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How would you react if comparable measures were employed in the United States against its citizens?
Which historiographic schools on Reconstruction does Foner discuss? Does he betray a bias toward or against any of these schools of thought?
At which time films were made almost entirely by white-run studios for white audiences. How successful the performer was in achieving the goal?
What was Clifford's and Connie's marriage like? How did the war affect their courtship and marriage? Without the war, do you think they would have married?
Describe Constance Chatterley's upbringing. Was it traditional? How did Connie's life change with the advent of the war?
Compare influence of Motown Records (1960s) to Def Jam Records (1990s/2000s) on African American culture. Which do you give more weight to in that comparison?
Which significant changes/reforms have had positive impacts and which have had negative impacts? Use examples to illustrate your points and to show cause.
Explain the twofold problem of slavery in the cotton South. What was the significance of the 1857 Scott v. Sanford decision?
Describe how Jackson's background and policies made him both popular and controversial. Give at least three examples from the class in support of your argument.
In other words, be able to support why you think the event/person/idea is so influential in American History.
What were causes and events of exploration? What were impacts of the Columbian Exchange? How did each empire link regions around the world?
Discuss the global manifestations of religious fundamentalism in the 1980s. What did the fundamentalists have in common and how were they different?
A meme with an historical reference (i.e. a person from history or an historical event). How do you think the meme uses or misuses history? Is it effective?
How has conflict and compromise contributed to the development of cultural, socio-economic or political aspects of American society between 1815- 1877?
Discuss the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. What was Adolf Hitler's final solution, and what were the consequences of the Holocaust?
Analyze the relevancy of history in today's U.S. society (here is where your analysis comes in, how is it connected to the U.S. today?).
According to the OHA Statement of Ethics, What are the ethical obligations oral historians should follow to respectfully engage with an interviewee?
What evidence of these shifts if any can you find in the politics and values of our own times? Provide examples of the change in American perceptions today.
Why did most of the European powers not like Wilson's strict blueprint for the League of Nations? Why did they see it as a threat in spite of the fact?
Identify a topic of interest to you and relevant to the time period covered in American History before 1877.
Explain relationship between women's rights and human's rights? Make sure to discuss different types of rights, as well as of state in human rights.
Address the theme by discussing at least two examples from different periods of American history (at least fifty years apart).
Explain Malcolm X's philosophy of armed self-defense? Why did this appeal to so many blacks in the North?
What was the identity of poor white men from their perspective? What occurred during this time that shaped their identity?
Did the Republicans really care about what became of the freedmen, or were they just intent on using them as long. What do the primary sources suggest?