Assignment
Directions: Students are to answer the questions using the assigned readings for the week. Students will submit the responses to all of the question to the online discussion board and to safe assign. Students will need to respond to at least one classmate and to the instructor. All work must include references and/or citations.
To prepare for this Discussion students are to review Unit 3 and 4. After reviewing Units 3 and 4 answer the following questions in the discussion board. Students will need to answer all of the questions.
Unit 3 Questions:
Question 1:
Choose at least one significant event in U.S. history from Unit 3. Create a newspaper headline or a social media post that describes your understanding of the American way of life during this period. How did Americans live and survive? How did the Industrial revolution impact the American way of life?
Question 2:
Discuss Andrew Jackson and his role as U.S. President. What conflicts or controversies occurred during his administration?(Identify at least one that you found) What was Andrew Jackson's legacy as president?
Question 3:
Identify at least one reform movement highlighted in Unit 3. What was this movement? What significant impact did this movement have on American history?
Question 4:
What was your understanding of Manifest Destiny? How did this concept expand America's concept of moving West? What conflicts did the U.S. encounter with Mexico? Who were some of the key leaders/figures involved in the conflicts with Mexico?
Unit 4 Questions:
Question #1
After reviewing lessons 13, choose at least one person from this reading that you gained a better understanding of. Who was this individual? What was their role in American history? Why did you choose this individual? Why do you consider them significant to American history?
Question #2
Many have discussed the Civil War and its impact on American history. What was your understanding of the Civil War prior to reading Unit 4? What is your understanding of it now? What do you think caused tensions between the North and the South? Do you think that slavery was an issue? Please explain your reasoning.
Question #3
Identify at least one of the campaigns/battles fought during this war that you understood from the reading. What was the battle and where did it occur? When was this battle and what was the outcome? How is this event significant to the study of U.S. history?
Question #4
Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War that ultimately changed the lives for many Americans. After reviewing lesson 15, do you think Reconstruction had a negative or positive impact on former slaves, now called freedmen? Please explain your reasoning and provide specific examples from the readings to support your answer.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.