Cold War Essay

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Students must write a research paper–using both primary and secondary sources–that answers the following question:

In American historiography, Marxist historians consider the Cold War an attempt by the U.S. to establish economic hegemony, while Revisionist historians blame individual personalities, namely Stalin and Truman. Might there be some other explanation for explaining the Cold War? Do you think the Cold War was inevitable? If so, what were the factors that made the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union unavoidable?

Make sure you have a thesis (a general argument) and provide examples and details from your sources to support your answer (please refer to the rubric on Canvas).

  • The First Draft (for Peer Review online) is due on November 20th by 11:59 p.m.. You must have a completed draft of the writing assignment (not just an outline or a page or two) with citations and a bibliography.  The peer review needs to be completed by November 22 by 11:59 p.m.. The Final Draft is due on November 25th before 11:59 pm (midnight). You will upload your rough draft and final draft to Canvas (it will be checked for similarity via Turnitin).  Late papers will be penalized by one grade per class session.
  • This paper is worth 20% of the course grade.
  • The length of the paper should be 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1700 words not including citations).
  • The paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spaced.
  • You must provide at least 4 outside sources (besides using the appropriate chapters in Roark and Johnson), two of which must be primary sources.
  • All sources must be correctly cited using the Chicago Manual of Style. You must also provide a separate Bibliography at the end of your paper.

All Shook Up By Glenn C. Altschuler Essay

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Assignment

Altschuler states that rock n’ roll was “anything but a “great unifying force,” [it] kept many Americans in the 1950s off balance, on guard, and uncertain about their families and the future of their country (Altschuler, 34).”

How does the emergence and popularity of rock n’ roll in the 1950s show a shift in the thinking and ideology of American society?

When writing this paper, consider the following questions:
-What role did rock n’ roll play in race relations in the 1950s, the burgeoning civil rights movement, and black identity? 

-How did rock n’ roll factor in with changing ideas on sex during the decade?

-Was the fear of rock n’ roll by older generations warranted, or merely a reaction to new norms?

-What role did the music and culture of the 1950s play in pushing America forth into the more turbulent 1960s?

A good paper will consider these questions and provide evidence from the book, your textbook, class to support your answer.

This essay should not include sources outside of the text, your textbook, and information from lecture.

Papers should be 3-4 pages in length double spaced size 12 font

Citations should be written as Chicago Style footnotes.
Example: Glenn C. Altschuler, All Shook Up: How Rock n’ Roll Changed America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), pg #.

Discussion #5: How Progressive Was The Progressive Era?

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The Progressive era stands out as a time when reformers sought to  address social ills brought about by a rapidly changing society. Debates  surrounded issues such as political corruption, the regulation of  business practices, racial equality, women’s suffrage and the living  conditions of impoverished immigrants overcrowded into urban slums.

In order to prepare for this discussion forum:

  • Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapter 22 that support your discussion.
  • Read Booker T. Washington’s speech The Atlanta Compromise
  • Read W.E.B. Du Bois The Niagara Movement
  • The Niagara Movement’s “Declaration of Principles” by W.E.B.Du Bois – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQ-N3R4oXE
  • The Women’s Suffrage Movement
  • Excerpt from How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis and the photography of Jacob Riis.

After you have completed your readings post a response to only ONE of the following questions.

  1. Compare and contrast the ideas of Booker T. Washington and  W.E.B. Du Bois. In your opinion, which of these two men had a better  plan? Explain why.
  2.  When it came to the issue of suffrage, did all women agree?  Explain.
  3.  Which social problem was Jacob Riis addressing through his work?  How did he communicate the severity of this problem?  Skip to content Skip to content Skip to content BlackPast Logo 

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    Niagara Movement (1905-1909)

    Posted on December 16, 2007October 7, 2020by contributed by: Stephanie Christensen African American History: African American History: Groups & Organizations  The Niagara Movement Annual Meeting, Boston, 1907 Public domain imageThe Niagara Movement was a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905.  After being denied admittance to hotels in Buffalo, New York, the group of twenty-nine business owners, teachers, and clergy who comprised the initial meeting gathered at Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada) from which the group’s name derives.

    The principles behind the Niagara Movement were largely in opposition to Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of Accommodationism.  Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, had publicly reprimanded Washington at a Boston, Massachusetts meeting in 1903.  In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Du Bois had also condemned Washington for his lowered expectations for African Americans.  The Niagara Movement drafted a “Declaration of Principles,” part of which stated: “We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro-American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.”

    The Niagara Movement attempted to bring about legal change, addressing the issues of crime, economics, religion, health, and education.  The movement stood apart from other black organizations at the time because of its powerful, unequivocal demand for equal rights.  The Niagara Movement forcefully demanded equal economic and educational opportunity as well as the vote for black men and women.  Members of the Niagara Movement sent a powerful message to the entire country through their condemnation of racial discrimination and their call for an end to segregation.

