American History

I‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ntroduction: In this essay, I will combine information from both the textbook, in class discussion, and my syllabus in order to better understand and explain issues, ideas, concepts and models related to Texas government and politics. I will pay particular attention to processes within the Texas government and the dynamics of discretion, policy decisions, and the relationship between political actors outside government and those within government. In my conclusion, I will demonstrate that I understand how these ideas, issues, concepts…

T‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍he most obvious thing to say about American class inequality is that it has grown tremendously over the last fifty years, but until very recently that fact was ignored. The articles are listed in roughly chronological order of the years they discuss, beginning with the 1930s. 1. Starting with Freeman and ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍Lichtenstein and then going on to the rest, trace the arc of the American working class, providing specifics, from victory to defeat. Using ideas from these articles, as well…

M‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍LA format with 4 primary sources cited. Possible thesis feel free to change: The 1929 Stock Market crash had effects that would change America and lea‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍d to The Great Depression for over ten years. Please have 7 FULL pages and please mark sources with using "quotes" and mla format. thank you‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍!

D‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ignity of Disabled Lives. “The mother of a man with diastrophic dwarfism, a very disabling condition, described to me how for the first year of her son’s life, every doctor she saw rattled off a catalog of what was likely to go wrong and asked her if she was prepared to deal with it all. When her son was a year old, a doctor who specialized in skeletal dysplasias lifted the baby up, held him aloft in the light, and…

One way presidents have expanded their power is through employing a strategy of “going public.” Describe what this strategy entails and what its limitations are. In your answer, be sure to provide specific examples of how particular presidents have used this strategy. Hint - compare our current president's use of social media vs. past president's attempts to reach the public.

Write an essay on a current or past popular campaign (by an organization, movement, local group of people, etc.) to mitigate/reduce/eliminate segregation in any form. This essay option might lead you to explore how a popular movement or organization’s campaign in recent years, or historically, has developed to target the specific effects or causes of racial exclusion in the housing market. It might focus on efforts to expand community-based alternatives, such as what is called the Community Land Trust, a…

Your paper should be approximately 15 pages in length. You will take the role of an adviser to a new President. Your assignment is to advise this President on Indian policy. In your paper you will do the following: 1). Identify what you see as a major problem or problems in Native America today. 2). Explain briefly the historical origins of this problem and how and why previous solutions have either failed to address it or ignored it entirely. Offer…

Technological advances made between 1870 and 1940 dramatically improved living standards, quality of life, and workplace productivity. Some historians and economists have argued that we are unlikely to see such dramatic improvements in the future. Choose three new technological systems developed in this period. Explain how these improved living standards, quality of life, and workplace productivity. Describe how demographic characteristics like race, gender, class, occupation, and location (urban vs. rural, for example) shaped the adoption of these technologies. Who got…

1) While the Stock Market Crash was blamed for causing the Depression, the actual causes were far more complex and numerous. What factors helped to trigger the Depression and how did each contribute to the economic downturn? How did each contribute to the extent and depth of the Depression? 2)In the 1890s Americans began to get more involved in international affairs. Why did it do so? What shaped the U.S.’s behavior and actions during this period? What concerns were reflected…

The student will produce a six page paper in MLA format with citations and bibliography in the third quarter of the second semester. The paper will be graded on correct language use, conformance to MLA format, use of sources and the sophistication of the argument. Topic- Was the loss of the Vietnam War inevitable? Just need to write it on Google Docs!! Thank you!