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HIST 405N Week 5 Case Study: Who Is a Progressive The Progressive Movement of America Towards a Better Future President Theodore Roosevelt Reactionaries: Opponents to Progressivism

HIST 405N Week 8 Discussion: Terrorism in the 21st Century Discuss how you see the "war on terrorism" as of this date. Do you think the United States should be engaged in such a war? Give reasons for or against this war and whether or not we are giving up our own principles to wage it. ANSWER The 21st century saw the dawn of the war on terrorism, as the 9/11 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing dramatically changed society. Economic issues also moved t...

HIST 405N Week 3 Discussion: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War of 1846 How did the ideology of Manifest Destiny contribute to the Mexican War of 1846? Why did the Mexican War of 1846 take place? Was the war necessary? Was it beneficial to the United States? What does this war tell us about this period of American history? Was it God’s plan that the United States extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or were imperialists looking for a way to defend what they planned to do anyway? Elabo...

HIST 405N United States History Week 8 Final 2 all Correct ANSWERS Verified and Graded A with Explanations Question 1 2 pts (TCO 4) What were encomiendas? Indian structures for religious ceremonies Military forts in New Spain Golden cities that the Spanish hoped to find Spanish plantations where enslaved Indians labored

HIST 405N United States History Final Exam with Graded Answers all Correct ANSWERS Verified and Graded A with Explanations 1. Question : (TCO 4) Which of the following made up the largest segment of Spain’s colonial population by the 1700s? Student Answer: Spanish Africans Indians Mestizos (multiracial) Type: MC Instructor Explanation: Chapter 2

Introduction The purposes of each case study assignment include the following: To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources To advance critical thinking and writing skills … comp ile a response to the prompts provided To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time Instructions Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic: Option 3: Women in Colonial America Pick two colonies (New England, M...

HIST 405N Week 5 Discussion: Industrialization, Imperialism and America s Entry Into WWI Describe the basic industries of America’s Industrial Revolution. Explain what made the men who controlled them so successful, and analyze the role of immigrants in industrialization. How did imperialism play a critical role leading up to World War I? Discuss the foreign policy of the US and the events that drew the country into World War I. Chapter 16: Wonder and Woe: The Rise of Industrial America, 1...

HIST 405N Week 7 Case Study: McCarthyism and Anti-Communist Campaigns (Option 1)

HIST 405N Week 3 Discussion: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War of 1846 How did the ideology of Manifest Destiny contribute to the Mexican War of 1846? Why did the Mexican War of 1846 take place? Was the war necessary? Was it beneficial to the United States? What does this war tell us about this period of American history? Was it God’s plan that the United States extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or were imperialists looking for a way to defend what they planned to do anyway? Elabo...