    While the movement had grown to include to 170 members in 34 states by 1906, it also encountered difficulties.  W.E.B. Du Bois supported the inclusion of women in the Niagara Movement, William Monroe Trotter did not.  Trotter left the movement in 1908 to start his own group, the Negro-American Political League.

    The Niagara Movement met annually until 1908.  In that year a major race riot broke out in Springfield, Illinois.  Eight blacks were killed and over 2,000 African Americans fled the city.  Symbolically important because it was the first northern race riot in four decades and because it was in the hometown of Abraham Lincoln, black and white activists, including members of the Niagara Movement, felt a new more powerful, interracial organization was now needed to combat racism.  Out of this concern, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed.  The Niagara Movement was considered the precursor to the NAACP and many of its members, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, were among the new organization’s founders.

    Subjects: African American History, Groups & OrganizationsTerms: 20th Century (1900-1999), United States – Illinois, Civil Rights – NAACP, United States – New York, United States – Massachusetts, Racial Conflict – Race Riots, North America-Canada-Ontario 

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    Niagara Movement (1905-1909)

    Posted on December 16, 2007October 7, 2020by contributed by: Stephanie Christensen African American History: African American History: Groups & Organizations  The Niagara Movement Annual Meeting, Boston, 1907 Public domain imageThe Niagara Movement was a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905.  After being denied admittance to hotels in Buffalo, New York, the group of twenty-nine business owners, teachers, and clergy who comprised the initial meeting gathered at Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada) from which the group’s name derives.

    The principles behind the Niagara Movement were largely in opposition to Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of Accommodationism.  Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, had publicly reprimanded Washington at a Boston, Massachusetts meeting in 1903.  In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Du Bois had also condemned Washington for his lowered expectations for African Americans.  The Niagara Movement drafted a “Declaration of Principles,” part of which stated: “We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro-American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.”

    The Niagara Movement attempted to bring about legal change, addressing the issues of crime, economics, religion, health, and education.  The movement stood apart from other black organizations at the time because of its powerful, unequivocal demand for equal rights.  The Niagara Movement forcefully demanded equal economic and educational opportunity as well as the vote for black men and women.  Members of the Niagara Movement sent a powerful message to the entire country through their condemnation of racial discrimination and their call for an end to segregation.

    While the movement had grown to include to 170 members in 34 states by 1906, it also encountered difficulties.  W.E.B. Du Bois supported the inclusion of women in the Niagara Movement, William Monroe Trotter did not.  Trotter left the movement in 1908 to start his own group, the Negro-American Political League.

    The Niagara Movement met annually until 1908.  In that year a major race riot broke out in Springfield, Illinois.  Eight blacks were killed and over 2,000 African Americans fled the city.  Symbolically important because it was the first northern race riot in four decades and because it was in the hometown of Abraham Lincoln, black and white activists, including members of the Niagara Movement, felt a new more powerful, interracial organization was now needed to combat racism.  Out of this concern, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed.  The Niagara Movement was considered the precursor to the NAACP and many of its members, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, were among the new organization’s founders.

    Subjects: African American History, Groups & OrganizationsTerms: 20th Century (1900-1999), United States – Illinois, Civil Rights – NAACP, United States – New York, United States – Massachusetts, Racial Conflict – Race Riots, North America-Canada-Ontario 

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    Niagara Movement (1905-1909)

    Posted on December 16, 2007October 7, 2020by contributed by: Stephanie Christensen African American History: African American History: Groups & Organizations  The Niagara Movement Annual Meeting, Boston, 1907 Public domain imageThe Niagara Movement was a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905.  After being denied admittance to hotels in Buffalo, New York, the group of twenty-nine business owners, teachers, and clergy who comprised the initial meeting gathered at Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada) from which the group’s name derives.

    The principles behind the Niagara Movement were largely in opposition to Booker T. Washington’s philosophy of Accommodationism.  Trotter, editor of the Boston Guardian, had publicly reprimanded Washington at a Boston, Massachusetts meeting in 1903.  In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Du Bois had also condemned Washington for his lowered expectations for African Americans.  The Niagara Movement drafted a “Declaration of Principles,” part of which stated: “We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro-American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.”

    The Niagara Movement attempted to bring about legal change, addressing the issues of crime, economics, religion, health, and education.  The movement stood apart from other black organizations at the time because of its powerful, unequivocal demand for equal rights.  The Niagara Movement forcefully demanded equal economic and educational opportunity as well as the vote for black men and women.  Members of the Niagara Movement sent a powerful message to the entire country through their condemnation of racial discrimination and their call for an end to segregation.

