Category: History

Answer the following assignment questions as completely as possible. Formulate your responses in your own words. Do not merely copy answers from your reading materials. When it is appropriate to use quotations or paraphrase from your text materials, be sure to cite your sources properly by giving page numbers in parentheses or using footnotes or endnotes. The assignment is in two parts and consists of two types of questions: Essay Questions. Submit answers to all of the essay questions. Short-Answer Questions. Submit answers to all of the short-answer questions. Proofread your answers for correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Part A. Essay Questions Answer all essay questions. Each essay should be approximately one double-spaced, typed page. What “doctrine” was established by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson? What was the impact of this decision on the lives of black Americans. Identify the plaintiffs and summarize the arguments presented to the U.S. Supreme Court in the group of cases that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. How did social science research on racism help inform the Court? What was the Court’s ruling? Define interposition and massive resistance, and give examples of how these strategies were used in the South to resist desegregation. Part B. Short-Answer Questions Answer all short-answer questions. Responses to each short-answer question should be one or two paragraphs long. What made the Emmett Till murder different from other racially motivated killings? What was the significance of Mose Wright’s court appearance in the Emmett Till murder trial? Describe the origin, purpose, and membership of the NAACP. Identify Charles Houston, and discuss his contribution to the civil rights movement. What were the factors that led to the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Identify two individuals who played crucial roles in the boycott.

In your response paper you will discuss religion and superstition in Italian American immigration. In a coherent 2-page long paper, you will attempt to answer in your own words these major questions:
1. How did the political tensions and conflicts between Italy and the Catholic Church during the Risorgimento period influence the relations and interactions between Irish and Italian immigrants in the United States during the mid-19th century?
2. What is the role of the festa in the Italian religious tradition?
use the readings if possible (mla format) Connell, W. J., & Pugliese, S. G. (Eds.). (2017). The Routledge History of Italian Americans. Ch 11. Italian Americans and Their Religious Experience (pages 193-211). Routledge.
Femminella, F. X. (1961). The impact of Italian migration and American Catholicism. The American Catholic Sociological Review, 233-241.

Times New Roman 12 pt. font, double spaced, 1-inch margins all the way around.
Cite all material, either summarized or quoted, with footnotes.
Identify the work at the beginning of each précis. See below for the correct formatting.
First Book/ Secondary source
Five—
La Tules of Image and Reality:
Euro­American Attitudes and Legend Formation on a Spanish­Mexican Frontier
Deena J. González
Primary source Book
Last Will and Testament of María de la Luz Jaramillo, Santa Fe, 1825 (María de la Luz
Jaramillo, SANM I, T 1249, 6/866-67, 12/20/1825; viewed in the research room at the
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives)
Both of these need to be compared and contrast, and show why they are primary and secondary.

Keep in mind that the same skills you use to read and analyze historical sources can also be applied to current sources of information, such as newspaper articles, social media posts, television reports, and commercial advertisements. By practicing these skills now, you will not only develop your ability to perform historical research and think like a historian, you will also become a more skilled consumer of information in general.
Part 1: Meet the Primary Source
What type of primary source is this?
Types could include a letter, speech, court transcript, legislation, diary entry, photograph, artifact, map, broadside, circular, political cartoon, artwork, etc.
Provide a brief description of something you notice about the source, as if you were explaining to someone who can’t see it.
For example, you might describe its physical appearance, its formal title (if it has one), its type of language, its size or length, or anything else in particular that stands out to you.
Part 2: Observe its Parts
Who wrote it or created it? Was it one person, or was it a group, like an organization?
When was it written or otherwise created?
What are two things you know about the personal background or beliefs of the person or group who created it?
Was the source meant to be public or private? If public, who do you think was the intended audience?
Part 3: Interpret its Meaning: Historical Context
Describe two other things that were happening at the time the source was created.
Careful! In some cases, this could be different from the time the source describes or portrays.
How does that context (or background information) help you understand why it was created?
Part 4: Interpret its Meaning: Main Point and Purpose
What is the main idea or point of the source? Use specific evidence from the source itself to support your answer.
Why do you think this primary source was made? Provide evidence from your prior responses to support your answer.
For example, was its purpose simply to inform? To persuade? To sensationalize? Or something else?
Part 5: Use it as Historical Evidence
What are two historical questions this source could help you to answer?
What are two pieces of information the source presents that you should “fact check” (verify as true) by checking other primary or secondary sources?
This primary source shows one perspective on this event or topic. What are two other perspectives you should get to better understand this event or topic, and why?

