Pick an era from this course that fascinated you. Describe the event/time period and explain why it helped you to understand the “American experience”. What would you like to know more about this event/time period? Why do you think understanding this event/period in ...

1. Explain how labor evolved from the “putting-out system” to unskilled wage labor during the early Industrial Revolution 2. Describe industrialization’s impact on the nature of work 3. Describe the rise of industrial manufacturing in the early-mid 19th century and the nature ...

Discuss the long-term results of the American Revolution and which do you believe are most significant?

1)    Compare the myth of the “Wild West” with its reality. What elements of truth would these stories have contained, and what was fabricated or left out? What was life actually like for cowboys, ranchers, and the few women present ...

Choose from ONE of the following topics and complete  Remember to follow the instructions and formatting described. 1)    Should the U.S. government have ordered the internment of Japanese Americans? Does the fear of espionage or sabotage justify depriving American ...

Draw upon course material to identify and discuss how a diversity of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Americans fought for freedom on the US home-front. You should address how true liberty and freedom were conceived of by these Americans ...

Please explore slavery in US History. Your response must include the following: (1) Explain the origins of slavery in the American colonies, (2) the realities of slavery (e.g. their lives, abuse, economies, etc), (3) and its role in causing the Civil War, ...