Category: History

For this discussion, you will need to watch the film, Inequality for All
1.What is happening in terms of income and wealth distribution in the United States?
2.Why is this pattern of income and wealth distribution happening? 3.What where the 3 primary coping mechanism the American workforce had to rely on to deal with flattening or declining wages? 4.In what ways did the film affirm or challenge what you were taught about “equal opportunity” and “the American Dream”?
5. Finally, provide substantial constructive feedback to at least two classmates. (I will send you the classmates responses after you finish the first 4)

Identify and explain the significance of 7 of the following items:  be sure to briefly describe what it is and why it is significant.
Joseph McCarthy                      The Feminine Mystique
Munich                              “New Look” Policy
Marshall Plan                       “Plumbers”
David Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd      NATO
Alger Hiss                           Rosa Parks
“stagflation”                        
Iran Contra Scandal                  Supply Side Economics
For all essays you need specific examples from the lectures and textbook to back up your assertions (don’t need direct quotes from my lectures—just make sure there are specific examples that back up your assertions from both of these sources)     
Section II (70 points) Answer ONE of the following essay questions.  Be sure to answer the entire question (meaning a, b, and c of whatever question you choose) and to answer in essay form.  BE SPECIFIC. 
1)  In the post-World War II period, Americans have lived through many changes in the size and roles of government.  Write an essay in which you discuss the changes brought about during each of the following periods, and explain whether these changes were beneficial or detrimental. 
A) Cold War Foreign Policy
B) The Domestic Cold War
C) Vietnam
2) In the post World War II period, several groups have struggled to gain and maintain power.  Write an essay in which you describe the struggles of the following groups, and explain whether or not they succeeded in gaining or maintaining power.
A) African Americans
B) Women
C) Students
Please include SPECIFIC EXAMPLES to make your argument.
Section III     Cumulative essay  (50 points)
Answer one of the following essay questions.  Be sure to answer the entire question (meaning a, b, and c of whatever question you choose) and to answer in essay form.  BE SPECIFIC. 
1)  Throughout the last half of American history, American life has been transformed by many factors, including immigration, urbanization, territorial expansion, and social changes.  Write an essay in which you describe these changes as they occurred during the following periods, and explain whether or not they were beneficial or detrimental to society.
A) Reconstruction to World War I (1865-1914)
B) World War I through World War II (1914-1945)
C) The Cold War and afterwards (1945-present)
You must include three examples in each period. You will be graded on the strength of your argument and how your examples relate to your argument.  HINT: because such things as territorial expansion more or less end during the first period, make sure you use examples regarding any events which brought about social changes during each period. 
2)  Throughout the second half of American history, the country has experienced increasing growth and changes in the economy.   Write an essay in which you describe the changes in business and industry that came about during the following periods, and explain whether they were beneficial or detrimental to society.
A) Reconstruction to World War I (1865-1914)
B) World War I through World War II (1914-1945)
C) The Cold War and afterwards (1945-present)
You must include three examples from each period.  The examples must be specific. You will be graded on the strength of your argument and how your examples relate to your argument. Hint:  Do not just describe whether or not the economy was doing well or not during each period.

Hello, 
These are exact instructions from my professor. 
Based on previous Trial Summary + Annotated Bibliography assignments. 
History 320 Crime in New York
1850-1950 Research Paper                   Spring 2024/Muller
QUESTION: How did
the crime/trial reflect the notion of what was criminal in that period and what
does it tell you about the culture at that time in US history? You will want to
give a brief overview of the trial or crime (depending on your focus), but most
of your paper will be analysis and contextualization of the primary source in
the secondary sources. This is a
1500-word-maximum research paper. This paper is ­analytical, not
descriptive. Therefore, do not give a lengthy account of the crime or the trial,
rather address this main question.
In
thinking about the main question, bear in mind these smaller questions: How did this crime connect to larger
society and other events at that time? Was this an isolated incident or
connected to much larger events? What sectors of society did it involve? How
was the crime either exemplar or peculiar to the changes in understandings of
what was criminal and what was legal at the time?
You must
have a thesis statement in your introduction paragraph (a single sentence that
sums up the main argument/point of your paper and provides an answer to your
main research question. Do NOT rephrase the question; rather give the answer!)
Each paragraph must start with an analytic topic sentence that connects back to
and supports your thesis.
FORMATTING: It MUST be an MS Word file (.doc
or .docx) or a PDF file available on ALL John Jay computers. 1 Inch Margins
all-around. 12 Pt Times New Roman font. Double-spaced. Regular indentations on
each paragraph. Include page numbers. (maximum 1500 words, excluding
footnotes, your name and title, etc, this word limit is strictly enforced).
CITATIONS: Citation
format for this paper is Chicago Style.  You
must cite ALL information that you take from them, not just
quotations. See the Citations help sheet on Blackboard in the Week 10
section.
DEADLINE: The first draft of your paper is due by May 1st at
11:59pm.  This draft should be the
most developed version of your paper possible and must be developed enough to
be peer reviewed (contains a thesis, structured argument, and evidence). 

