You will watch Zoot Suit Riots https://fod-infobase-com.manowar.tamucc.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=44108Watch from the beginning to 18:30 and then from 33:17 to 44:25Please answer in complete sentences and use evidence from the film to support your answers. Remember, a one sentence answer is not sufficient.1. How were Mexican Americans treated in Los Angeles in the 1930s and 1940s2. What were […]
Question: The Truman Doctrine casts the Cold War as a struggle to defend freedom loving people. Does the lived experience of people of color, both in the United States and outside of it, confirm that assessment? Or contradict it?Instructions: Be sure to write your response in complete sentences and include a thesis that sums up […]
Please note that all of the primary source assignments include an introduction in italics. Do not include quotes from the italicized introduction to the documents. Also please note that these documents include language that is considered offensive today to refer to Black Americans and undocumented Americans. 1. How does Richard Nixon defend the U.S. against […]
The Populist and Progressive reformers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought about widespread changes to American politics, economics, and society. In this essay, we want you to consider the ethics and civics of the reformers. Describe THREE of the key reform movements of the Progressive era. Who were these reformers and what […]
In an essay that is no longer than three double spaced pages, draw on the information from class lectures and readings to answer the following question:How did ordinary citizens manage to change their society? Specifically, how did they fight for equality and justice in the period between 1917 and 1969? What strategies were the most […]
Write a history of human settlement of one of the surveyed landscapes listed below, in up to 2500 words.1. Guadalquivir valley, Spain.Guidance:This exercise requires you to write about a Mediterranean landscape and its inhabitants, analysing the ways in which it changed over time. Think of it as like creating your own ‘Definite Place’ analysis.There are […]
Remember to bring in evidence from the readings to support your answer1. Why is Phyllis Shafly opposed to the equal rights amendment?2. How do you think the Florida supports of the Equal Rights Amendment would respond? 3. Who were the Contras? And why did Reagan call them freedom fighters?4. What were the tactics the Contras […]
Remember to bring in evidence from the readings to support your answer1. Why is Phyllis Shafly opposed to the equal rights amendment?2. How do you think the Florida supports of the Equal Rights Amendment would respond? 3. Who were the Contras? And why did Reagan call them freedom fighters?4. What were the tactics the Contras […]
1. Why did riots explode in LA in 1992? Come up with a thesis that sums up your answer to the question and then defend it with evidence from the text. 2. How does the podcast “60 words” help us understand the changing role of the federal government in the 2000s? Come up with a […]
