o Describe the book: Is it interesting, memorable, entertaining, instructive? Why?
o Respond to the author’s opinions:
What do you agree with? And why?
What do you disagree with? And why?
o Explore issues the book raises: What possibilities does the book suggest? Explain. What matters does the book leave out? Explain.
o Relate your argument to other books or authors: Support your argument for or against the author’s opinions by bringing in other authors you agree with.
o Relate the book to larger issues:
How did the book affect you?How have your opinions about the topic changed?
How is the book related to your own course or personal agenda.

Identify your issue for amending the Constitution.Discuss why you think the topic should or should not be posed as a constitutional amendment.

Create 1 of the following:

A 700- to 1,050-word letter to an editor
A 700- to 1,050-word change.org petition

Identify your issue for amending the Constitution. Your assignment should:

Provide a brief history of the topic.
Discuss why you think the topic should or should not be posed as a constitutional amendment.

If you are creating a letter to an editor, you should:

Read other letters to an editor as examples.
Keep your letter brief and to the point.

If you are creating a change.org petition, explore the tips and guides prior to writing your petition.

 

Explain how WWII served to bring the United States out of the economic distress known as The Great Depression.

For full credit, answers must be written at a college level and in your own words. Do not simply copy the textbook. Be sure to answer the question completely.

Don’t attempt to memorize every detail while reading. It’s more important to learn the information than to memorize it. The response to each midterm exam prompt needs to be no less than 750 words in length or about 2.5 pages in 12 point font.

Explain how WWII served to bring the United States out of the economic distress known as The Great Depression.

Analyze if the United States Supreme Court can settle legal and moral issues through judiciary review. In your response, provide a documented example of a modern parallel of a legal or moral issue settled by the United States Supreme Court.

Stepping stones to the Civil War

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Then, address one (1) of the following for your selections:

1.Based on the historical facts given in this module, assess if the American Civil War was inevitable.

2.Analyze if the United States Supreme Court can settle legal and moral issues through judiciary review. In your response, provide a documented example of a modern parallel of a legal or moral issue settled by the United States Supreme Court.
Follow-Up Posts
Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.

Writing Requirements

Minimum of 2 posts
APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Text Book
https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction

Links
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-american-civil-war

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=7&smtid=1

How different were women’s lives in the colonial period from our lives today? What have been the most significant changes for American women?

How different were women’s lives in the colonial period from our lives today? What have been the most significant changes for American women? Consider a few aspects of life such as work, marriage, motherhood, family, education, health, etc.

This should be a 2-3 page essay with a thesis, conclusion, and source citations listed at the end. Citations may be informal.

Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.

The Abolitionist Movement

Read the following primary source

https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.11801100/?st=gallery

Then, address the following:
• Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?
• Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.
• Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.
• Analyze how the women’s rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.

Writing Requirements
• Length: 2-3 pages
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page
• In-text citations that correspond with your end references

Analyze the effects of the ideology of Manifest Destiny on the two historical events that you chose from the list.

Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following historical events:
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition
• The Missouri Compromise
• Independence of Texas
• Mexican War of 1846-1848
• The California Gold Rush

Then, address the following for your selections:
• Which of your two selections do you consider most impactful on Westward Expansion during 1800-1848? Explain why.

• Analyze the effects of the ideology of Manifest Destiny on the two historical events that you chose from the list.
Writing Requirements

 

Explain the origins of slavery in the American colonies,the realities of slavery and its role in causing the Civil War.

Explore slavery in US History.

Your response must include the following: (1) Explain the origins of slavery in the American colonies, (2) the realities of slavery , (3) and its role in causing the Civil War, referencing at least two Conflicts or Compromises that resulted in the Civil War.
This should include 8-11 paragraphs
1 paragraph of introduction, 6-9 paragraphs for the body, 1 paragraph of conclusion.
essay must include a thesis statement.
You need to make an actual argument that needs to be supported with facts.

Describe changes in the economy as a result of improvements in transportation; factory work; banking and law. What were the risks involved in investing in the money market?

Answer the follow questions.
1 Write a brief paragraph in which you describe the differences of opinion among the regions of the United States over the issues of the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812 and the entry of Missouri as a new state. Are there any patterns? If so, any reasoning behind them? Why would some regions of the country be “for” something, and “against” something else?
2. Describe changes in the economy as a result of improvements in transportation; factory work; banking and law. What were the risks involved in investing in the money market?
3. What was the Second Great Awakening? The Temperance Movement? Abolition Movement? Identify the relationship among these movements and speculate about why they became increasingly involved in the abolition of slavery as it intensified in years to come.