Assignment: U.S. Labor & Work
Part I
Short answers. Write a one-paragraph explanation for any 3 out of the 6 key terms or people listed below. Your answers need to define and discuss the key terms or people in the historical context of the topics we have covered in this course.
• Financial Crisis of 1837
• The Gold Rush
• The Fugitive Slave Law
• John Brown
• The Civil War
• National Labor Union (NLU)
Part II
Aanswer any 1 out of the 3 questions below in a 2 to 2.5 pages (500 to 700 words).
• What was Radical Reconstruction? What promises did it hold for freed African Americans in the south? In what ways did white southerners resist Radical Reconstruction and how did this resistance contribute to its failure? What were the consequences for African Americans? Use evidence from Who Built America?
• What actions did Susan B. Anthony and other women's rights activists take to pursue universal suffrage, along with other political, legal, and economic opportunities in the 1860s and 1870s? What kind of opposition did they face and why? Use evidence from Who Built America?
• How do the events of 1877-including the end of Reconstruction and the Great Railroad Uprising-relate to themes about race relations, social class and labor relations, and the possibilities for collective action in earlier moments in American history that we have discussed in this course? Are these themes still relevant today? Use evidence from 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation and Who Built America?
Part III:
Write a 1 to 2 pages response based on your viewing of Paul Robeson: Here I Stand that answers these questions: why did Paul Robeson (Rutgers College, class of 1919) become a civil rights leader and a labor activist? How did communism shape his politics? Why did Robeson remain steadfast in his beliefs despite his career suffering by the late 1940s and 1950s? Are there other current actors, musicians, artists, or other celebrities who are politically engaged like Robeson was?
YouTube Video: "Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Documentary".
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.