Compare the way in which we elect Presidents in our current system to the proposal of the National Popular Vote movement.

The U.S. Constitution stipulates that Electors will vote for the office of President and Vice President, what we commonly refer to as the Electoral College. Two times in the 21st century the candidate with the most popular votes across the United States has not won the most votes in the Electoral College, hence losing the election. Some activists and scholars are arguing that a democratic system of government requires that majority rules; therefore, the candidate for President who receives the most popular votes should win the election. Further, there is a proposal to bypass the Electoral College without having to amend the Constitution (which is basically impossible).

Explore the strategy of the National Popular Vote movement at this website: www.nationalpopularvote.com.

Compare the way in which we elect Presidents in our current system to the proposal of the National Popular Vote movement. Which method is superior? Explain your answer.

Write in complete sentences and paragraphs. Bullet points or lists will not be accepted.

Be original – All papers submitted in this class are reviewed via Turnitin.com, a proprietary software database that identifies unoriginal material in papers. Review the syllabus statement regarding the penalty for plagiarism. Your instructor can provide you with additional information.

Do you think U.S. officials should be concerned with human rights abuses in other countries?

1. Why did Wilson argue for “peace without victory”? Do you agree or disagree with his view? Why?

2. Why do you think Wilson failed in his fight for the U.S. to join the League of Nations?

3. Do you think President George W. Bush was a “Wilsonian”? Use evidence from the article to support your answer.

4. Do you think U.S. officials should be concerned with human rights abuses in other countries? Explain.

What defines (makes) a world war? Do you believe the United States could have enjoyed a sustained neutrality during this conflict or was choosing a side, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, inevitable?

Describe the evolution of American thinking about the meaning of liberty, rights, and equality, culminating with the Cooper Union Address.

The Evolution of American Thinking

Text me if you need any questions!!! Am writing the first part of this essay.

Try and use Britannica sources as well!

For the second part of your exam essay, describe the evolution of American thinking about the meaning of liberty, rights, and equality, culminating with the Cooper Union Address you analyzed in part one. Here are some of the questions you will wish to address: How did American liberal thought change, over the course of the period 1607 to 1860? Who is entitled to liberty? What kind of liberty or equality is desirable? Are liberty and equality always good things? What are some of the tensions or contradictions within American liberalism, and how did American thinkers confront them (think, for example, about patriarchy, or about slavery)? What major events occurred that focused American attention on these topics, and induced American or British writers to discuss them? Label this part of your exam essay “Evolution of American Liberalism, 1607-1860.” This section of your essay should be roughly 2000 words—about eight pages.

As with part one, you will wish to do some background research to help you think about this problem. There are several good sources which you might consult–one of them is:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/liberalism (Links to an external site.)

(In general, when you read essays like this one, you want to keep you focus on what is most important for our purposes in this class–we care most about the evolution of liberalism in the United States. After 1776, thinkers outside the US are much less relevant for our purposes.)

A few things to think about:

You should develop your essays using the materials assigned for this class. Refer to the Class Lectures or to the secondary sources we read, or resources like the American National Biography, the Encyclopedia Brittanica or the Oxford Reference Online.

Use quotations from the documents assigned from Classics of American Political and Constitutional Thought, The American Debate over Slavery, or from the course web site.

Use your Common Place books to help support your analyses.

Remember that this is an exam covering the appropriate material we have been reading across the respective units of this course. Use this essay as an opportunity to show off your mastery of the material we have read and studied together.

Format:

Use 12 point Times Roman type and one inch margins.

Use double spacing.

Use paragraphs as the unit of composition. Your exam should consist of a series of paragraphs, each with a clear topic sentence and each focused on a single main idea. Most of you have taken or are taking a class devoted to written communication—be sure to apply what you are learning in that class to the written work you do for this one.

Paginate your work.

Your essay should have a cover page. The usual elements of a cover page include: your name; the date you completed the assignment; the name of the course for which you are completing this work (ie., HIST 225: United States History); the name of the professor who is teaching the course (Dr. Kevin Hardwick).

Citations: See FAQ–How to format citations

There are two circumstances in which you should provide a citation.

First, every quote you use should be followed by a citation. The purpose of a citation is to provide your reader with the information necessary to look up the quotation for him or herself.

Second, provide a citation every time you consult a secondary source. This is, among other things, the way you document the reading that you have one in the secondary sources. If you have done extra work researching the context for a document, or looking up precise information about a person or event, or reading a biography or encyclopedia essay, and you want credit for doing that work, then you need to provide us with a citation. If you don’t provide the citation, you will not receive credit for doing the work!

