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Your case study this week on nature of relations between blacks and white in colonial America. Link to Case Study: This time rather than discussing the case study in your group, it is your responsibility to review the case study and complete a short 2-3 page paper answering one of …

interview

History 2110Spring 2020Prof. ConnerGUIDELINES FOR OPTIONAL ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW PAPERThis is an optional assignment.  Students may submit this paper to replace one exam grade.Conduct a one-hour interview with a person of your choice (parent, grandparent, neighbor, co-worker, etc) regarding his/her experience of a specific event (March on Washington) or historical …

Tennessee History

Focus Questions: In what ways were the racial and ethnic culture of Tennessee transformed during the first half of the nineteenth century and what were the principal causes of these changes?What racial attitudes were involved and what economic factors influenced the transformation? Why was the “peculiar institution” of slavery accepted …

American Civilization

This is a short essay paper. Set your margins at one inch all around. Your response should be exactly one full page inclusive of your source(s), single space, justified margins, and with proper formatting. Make sure you check your grammar, content, clarity, spellings, and sentence constructions. Question: What was the …

Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

In 1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy, James Horn poses this question:Did slavery and racial prejudice gradually evolve in Virginia during the half century following the arrival of the Angolans, or did de facto enslavement of Africans begin in 1619? While Horn argues that racial slavery began in …

Genesis Chapters 1-3

Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles …

American History after 1865

TOPIC CHOICE ONE: Innovative Entrepreneurs – Walker and Ford Here you will focus on the business approaches of Madame C. J. Walker and Henry Ford. Both developed innovative and successful approaches in a time of rapid economic change. You will compare them in the way they started their respective businesses …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Use only ONE of the three following prompts to construct a 2-3 page critical essay. Essays should be double-spaced and written in size 12 Times New Roman font. The essay is due, on canvas February 13th by 11:59pm. An unexcused failure to turn in the midterm exam will result in …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Utilizing your textbook as background and context, focus on the Bartolome de las Casas and George Percy texts respond to the following question: What were the experiences of Europeans colonists in the Americas? Some questions to consider: What factors made those experiences different?  What factors meant success of failure? How …