Object Report: Four Ancient American Art Objects from the Met Collection Object Report – Four Artworks from the Ancient Americas Due: Thursday, September 23, 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has an incredible collection of art objects from the ancient Americas. Sadly, the galleries where this work is shown are being […]
Reflect upon the historical importance of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Historical importance is the answer to, “So what? Who cares?” It matters, but why? In your short-answer response, address these three questions/topics in your respone. 30 sentences minimum required for the entire DQ response (not each question/topic): 1. Which of the […]
Reflect upon the historical importance of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Historical importance is the answer to, “So what? Who cares?” It matters, but why? In your short-answer response, address these three questions/topics in your respone. 30 sentences minimum required for the entire DQ response (not each question/topic): 1. Which of the […]
Write an essay describing the “Puritan Dream” (as explained by Cullen), then compare and contrast the Puritan Dream with 3 subsequent versions/conceptualizations of the American Dream. To what extent, and in what specific ways, did the Puritan Dream linger in later centuries? For your comparisons, choose 1 additional example from Cullen (Abraham Lincoln or Andrew […]
o Tell the Truth Freely: the Life of Ida B. Wells, New York: Hill & Wang, 2009. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS A. Write a five-page analytical essay in response to one (1) of the questions presented below. B. Essays must be typewritten and double spaced using the Times New Roman font at the 12-point size. Footnotes or […]
Connect police brutality to various societal issues. What social, political, and economic issues have lead to/impact situations of police brutality? Use one one historical example of an instance of police brutality and use the issues you wrote about to explain what happened.
In your answer, you need to consider the major factors that led to tension between Native Americans and the English colonists. This question allows you a little more latitude to look at different events and colonies. In your answer, you need to consider what was at stake between the Natives and the colonists as well […]
J.A. Hobson, a British theorist, and Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary and leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist Party) in the Soviet Union, both criticized late 19th century imperialism as a capitalist conspiracy by “big business” to subjugate colonies for pure economic gain. Colonies provided cheap raw materials and guaranteed markets for European and U.S. […]
Summarize the contents of the code, highlighting several parts of the code you find important. 2) Address one or more of the following questions: What powers of punishment and control did Virginia, New Jersey and South Carolina slave laws give to white colonists? How did the colonial Virginia legislature create a system of racial slavery […]
heres the stories William Graham Sumner on Social Darwinism (ca.1880s) William Graham Sumner, a sociologist at Yale University, penned several pieces associated with the philosophy of Social Darwinism. In the following, Sumner explains his vision of nature and liberty in a just society. The struggle for existence is aimed against nature. It is from her […]