If you consulted a secondary source—your notes from a lecture, the introductory essays in CAPCT or ADOS, an essay from Encyclopedia Brittanica, the ANB, or the Oxford Reference Online—you have to cite it. Anytime you look up information, you need to inform your reader where you went to find it. Be as precise as you can, so your reader can go look up the information too. This is especially important since this is an exam!

We take citations seriously, when we grade your work. If you want us to give you credit for doing the work, you have to cite it. If you do not cite the quotations you use or the information you provide, you will not receive credit for doing the work.

How did the New Deal make long-term changes in the political,economic,and social landscape of the United States?

The New Deal programs of the 1930s had a significant impact upon American society.

How did the New Deal make long-term changes in the political,economic,and social landscape of the United States?

In answering this question make sure you’re looking at long-term implications of the New Deal, not just how it sought to deal with the immediate problem of the Depression.

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

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.

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. Use a readable font in 12 point size, double spaced with 1 inch margins.

Be sure to include MLA style in-text OR footnote citations but not both.

Students should be able to complete this essay using the texts required for this class. However, if outside sources are used, be sure they are appropriate scholarly sources. Avoid websites like wikipedia, history.com, etc.
Include a works cited.

Include an accurate word count at the end of the essay that does NOT include footnotes or works cited.

Students should be sure their name is typed on the top line of the assignment not just as the file name.

Each paper is worth 250 points.

NOTE: The file that you upload into Canvas needs to be saved as .rtf instead or .doc for this assignment. Here is how:

Do we owe debts to foreigners and to our own citizens contracted in a time of imminent peril for the preservation of our political existence?

Federalism Paper

May indeed with propriety be said to have reached almost the last stage of national humiliation. There is scarcely anything that can wound the pride or degrade the character of an independent nation which we do not experience.

Are there engagements to the performance of which we are held by every tie respectable among men? These are the subjects of constant and unblushing violation. Do we owe debts to foreigners and to our own citizens contracted in a time of imminent peril for the preservation of our political existence? These remain without any proper or satisfactory provision for their discharge. Have we valuable territories and important posts in the possession of a foreign power which, by express stipulations, ought long since to have been surrendered? These are still retained, to the prejudice of our interests, not less than of our rights. Are we in a condition to resent or to repel the aggression?

How did American ideas of freedom change during the era of the Revolution?To what extent do the documents we have read during weeks six and seven support Foner’s argument?

In the first part of The Story of American Freedom, Eric Foner argues that the experience of the Revolution transformed Americans’ ideas of freedom. He suggests, in other words, that freedom meant different things after the Revolution than before. For this assignment, write a short essay exploring Foner’s argument using the documents assigned for weeks six and seven.

According to Foner, how did American ideas of freedom change during the era of the Revolution?To what extent do the documents we have read during weeks six and seven support Foner’s argument?

This assignment asks you to explain Foner’s argument and draw connections between that argument and the documents. Your essay should be 750-900 words long (about 3 pages), double-spaced, in a 10 or 12-point font. It should have a clear thesis statement that directly addresses the question and introduces your essay’s major point. It should support the thesis with a well-developed argument using both Foner and the documents. You should document the sources thoroughly with MLA citation, and your essay should have a works cited page (MLA). Remember, you must cite a source whenever you draw information from a source, not just when you quote.

Submit your essay before the start of class on Friday October 8. This assignment will provide the starting point for discussion that day.

Citations

In your essay, you should document your sources thoroughly using MLA in-text citations, and you should include a works cited list. Remember, you should use a citation whenever you draw evidence from a source, not just when you quote.

Your citations should show a reader where your material came from and how you formed it into an argument of your own.

Do you think that our foreign policy was driven primarily by considerations of morality and high-minded ideology (i.e. the desire to help others and spread democracy and freedom)or by pragmatic economic and strategic considerations based on American self-interest?

American Foreign Policy between 1890 and 1920

The essay should be approximately 1000-1500 words.

Use one inch margins and double-space or space and a half. Make sure the title of your essay clearly refers to the specific question you’re addressing. In writing the essay make sure you have a clear introduction, main body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Make sure that you support all main points with specific examples.

Write an essay discussing American foreign policy in the period between 1890 and 1920.

Do you think that our foreign policy was driven primarily by considerations of morality and high-minded ideology (i.e. the desire to help others and spread democracy and freedom)or by pragmatic economic and strategic considerations based on American self-interest?

Use specific examples regarding American policy in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.