It is a paper on the battle of Actium and it needs 2 secondary sources meaning scholarly books written by a university professor. Any book in the campus library will fulfill this requirement. If you find books elsewhere and are unsure, look inside the book since many provide a biography of the author. Also you can check the publisher; if the publisher is a university press it is fine. Ebooks through our library website are acceptable.  Journal articles are also acceptable to fulfill this requirement but only journal articles found online on JSTOR.  This site is accessible through the campus library website. Remember, these articles must come from scholarly journals such as the Journal of Roman Studies or the Journal of Asian Studies.  Articles from magazines such as National Geographic or Newsweek do not count.  NO WIKIPEDIA.             2 primary sources written by someone who was roughly contemporaneous with the topic you are describing. You always want to find eyewitness accounts (if they exist) or accounts written by someone who was alive during the period of your topic. If these do not exist, then you want to find sources written by someone who lived shortly after the period of your topic. This could mean as much as a few centuries afterwards since these people would have access to sources that no longer exist today. For example, if you are writing a paper on Julius Caesar you would first use Caesar’s own accounts of his military campaigns. Then you could also find accounts written by his contemporaries such as Cicero before moving on to later authors who wrote biographies of Caesar or histories of his time. Some of these authors lived a few centuries later but are still acceptable. Your paper must have a proper bibliography page at the end (the bibliography page does not count towards the page total). The bibliography must contain all the information about each source you used. It must include the author’s name (last name first), the year the book was published, the title of the book (in italics), and the publisher. For a journal article, you must include the author’s name, year published, title (in quotation marks), the name of the journal (in italics), and page numbers. For primary sources either include the above information from the book along with the name of the translator or the information from the website where you found the source. In your paper all references and quotes must have proper citations. Since there will be a full citation in the bibliography you do not need a full citation in each note. Instead in the notes only include the author’s name and the page number where you found your information. If the note is from a primary source include the author’s name and page or chapter number. When trying to decide when to quote the sources, a few “rules of thumb” are useful. You should always cite the sources if you are using information from them that you did not already know (again don’t cite the lectures). Additionally, cite the sources or offer quotations when you think they enrich or support your point. For instance, if you are describing the cruelty of Caligula, offer a quote from a source that would make your point. Imagine that you were reading your paper in a presentation and think of the quotes as if they were pictures: whenever you would want to show the audience a picture to make your point or give them a better idea of what you mean, then add a quote. If you are making claims that may be controversial, then quotes/citations are more important. Your paper should have a clear thesis or argument within the introduction. The introduction itself is one of the most important parts of the paper. As a rough suggestion, the introductory paragraph (or few paragraphs) should introduce the subject of your paper, state your thesis, and offer some information on how the paper will be organized or how your argument will proceed.   For instance, if the topic of your paper was on the role/importance of the Praetorian Guard in the early Roman Empire, you could offer a thesis such as: “The Praetorian Guard exerted noticeable influence on the political system of the early Roman Empire, at least during key moments of crisis.” When commenting on the structure of your argument (or organization of the paper), you could write: “The terror carried out by Sejanus, the role of Macro in Gaius Caligula’s rise to the position of emperor, the conspiracy of Cassius Chaerea, and the insertion of Claudius by the Praetorian Guard all indicate that this elite body of troops was able to threaten, remove, and even install emperors during this period of the Empire.” In this example, your reader would know that you were going to discuss (1) Sejanus, (2) Macro/Caligula, (3) Cassius Chaerea’s conspiracy, and (4) Claudius in separate sections or paragraphs of your paper. That format could provide the general outline of your whole paper.   One way of evaluating your introduction is to ask yourself: “If all of my paper blew away in the wind on the way to class and the professor could read only my introduction, would he know what my paper is about?” If not, then you may want to rework your introduction. I stress this because the best papers have the best introductions.   2. If you are having trouble deciding what will be the topic of your paper, a good place to start would be to choose a topic that interests you personally. If you are interested in food or dress, write on Roman sumptuary laws (laws governing consumption: what can people eat, who can wear what, etc.) and if you are interested in boxing, then write on Roman gladiatorial fights. As long as you are scholarly in your approach, even unconventional subjects may be appropriate. If you are interested in your topic, your paper will generally be more enjoyable to read. Of course, for controversial topics, you should ask the professor first. In any event it is usually a good idea to run ideas by your professor before you begin since you do not wish to choose a subject that is so big it will not fit into a 5-7 page paper. For example, a biography on the whole life of Alexander or Cleopatra will simply not work since there is far too much information for a short paper of this type. It is possible though to pick 1 specific event or aspect of their careers to write about. Also, you do not want to pick a topic that is so obscure you cannot find enough information or enough sources to fill a 5-7 page paper.   3. When trying to decide on the thesis of your paper, a few considerations are helpful. Ask yourself what drew you to the topic. If you had a specific question in mind, then providing the answer to that question could be a valid thesis. If you had no specific questions in mind, then you can look at the secondary literature you are reading for the paper (i.e. things written by modern scholars/historians) and see what their thesis is. Their thesis might give you ideas. An important consideration when deciding on a thesis is that you should only present a specific thesis when you have enough sources/evidence to argue for that conclusion. For instance, if you have a large number of sources (primary and secondary) that claim that Tiberius encouraged Sejanus in his reign of terror, then you are warranted in positing that as your thesis. If not, then you probably can’t argue that thesis effectively.

