American History

for the first paragraph write about You are to select a Personal Narrative to present as a Speech. A Narrative can be a Story or an Anecdote. for the second paragraph How do you determine the quality of vitamins? Here is a great link from WebMD offers sound advice regarding vitamin quality. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/lifestyle-guide-11/how-to-evaluate-vitamins-supplements?page=1 In your opinion, do you feel that we can obtain sufficient amounts of nutrients from food alone, or is vitamin supplementation necessary? How can one ensure sufficient vitamin/mineral intake from the diet? Please share your thoughts and opinions.

How did/should black Americans respond to Jim Crow? Read the following articles: Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Exposition” (Links to an external site.) W.E.B. DuBois’s “Souls of Black Folk.” (Links to an external site.) Write two paragraphs for each man/document. Make sure you address the following for each one: What is the author’s argument? What should black Americans do in response to the onset of Jim Crow laws? Briefly summarize why each man feels that way. What are his reasons for suggesting what he does?

Read the article and write a reflection bearing the following in mind: https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ -colonialism is about military domination -colonialism is about displacement of people from their land -colonialism is about stripping away human dignity of peoples -the relationship between colonialism and out-migration into the U.S. concluding remarks

For this project, you will write a 10-15 page paper that demonstrates your ability to: ? Address all parts of the topic with a clear point of view ? Support a clear thesis statement with developed paragraphs ? Reference historical facts from colonization-1877 to support your arguments ? Analyze both historical and present-day perspectives of minority groups, as well as any mainstream perspectives that are applicable ? Incorporate scholarly resources to support your point of view, including at least three primary sources ? Illustrate correct academic research documentation per APA standards PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS Your paper must address the following prompt: Focusing on American history from colonization to 1877, analyze the plight of minorities in early American society, focusing specifically on Native Americans, Africans, and women. Evaluate changing political and social movements and how the minorities were affected, both positively and negatively. Compare the difficulties and successes of minority groups in that time period with minority groups in present-day America.

Prompt is, Imagine the date is July 4th, 1896. The nation is celebrating its 120th birthday. People throughout the United States are making speeches. Imagine that you are one of these three characters: Nate Shaw, a Black sharecropper from Georgia, Ben McDonald, a farmer from Nebraska who is a member of the Populist Party, Ivan Stoyanvich, a steelworker and a radical labor organizer who immigrated from Poland (who is really smart and speaks English pretty well.) Congratulations! Your character has been chosen to deliver a Fourth of July speech on “America, a Golden Land of Opportunity for Everyone.” Your paper should be in the form of a speech. Your speech must be sincere. You need to discuss both the life experiences of your character as well as the visions they might have for their future and the future of the country. Any help?

Please answer the following: Pick and describe, using course material (citing as appropriate), five (5) characteristics of our agricultural and food industries and the threat agents which could impact them and how do these characteristics increase our risk? What radioactive material killed Alexander Litvinenko in London in November 2006? How has the investigation developed between 2007 and 2016? Do the British authorities have a theory who ordered Litvinenko killed? In April 2010, President Obama said, “The single biggest threat to US security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon.” How does this statement impact current U.S. National Security Policy? If you were President, what changes would you make to U.S. National Security Policy to reduce the likelihood of a terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon? The video “Iran Nuclear Deal: Triumph of Diplomacy or Dangerous Precedent?” provides several different perspectives on the Iranian Nuclear Deal. Detail one perspective from each side of the argument (Triumph of Diplomacy and Dangerous Precedent) then support it with applicable references explaining the rationale for each side of the debate. Experts disagree as to the threat from rouge nations with nuclear weapons (North Korea, Pakistan, Iran in the future, etc.) providing those weapons to non-state actors. Do you think that this is a concern or are nation states not willing to cross this line? Technical Requirements Your paper must be at a minimum of 5 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit). Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content. Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space. Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework. Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc. All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.

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In your paper, you must address the specific era by identifying the years you chose to cover, specific events and or people in that period, and how that shaped Modern America today. One of the Sources must be the book. A History of the American People by Paul Johnson.

Discuss the role of Darwinism in America. Include in your essay an explanation of how Darwinism was used to classify some people as inferior and justify actions against them; how Social Darwinism and Eugenics shaped the immigrant experience in America; and why Fundamentalist Christians opposed Darwinism.

1) Read the article “The People’s President.” 2) Look at four or five of President FDR’s “fireside chat” speeches located at http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html (Links to an external site.) 3) Consider the sentences in the conclusion of the article: “Roosevelt’s rise and then wide popularity in national politics was, in part, molded and fostered by his use of radio. His radio reside chats entered the living rooms of most people at a crucial economic period, inspiring confidence that, together, the citizenry would ensure and stabilize its way of life.”[1] 4) In a four page paper provide other examples than stated in the article from FDR’s speeches that support this argument. What did FDR say specifically that would give the listeners such “inspiring confidence?” Be sure to cite any quotations or any references to the texts. Use MLA style citations.