This is an IB term paper. it has to be 2000+ words. there are 3 sections. section A is an OCVL, B is the actual essay, and finally C is just a reflection. At the end there has to be an encyclopedia with all the sources cited in APA 7th edition. I need footnotes for the paper as well.  I also added my own draft which the teacher did not accept because I used AI. 

Please answer one of the following questions in a double spaced, 3-4 page paper. In doing so, you must reference one detailed, specific example from Mae Ngai’s The Lucky Ones.
No outside research is permitted for this assignment. You can draw on the book as well as our lectures, including any images, cartoons, texts or film clips. Please remember that citations including page numbers are required when quoting directly from a source. I prefer Chicago Manual of Style (Links to an external site.) citations, formatted as endnotes. No bibliography is necessary.
Grading Rubric:
A: Strong argument, complexity and nuance in the argument as well. Detailed explanation of key terms within course context and their significance. Solid understanding of and engagement with readings, critical analysis throughout.
B: To get a B someone must fulfill basic requirements, some good analysis but failure to address complexity of issues, evidence, argument, etc.
C: No analysis, no argument, failure to fulfill basic requirements, and/or demonstrates some misunderstanding or lack of comprehension of material.
D: Fundamental misunderstanding, incomplete.
+/- papers combine elements of these categories.
Tips:
Write deeply not broadly (ex. cut out “Throughout US history…”)
Write for someone who is not familiar with the course material – assume you need to explain things clearly and in detail.
Be sure to define your terms!
Develop an argument! An argument is not a statement of fact, but typically answers a Why? How? Or So What? question. An argument can also be argued against.
We encourage you to reach out to us to talk about your thesis statement and the specific evidence you will be using. While we will not read entire paper drafts, we will gladly look over outlines, introductions and thesis statements.
Question #1: What does a focus on American homes or dwelling places reveal about social inequality at the turn of the twentieth century? Be sure to analyze in depth at least three different homes or dwelling places.
Question #2: At the turn of the twentieth century, the idea that there was a hierarchy of races was widespread. Using specific examples please describe how some people used this idea to justify existing structures of power. How did others attempt to challenge this idea and the forms of inequality it upheld?

Topic- How different was the Mughal Empire as it functioned “on the ground” (as shown in the two chapters by Hasan) from the top-down imperial vision (as shown in the reading by Richard’s)? How would you explain this discrepancy? 
– Below I have attached the sources(readings) which should be used in the essay
– Need to use about 5-6 quotes in the essay and need to give good reason about it
– everything should be in MLA format 
– everything should be connect and should flow well .
– Add intext citation

Final Essay Question
Please read the questions below carefully. Answer all the questions in a single essay format using
supporting evidence from lectures, secondary sources and primary sources. All the questions are
interrelated. Your answer must have an introduction, body and conclusion.
In 1949, the German historian Karl Jaspers coined the term Axial Age. The term’s origin, and the origin
of the idea behind it, was developed by Jaspers when he noticed that significant parts of Eurasia in the
period dating from c. 800-100 B.C.E. experienced a major transition in human thought. More
specifically, Jaspers saw the Axial Age as a period when new religious traditions and philosophical
thought that greatly differed from previous ones were developed, traditions and systems that have been
greatly elaborated since their inception and are still with us today. According to Jaspers, what were the
characteristics that defined the Axial Age and its traditions and how did these characteristics differ from
traditions that came before? What were the key characteristics that defined Confucianism, Buddhism, and
Judaism? How might one argue that these traditions (Confucianism, Buddhism, and Judaism) were
reflective of the Axial Age? Can the text below be used to help explain why Greek philosophy falls within
the scope of the Axial Age?
Aristotle – Metaphysics
Such and so many are the notions, then, which we have about Wisdom and the wise. Now of these
characteristics that of knowing all things must belong to him who has in the highest degree universal
knowledge; for he knows in a sense all the instances that fall under the universal. And these things, the
most universal, are on the whole the hardest for men to know; for they are farthest from the senses.
And the most exact of the sciences are those which deal most with first principles; for those which
involve fewer principles are more exact than those which involve additional principles, e.g. arithmetic
than geometry. But the science which investigates causes is also instructive, in a higher degree, for the
people who instruct us are those who tell the causes of each thing. And understanding and knowledge
pursued for their own sake are found most in the knowledge of that which is most knowable (for he
who chooses to know for the sake of knowing will choose most readily that which is most truly
knowledge, and such is the knowledge of that which is most knowable); and the first principles and the
causes are most knowable; for by reason of these, and from these, all other things come to be known,
and not these by means of the things subordinate to them. And the science which knows to what end
each thing must be done is the most authoritative of the sciences, and more authoritative than any
ancillary science; and this end is the good of that thing, and in general the supreme good in the whole
of nature. Judged by all the tests we have mentioned, then, the name in question falls to the same
science; this must be a science that investigates the first principles and causes; for the good, i.e. the end,
is one of the causes. 