Respond to the original discussion below in 200+words then respond to each person below either agreeing with something they said or giving positive feedback in 150+words using the rubric and sources provided below

Hello, any questions you need ask me 
This is how I want for the citation “this is not a car” (354). 
The questions are in the image 
And the article as well 

Please fix my essay. What I’m attaching is my DRAFT which has already been graded with notes on what to correct on it along with my Final Paper Criteria.

At the end of this course, we see a Europe that is united under one Confederation joining nationalities that have fought time and time again in the previous two centuries. How was Europe able to unite after so many years of conflict? What heritage do most or all Europeans share? What are some issues that still cause contention between European nations? In this course, you have seen discussion of the importance of the nation and folk culture. Why is folk culture important in a confederation that unifies political and economic institutions? Examine these themes in the context of the European Union and the Treaty of Maastricht.
You may feel free to focus on a specific country in this context, but you will need to relate the individual issues in the country to the broader context. Any sources cited must have been published
recently or be a relevant source in the discipline. Acceptable sources include
the textbook, primary sources, peer-reviewed journal articles, or other
scholarly historical works. This does not include encyclopedias or Wikipedia.

Please follow the instructions provided in the attached files, use MLA format, Times New Roman, 12 pt font; Using the book Reading the American Past, 8th Edition; For Part 1: it should be 2-3 pages and pick 3 of the topics that you can choose from in the instructions; For Part 2: it should be 6-7 pages and pick 2 topics from the options provided in the instructions; Do Not Plagiarize, and pick topics that you are able to use textbook information and information from my notes that i provided

You should talk about the spread of Communism in East Asia. You can talk about early Communist movements in East Asia and focus more on the Soviet Union (use this article in the link- https://search.library.brandeis.edu/permalink/01BRAND_INST/6qibql/cdi_proquest_journals_1789545757). Rather than write a traditional research essay, you will develop an ArcGIS StoryMaps project. The website will be due Thursday, May 9, and I’ll ask that you write 500-800 words (or more) and include 5 (or more) images, videos, maps, or other media. Although the website is not a research essay, the same criteria – argument, analysis, use of evidence, organization, style, and grammar – will be the basis for determining your grade. In terms of evidence, I do not expect you to do extensive amounts of additional research beyond the assigned course materials and discussions. In terms of writing, you do not need to write a traditional five-paragraph essay, but the argument does need to flow logically and the whole should relate to your main argument.
The grade for your project is based upon the weighted average of three grades: an assessment of a) the amount of critical thinking shown in supporting the analysis/argument (35%); b) the accuracy and quantity of the evidence, including the use of images, video, and other media (35%); c) effectiveness of organization and clarity in writing (30%).
I will attach the pdf for the rubric and instructions in detail. Please follow, thank you!