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How were did their motivations and settlements differ? How did their interactions with and treatment of natives differ? Explain.
Make a list of 8 topics, peoples, events, or ideas that you believe a teacher must cover in order to effectively teach the American Revolution.
How do Washington and DuBois differ in their views of racial progress? Be specific and provide evidence.
What is DuBois implying about the true and proper bases of progress for African Americans? Was DuBois' position realistic at the time (1903)? Why or why not?
Describe the American public's support of the Iraq War and War on Terror in the current day.
Briefly describe a key idea or central theme from the readings. Type a brief quotation from the source (1-2 sentences, include title, author, & page #).
Who had been forced to leave their lands by the U.S. Government with The Indian Removal Act of 1830; they walked 1000 miles to the modern-day state of Oklahoma
Why does the American revolution begin in cities? Why does urbanization come at such environmental cost? Be able to answer with specifics from Seattle.
What attitudes about the rest of the world did Europeans carry with them as they conquered new territory? Were these attitudes justified?
Explain the causes and effects of Bacon's Rebellion. How and why did the rebellion start? What was the outcome and lasting impact of the rebellion?
Discuss how the sharecropping/crop lien system created a vicious cycle. Was this system simply another version of slavery? Why or why not.
Be sure to address how political thought evolved during the Enlightenment Era and how those shifts are represented within the Declaration of Independence.
How did black Christianity differ from white Christianity in the Old South? How did black Christianity in the South differ from black Christianity in the North?
How did Social Darwinism shape many Americans' attitudes toward inequality? Minorities? Immigration? Native Americans?
What were the major causes of the French Revolution? Were short-term or long-term factors more significant for producing the Revolution?
Compare and contrast hunting- versus agricultural-based tribes. How did each respond to European incursions on their lands?
Comment on the statement: Since China's and India's economies will supplant that of US in the near future; Meredith's work is of crucial importance.
Which of the three theorists that we've studied has most profoundly influenced your view of the world today. Benjamin Barbers, Wallerstein and Jared Diamond.
Analyze what Russian revolutionary plate tells us about propaganda in Communist Russia. What message was the plate meant to convey? To whom?
Did the human condition profoundly change -- for the worse? How was the twentieth century similar to or different than previous eras?
Describe the potential benefits that China and India will accrue as a result of globalization.
Write a short summary of an article from a newspaper or magazine or online the deals with an environmental issue.
How would you characterize the last thirty years compared with the previous eras that we have discussed.
Create a journal entry of 500 to 750 words reflecting on what your life would have been like as an immigrant to the United States from 1830 to 1920.
Explain why the literary and artistic movement known as the Harlem Renaissance emerge? How did it advance the culture of the African American community?