Category: American history

Instructions: 1. The topic is the growth of the American economy and the tension between federal and state power over its direction. There are basically two camps here, one led by Alexander Hamilton and the other by Thomas Jefferson. Once camp favored a strong central government and diverse, robust economy. The other envisioned an agrarian-based…

Please watch the assigned episode from the documentary series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (episode 3) “Into the Fire (1861-1896” available for free through Union College’s library and The Films on Demand database, taking notes on the episodes using the guide provided. Turn these notes in for credit. 

https://ulearn.unionky.edu/pluginfile.php/282101/mod_resource/content/2/Tindall%20%20Shi%20America%209th%20Edition.pdf Students will complete the Focus Questions at the beginning of Tindall & Shi’s textbook America, 9th edition, Ch. 17 “Reconstruction: North and South” and Ch. 18 “Big Business and Organized Labor” and turn them for credit.

For this Unit One Exam, I would like you to plan a hypothetical trip to one of the sites (historical places) we have covered in this first unit. This is a pretend trip now to visit a place we have covered so far.  Please describe how you would get there, what you would see, and…

Write at least 800 words disucssing the primary sources provided and how these documents emphasize the content in the assigned chapter readings 5-8 of the Give Me Liberty! textbook and other materials assigned for this module. Avoid using contractions, use proper grammar and punctuation, and proofread your responses before submitting for clarity. Consider the following questions when discussing…

Please watch the assigned feature film Pharaoh’s Army here (below) taking notes on the film using the guide provided. Turn these notes in for credit • Freevee has it with ads for free  One thing to once again consider is how a fictional movie (based on history) does well or poorly helping teach the history, in your…

For your final project you will create a textbook chapter on an Indigenous people of your choice from our case studies. You are only responsible for detailing the lives of these Indigenous people in the time period we studied them 

Please watch the documentary episode “The Civil War Rages” | from the series America: The Story of Us (S1, E5) | (below) taking notes on the film using the guide provided. Turn these notes in for credit.  Video https://youtu.be/O-wTzZvVb-c   

Instructions title page 1-2 pages double spaced in-text citation bibliography Step 1: Physically go to any location in South Florida (unless you don’t live in South Florida). -it can be a museum, it can be your neighborhood, it can be any historical location, the options are unlimited  -only limitations, it has to be in South…

https://youtu.be/AcOncxGmuBo Please watch the assigned episode from the documentary series The Men Who Built America (S1, E1) “How Vanderbilt Rebuilt a War-Torn USA” available for free through Union College’s library and The Films on Demand database, and here (below) taking notes on the episodes using the guide provided. Turn these notes in for credit.