Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 , 13

1 primary source that corresponds with your selected topic

Minimum of 2 scholarly sources

Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Read the following primary source:

Then, address the following:

Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”

Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?

Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?

Confederation and Constitution

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
Lesson
Link: Articles of Confederation

Minimum of 1 scholarly source

Initial Post
For the initial post, address the following:

Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was faced with under the Federation government.
Analyze two major debates  by which the Constitution was created in the summer of 1787.
Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:

Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.

How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist?

What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?

Which of your two selections do you consider most impactful on Westward Expansion during 1800-1848? Explain why.

Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War of 1846

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 8 , 11

Minimum of 1 scholarly source

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following historical events:

Independence of Texas

Mexican War of 1846-1848

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.

Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why?

The American Revolution

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 5, 6

Minimum of 1 scholarly source

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the leading causes of the American Revolution.

The Proclamation Act of 1763

The Boston Massacre

Then, address the following for your selections:

Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why?
Examine and explain the significance of the Declaration of Independence to the development of the American Revolution.

APA format for in-text citations and list of references

Would the new 51st state of Puerto Rico be good for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, why? How would Congress be changed by this addition and what is the process for this addition to take place?

Purple Texas

Instructions from professor:

Puerto Rico – The 51st State
The United States has had a long and complicated history with the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens yet, Puerto Rico is not one of the United States. The ongoing issue of the proper status of Puerto Rico within our political system is one that is debated with passion on the island as well as within the halls of Congress. While I am NOT concerned with the historic details of this ongoing controversy for this essay, I would like to know how Puerto Rico as our 51st state would affect national politics?

For this essay would like you to explain how the new state of Puerto Rico would affect the two political parties as well as the balance of power in Congress and during our Presidential Elections. Would the new 51st state of Puerto Rico be good for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, why? How would Congress be changed by this addition and what is the process for this addition to take place?

For this essay I would like you to take some of what you have learned in this class to answer the following question:

How would Puerto Rico affect our two major political parties?

Why is this book an important example of social history? How does it shed light on significant elements of the nineteenth century?

 The Village of the Cannibals

Write a summary of The Village of the Cannibals

The summary must include:
– A brief identification of the author, Alain Corbin
– A short summary of the event described in the book
– Your thoughts on Corbin’s historical method. Why is this book an important example of social history? How does it shed light on significant elements of the nineteenth century?
– A personal reflection on the book, in particular linking it to what we have learned in the course.

How did you arrive here in New York City and what did you think of Ellis Island?What were daily living conditions like? What did you do for work and leisure?

For this week’s video assignment,  want you to imagine that you are an immigrant arriving in New York City in the period between 1898-1918. In your video, speak in the first person about your experiences in New York City. The individual you are becoming is fictional, but the reflections should be based on the factual truth of a person arriving and living in that environment.
In your video be sure to discuss the following:

• Your background–where did you come from and why? Why did you choose to come to NYC? Are you young or old?
• How did you arrive here in New York City and what did you think of Ellis Island?
• What were daily living conditions like? What did you do for work and leisure?
• Describe your surroundings. What were some famous landmarks and features of life in modern NYC?
• Weave in something about the Triangle Fire and the politician Al Smith.
• Did you feel like an outsider or did you feel at home in NYC? explain.
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