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HIST405N Week 2 Discussion 1; The American Revolution; The Boston Massacre and The Coercive Acts

HIST405N Week 1 Discussion; The Cost of Expansion - Southern Colonies, The New England Colonies

HIST 405N Week 4 Discussion: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 27 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, consider three (3) of the following events: • Treaty of Versailles • Rise of fascism, militarism and imperialism • Failure of the League of Nations • Hitler and the Nazi Party • The Lend Lease Act • Japanese expansion and the bombing of Pearl Harbor ...

Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 12, 14 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, pick three (3) of the leading causes of the American Civil War: • The Compromise of 1850 • The Fugitive Slave Law 1850 • Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 • The Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 • The Dred Scott Case of 1857 • The Lincoln Douglas Debates 1858 Then, address one (1) of...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 24 (Section 24.4), 25, 26 • Lesson • Link (video): A New Deal: Part 5 (Links to an external site.) (7:20) • Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Introduction (Links to an external site.) (Read this introduction before exploring the other links in this discussion.) • Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources (Links to a...

Initial Post Instructions Pick three (3) of the following American Foreign policies: • Marshall Plan • Berlin Airlift • Containment • Anti-Communist Freedom Fighters • Vietnam (conflict) War • Détente' • SALT I & SALT II • Camp David Accords • Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed "Star Wars") Then, address the following for your selections: • Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion. • Based on...

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the leading causes of the American Revolution. • The Proclamation Act of 1763 • The Navigation Acts • The Stamp Act • The Declaratory Act • The Townsend Act • The Boston Massacre • The Coercive Acts Then, address the following for your selections: • Analyze the cause and effect of two acts passed by the British Parliament on British North America. Which of your two selections do you consider the most significant and why? • Examine...

For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following categories representing minority groups during 1880-1914: • Women's rights activists • African Americans • Child workers • Great Plain Indians Then, address the following for your selections: • Explain the socio-economic status and challenges of your minority groups at the turn of the century. • How did the Industrial Revolution affect your chosen minority groups? • Analyze how the Progressives brought reform to your sele...

Required Resources • Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 15, 16 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, craft a response comparing the three (3) Reconstruction plans: • Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan) • Lincoln Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan • Congressional Reconstruction Plan (Congress) Then, address one (1) of the follo...