Colorado History
Answer three essay questions. Follow instructions on your selections. In any and all answers, be detailed and specific about the history but also analyze "outside the box," using larger contexts. Make your answers as thorough as possible.
DO NOT DUPLICATE QUESTION TOPICS FROM ONE TO THE NEXT OR TOPICS THAT MATCH YOUR PREVIOUS ESSAYS OR YOUR RESEARCH SPEECHES.
Question # 1. Everyone must answer this one: Who was Helen Hunt Jackson, what did she do, and why does it matter to Colorado history? [Use Extraordinary Women]
This one is due starting Monday, November 14 by email or D2L email.
Question #2. Everyone must answer this one: Imagine you must teach and defend. Be a history detective and an advocate for your interpretations. What was the event known as "Sand Creek," how have people interpreted it (pro-Indian and pro-Chivington/Evans), and how is it significant for Colorado history? This one is due after we finish Sand Creek in class.
Question #3. Everyone must choose one from these. One of these is due after we cover in class or when we agree, after #2.
1. What were the typical patterns of 19th-century gold discoveries and rushes? How did the Colorado (aka Pikes Peak) Gold Rush follow such patterns in its first few years? Include in your answer the patterns of mining technology development.
2. What impacts did the Civil War have on Colorado, short and long term?
3. Compare and contrast the general patterns and impacts of the railroad, tourist, health, and ranching and homesteading booms in Colorado history. Include specific information on each and how they fit "boom and bust."
4. Identify and explain the significance to Colorado history of four of the following.
[Note that you must choose at least one from each gender and at least one African American.]:
Laura Bell McDaniel, Vida Ellison, William Jackson Palmer, William Byers, John Evans, Aunt Clara Brown, and Barney Ford.