Discuss the following topic in a paper
of 6-8 typed, double-spaced pages. Please
use one-inch margin on all four
edges with 12-point Times New Roman
font. Come up with a good title for your paper and put a page number on
each page. Be sure to follow my formatting requirements. Essays are due via
email by June 27, Thursday, 1pm.
Essays will be mainly judged by the
extent to which they make a clear, plausible argument for whatever position
they take, supported by relevant evidence from both lectures and readings.  This topic is constructed so that you should
NOT need to use any materials from outside of class; do not do so without
consulting me first. Regardless of where your material comes from, sources must
be cited. Formal footnotes are not necessary, but some indication of the basis
for your claims is needed: a brief parenthetical such as “(Textbook, p.
88)” will be good enough. Using
material of any sort without properly acknowledging the source may constitute
plagiarism; students who are in any way uncertain about these matters
should consult the UH guidelines on academic dishonesty and/or me before
handing in your papers.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The use of generative
AI tools and chatbots (e.g. ChatGPT) is NOT permitted in this course for
writing entire sentences, paragraphs or essays to complete any class
assignments. 10-30 points will be deducted for any assignment that is found to
have used generative AI tools in unauthorized ways as indicated above.
You
are deliberately being asked to write on a fairly general topic, so that you
can demonstrate how much you have learned from all the lectures, readings and
discussions for the course. Your paper should not merely summarize the books or
lectures. It must present your own thinking and interpretation. Your
instructor is available for consultation, guidance, explication, and
encouragement whenever you need it. Good luck and happy writing!
Paper
topic
Imagine
that Chairman Mao could be brought back to life to see early 21st
century China, as described in the lectures, readings and video clips. Aside
from the technological changes of contemporary years, what things about the way
ordinary Chinese families (both rural and urban) live as well as how the party,
government and society operate do you think would most surprise him? What
things would he find relatively familiar? What things do you think he would
approve of and disapprove of, and why? How would he think of the Chinese model
of development?

You are going to take a journey in a Time Machine. Inscribed on the side are the letters MDLS, which stand for McClellan, Dorn, Lloyd, and Silva. When you climb inside you see that there are only eight settings: Greece, Alexandria, China, Islam, “The Enduring East,” “The Middle Kingdom,” “The New World,” and “Indus, Ganges, and Beyond.” Which one do you select and why? Who do you meet and what do you talk about? What scientific development from this era do you seek out to see for yourself? Why was this scientific development important to the culture of this time period?  You will also research scholarly sources in the APUS library to learn more about the time and place you have selected. What did this source teach you that did not appear in our readings?
NO WEBSITES ARE ALLOWED IN THIS PAPER. You can ONLY use our course readings and scholarly sources in the APUS library. All work must be cited in proper format.
Paper Outline (Use Subheadings for Parts A, B, and C):
Title Page
Part A: Location Selection Answer
Part B: Individual Selection Answer
Part C: Scientific Development Answer
Bibliography
Length: 250 to 500 words (not including title page or bibliography).
Format: APA, MLA, or Chicago Manual of Style. For assistance visit:
Writing@APUS-APA
Writing@APUS-MLA
Writing@APUS-Chicago-Notes/Bib
Paper Requirements:
Cite the readings for the week, indicating how they informed your answer.
Cite ONE scholarly source from peer reviewed journals or books found in the APUS library. What is a secondary source? “A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event.” Web sites are not approved research for this assignment. There is to be NO USE OF WEBSITES in your answer under any circumstances. Scholarly and peer reviewed research only. Click here to learn what makes a source “scholarly”.Click here for how you find peer reviewed or scholarly sources:
Include a bibliography.