    While the movement had grown to include to 170 members in 34 states by 1906, it also encountered difficulties.  W.E.B. Du Bois supported the inclusion of women in the Niagara Movement, William Monroe Trotter did not.  Trotter left the movement in 1908 to start his own group, the Negro-American Political League.

    The Niagara Movement met annually until 1908.  In that year a major race riot broke out in Springfield, Illinois.  Eight blacks were killed and over 2,000 African Americans fled the city.  Symbolically important because it was the first northern race riot in four decades and because it was in the hometown of Abraham Lincoln, black and white activists, including members of the Niagara Movement, felt a new more powerful, interracial organization was now needed to combat racism.  Out of this concern, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed.  The Niagara Movement was considered the precursor to the NAACP and many of its members, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, were among the new organization’s founders.

    Subjects: African American History, Groups & OrganizationsTerms: 20th Century (1900-1999), United States – Illinois, Civil Rights – NAACP, United States – New York, United States – Massachusetts, Racial Conflict – Race Riots, North America-Canada-Ontario

Civil War

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After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. Reconstruction was partly a period of military occupation of the south by the northern victors. Former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Take one of the positions as suggested below, draw from the sources listed, and present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position.

Possible position—in each case you can take the pro or con position:

  1. The Lost Cause narrative of the South effectively sabotaged and influenced racial policy in the US for most of the post-Civil War period. (or you can take the position that it did not)
  2. Political policies in the decades after the Civil War generally promoted diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few. (or you can take the position that political policies did not)
  3. Reform movements between 1865 and 1930, like the Progressives and the agrarian populists, generally led the way to increased democracy. (or you can take the position that these movements did not)

After giving general consideration to your readings so far and any general research, select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.). Organize your paper as follows, handling these issues:

  • The position you choose (from the list above)—or something close to it—will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph.
  • To support your position, use three specific examples from different decades between 1865 and 1930. You may narrowly focus on race or gender or immigrant status, or you may use examples relevant to all categories.
  • Explain why the opposing view is weak in comparison to yours.
  • Consider your life today: In what way does the history you have shown shape or impact issues in your workplace or desired profession?

Source List for Assignment 1:
Be sure to use the Schultz text as a source. Use at least two of the other sources listed here. Some sources are “primary” sources from the time period being studied. Some sources below can be accessed via direct link or through the primary sources link on Blackboard. Each week has a different list of primary sources. For others, they are accessible through the Library tab to the left of the screen in Blackboard—once in there, you may do a “keyword” search of the article title.

APA Reference for the textbook – Schultz, Kevin M. (2018). HIST5: Volume 2: U.S. History Since 1865 (Student edition). Boston: Cengage.

Choose sources relevant to the topic and position you are taking:

  • Abu-Laban, Y., & Lamont, V. (1997). Crossing borders: Interdisciplinary, immigration and the melting pot in the American cultural imaginary. Canadian Review of American Studies, 27(2), 23-43.
  • Black Testimony on the aftermath of enslavement. (1866). Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/black_testimony.htm
  • Chinese Exclusion Act. (1882). Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/chinese_exclusion_act.htm
  • Davis, J. C. Bancroft. (1896). Plessy vs. Ferguson. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/plessy_ferguson_1896.htm
  • Fitzgerald, M. W. (2018, Jan.). Terrorism and racial coexistence in Alabama’s Reconstruction. Alabama Review, 71(1), 7-24. [accessible through Library tab; keyword search the article title; get the .pdf file of the article]
  • Foster, G. M. (2002, Feb. 24). The Lost Cause. Shotgun’s Home of the Civil War. Retrieved from http://civil-war-journeys.org/the_lost_cause.htm
  • Harjo, S. S. (1996). Now and then: native peoples in the United States. Dissent (00123846).
  • Meacham, J. (2017). Our historical ambivalence about immigrants is a great American paradox. Time, 189(5), 23.
  • The Lost Cause. Civil War Journeys. Retrieved from http://civil-war-journeys.org/the_lost_cause.htm
  • Mississippi Black code. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/code.html
  • Moody, W. G. (1883). Bonanza Farming and its impact. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/bonanza_farming_impact.htm
  • Parsons, E. F. (2011, Feb.). Klan Skepticism and denial in Reconstruction-Era public discourse.
  • Journal of Southern History, 77(1), 53-90. [accessible through Library tab; keyword search the article title; get the .pdf file of the article]
  • Populist Party Platform. (1896). Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/populist_partyplatform_1896.htm
  • Schultz, Kevin M. (2014) HIST: Volume 2: U.S. history since 1865 (3rd ed.). University of Illinois at Chicago: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
  • Sinclair, Upton. (1906). Attack on the Meatpackers. Retrieved from http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/attack_meatpackers.htm